Jeff Suggs Custom Auto Trim & molding repair "Textured & Smooth"

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This is my custom auto door trim & wiper arm restoration package. This gives these parts a custom look without repainting or replacing anything and greatly extends their life span. This cannot be done with a foam pad, you have to use a wool pad. You can use the polish of your choice to do this, no compounds can be used in this process. You first take a micro towel and polish the parts by hand to help brake thru the first layer of the piece. Be very careful when you are buffing the door trim or you will burn it. If done correctly you will actually change the texture of these parts from flat and dry to smooth and shiny. Simply wax these parts like the rest of the vehicle and they will look as good as the day you polished them. I have done over 500 hundred of these packages all over the United States when managing paint overspray removal projects. Great way to give your customers something they can't get just anywhere.



 
This video demonstrates how I restore textured molding pieces, in this case the cowl panel for the wiper blades. I use a wool pad for this because a foam pad will burn trim & molding pieces. After I have finished this process, you do not have to put dressing on it because it is back to factory conditions.



 
This video demonstrates how I restore auto trim & molding pieces from paint overspray damage and sun damage. I also demonstrate one of my custom window trim packages for Chevy & GMC vehicles. The work seen in this video has never been duplicated by another company or individual. I use a buffer to polish auto trim & moldings pieces, cowl panels & wiper arms, textured mirrors, door handles, and more. I polish them back to factory conditions or better in some cases. After these parts have been restored, you can then apply whatever dressing of your choice. I use a Sony HD camera and the footage is filmed very close to prove the polishing method works without damaging the textured surfaces.



 
The normal cleaning methods are useless when it comes to removing Protective Marine Coating paint products from auto paint and glass. I am using a single edged carbon tipped razor blade. When you are shaving the overspray off the glass, make sure you pick up the razor blade on ever stroke. Make sure to put some wax of your choice on the glass and use a new razor blade, this will help not to scratch the glass Do not try this if you don't know what your doing, you can easily scratch the paint and glass.



 
Thats pretty impressive. Is there any long term damage that would cause on the trim pieces? Would they come back even worse after some time?
 
jose206 said:
Thats pretty impressive. Is there any long term damage that would cause on the trim pieces? Would they come back even worse after some time?
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I'll go ahead and answer this: YES, it is causing damage to the parts. By doing any sort of procedure to alter the surface texture or as Jeff puts it "brake (sic) thru the first layer of the piece" you are compromising the UV inhibitors that are impregnated in the part during manufacturing, and as there is no UV protection being re-applied the parts will eventually show signs of damage and premature failure. Essentially the procedure demonstrated here IS burning the trim, albeit in a semi-controlled and deliberate manner.
 
Wait until the oils in BC-2 wear off.





For the record, we did this to trim back in the early 90's when I worked for a high volume shop. Today I tape delicate trim off because I don't want to alter its intended look and I actually care about what happens to the car after it leaves my shop.
 
In less than half the time he takes, he could have used the ETR kit and the trim would be good for 4 to 5 years!

So simple to use even Jeff Scuggs could do it.
 
I love doing this to my customer cars.... everytime their like "HOLY MOLY! LOOK AT MY WINDOW TRIM!!!!!" and they tell everyone about my business..... I love it :D Thanks Jeff.... another satisfied customer....
 
Ron Ketcham said:
In less than half the time he takes, he could have used the ETR kit and the trim would be good for 4 to 5 years!

So simple to use even Jeff Scuggs could do it.
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Ron, who makes this ETR kit?
 
ValuGard.net

On the site is a training video that shows, in detail, how to apply.

Also on the site are some Technical Service Bulletins, issued by companies such as Mazda, Hyundai, etc that if for their dealerships, etc, regarding the use of the ETR for warranty, etc, repairs rather than replacing the trim parts.

This system has been used by these auto companies for over a decade, so it must work as they say.
 
