Forever Black...

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thinksnow

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...for a while, anyway.



I just received the Forever Black with my Klasse because of morbid curiousity. Mother's Back in Black worked well on my rear bumper trim but faded quickly and wouldn't TOUCH this side piece.



Here is the before:

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Here is the after--somebody mentioned using a sponge for even distribution. Clearly I did not do this, but I am impressed with the degree of color restoration. Now it is time for the durability test!!

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Has anyone topped this with 303 or any other trim protectant and found that durability/appearance increased? I want to test durability this first time and did not want too many variables the first go-around.
 
Sorry guys, From my experince with forever black its not what it seems to be. I tried it on my Volvo's trim, front sides and back. Well it looked so good for about 3 months. Then the back started to peel off. The front flaked off too and the sides werent too bad. But the back looked horrible, and yes I did use that stuff that came with it to degrease what you were gonna paint. Its durabilty just wont last. Another Option that I learned from a friend is that if your trim is that thrashed, use spray on bed truck liner, the stuff you can get at auto zone or someplace in a can. it works real good and of course its durable
 
thinksnow I started using Forever BLack early last spring but I used the tire gel on the black trim on my VW. The total bottom of the car is a textured flexible plastic. I didn't think the tire gel was good on the tires but its awesome on the plastic. I have made posts about it before and I used a yellow kitchen sponge to apply it. Its water based but once it dries its good for a few months. As I recall I applied it 3 times between March and Nov and one time was for a car show. I have seen no peeling at all. It just slowly degrades and in about 2-3 months you redo it. One hell of a lot better than Mothers Back to Black that lasts a washing and one rain. I have never topped it with anything because I wanted to keep the matte finish. Its not a totally dull matte. it has a bit of a *natural* shine to it like the original trim.



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I remembered that someone had posted about it and used a sponge. I didn't want to take over that thread with my own recent findings--wasn't that a fairly old thread?



I will reapply the FB today (it says to do this anyway) and top one side with 303. I knew the "Forever" part of FB was hyperbole but I'm willing to stick it out for 2-3 months at a time. Like I had said, the BiB did nothing on these side pieces so a product that works for 10 minutes is an improvement :D



I will keep thee posted...
 
LOOKS LIKE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT! I was considering getting some when I go stateside in the spring; now I'll be sure to! Thanks for the pics! :p
 
In my experience, FB did a pretty good job without peeling after 4-5 months, it did fade a little after a while but it didn't peel off like paint... I applied it with the included applicator then "textured" the surface by dabbing it with some closed cell foam paint foam brush... It's extremely important to brush and clean the surfaces really well before application, though.
 
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