Backstory:
Driving around I got some people telling me to get some back to black on my sail panels because it look terrible. I can take some flack so I went on until it was unbearable(neighbors even chimed in). I called up my friend and asked to try out his Mother's Back to Black. I pulled in my Avy after a car wash into the garage, dried her off and started applying generous amount of product to the pannels and followed the directions on the back religiously. I spent two hours massaging in the product into just the top panel (with the high mount brake light in it) to get a comparison. My father walks in (30+ years of auto body & collision repair) and 1st off, tells me off for bringing in a silicon based product into his garage because it will cause fish eyes in paint when he spray customer cars in our paint booth/ garage bay. (Oops ) Then he cooled down enough for him to share some father son advice, the trim Restoration trick he had been using for years!
The Trick:
Use a heat gun, the bigger the heat out put area the better
If you have a cheap gun use the max setting, after letting it warm up so heat output is consistent, carefully aim the gun around and inch away from the plastic and watch the witchcraft appear before your eyes. The plastic is heated to a point right before melting and brings back the original, factory color and texture of the trim. Thanks Dad! You want to do this all in one go so you minimize the risk of creating heat lines in the plastic. Warning : Cheap Guns will start on fire after couple hours of use
I Cannot Stress This Enough: Use Extreme Cation When Doing This Because Permanent Damage is A Huge Possibility!
The Pic's
Driving around I got some people telling me to get some back to black on my sail panels because it look terrible. I can take some flack so I went on until it was unbearable(neighbors even chimed in). I called up my friend and asked to try out his Mother's Back to Black. I pulled in my Avy after a car wash into the garage, dried her off and started applying generous amount of product to the pannels and followed the directions on the back religiously. I spent two hours massaging in the product into just the top panel (with the high mount brake light in it) to get a comparison. My father walks in (30+ years of auto body & collision repair) and 1st off, tells me off for bringing in a silicon based product into his garage because it will cause fish eyes in paint when he spray customer cars in our paint booth/ garage bay. (Oops ) Then he cooled down enough for him to share some father son advice, the trim Restoration trick he had been using for years!
The Trick:
Use a heat gun, the bigger the heat out put area the better
If you have a cheap gun use the max setting, after letting it warm up so heat output is consistent, carefully aim the gun around and inch away from the plastic and watch the witchcraft appear before your eyes. The plastic is heated to a point right before melting and brings back the original, factory color and texture of the trim. Thanks Dad! You want to do this all in one go so you minimize the risk of creating heat lines in the plastic. Warning : Cheap Guns will start on fire after couple hours of use
I Cannot Stress This Enough: Use Extreme Cation When Doing This Because Permanent Damage is A Huge Possibility!
The Pic's