I have no idea why everyone is so negative about new restoration methods done on vehicles. I came up with this trim package several years ago and no one has ever complained about it. I worked on a large overspray claim for General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City KS. This is where they manufacture GM products. I removed the paint overspray from one of the employee's vehicles, he watched one of my custom trim & wiper packages videos and wanted it done to his truck. I polished his vehicle and restored his trim pieces & wiper arms. He was very pleased with his truck and showed it to the plant manager. The plant manager and other officials observed the process first hand and approved it. They had a meeting and allowed me to apply this process to 126 vehicles. These are new vehicles straight off the line. They then sent 5 vehicles each to a number of their dealerships across the country. I have applied 530 of my trim package for dealerships all over the United States to this date. These parts are made of Polymers which will dry out and fade in time. My package will last for years, just wax it like the rest of the vehicle. The plant manager of Fairfax Assemble plant, painters, engineers, thousands of plant workers, dealerships and others have approved my work.



 
That's a drop in the bucket.

How about in excess as of today, over 50,000 Hyundia's, over 20,000 Mitsubishi's, over 10,000 Mazda's, close to 30,000 Nissan/Infiniti's, all done by the dealers low paid new car get ready people? A product kit that has been around and used for in excess of 10 years. If it didn't work and last for 4 to 5 years, those companies would have recinded their TSB's for it's use.

I have no idea of how many more vehicles have been done with the ETR by independant detailer operations, and then we can move on to Delta Sonic and it's 26 major detailing operations, what, another 10,000 or more?

Yes, it is possible and works, to use a "lambs wool" pad on a rotary, at the lowest speed, and any good polish to bring back the shine on the "molded" gloss plastic cowl's, some mirrors and keep them in good shape with a twice a year polish and wax application.

The ETR referred to is not for those "gloss" molded parts, it is for textured.

That buffing process, won't work on textured trim, plus once the 'buffing process' is done on the "gloss parts" a major portion of the inherit UV coating is removed, which lessens the life of the part.

Been doing and teaching, the 'buffing" of those gloss parts since 1990, it's no new thing.
 
Ron ketchup why are you so against something you have never seen or done yourself. The ETR system you keep going on about is nothing new to me. If it worked why would dealerships, ports, manufacturers and others pay me to go and restore these parts. We all know about that product and it only last for a short time. When I polish textured pieces, am just removing the chemical stains or whatever is on them. This video clearly demonstrates how I restore textured cowl panels and the wiper blades. I have never seen any videos that demonstrate this type of work. Have you ever considered polishing wiper arms. If they were protect with your UV Ray coatings, why do they get so oxidized. I am also using an HD camera, filming 2 inches away from the textured parts repaired. When you get to 4:28 in this video, you can't deny the results of my work. This is not something everyone has done before, or you would have heard of it on this forum years ago



 
I was in Japan working on some vehicles at a car show that were damaged with paint overspray. I spent a lot time with the owners of the vehicles. Before I was called for this job, they tried many different detail shops, dealership's paint department, and others. The normal cleaning method using the clay-bar system would not work. I hear a lot of people on this forum and others talk about how wet-sanding will not void the warranty of a vehicle, they were and still are wrong about that. Think about it, would you buy a new car if they told you that it had been wet-sanded. One of my customer wanted to see my website, so I told him to Google "paint overspray removal companies" and when he did my website and this forum came up on the first page. The thread that came up was me commented on what it takes to be considered a specialist in the overspray removal field. I made some negative comments after everyone else made their same old comments about my work. My customer in Japan viewed the epic thread and told me something that really made sense. He said, do you know these guys? I said no I have never meet any of them. He then said, they are insecure about their own abilities. Those were his words, someone looking at all this from the outside in. I get it, you see something that you have never seen before, or one of your buddies from this forum has not shown you first, so you deny that it works. Not everyone from this forum has made negative comments.
 
I would like for this forum to remove what they call an epic thread. It makes us all look like a bunch of kids. It also does nothing for this forum other then coming up on Google results for paint overspray removal companies. When someone makes a comment on this forum about me and others view it, the first thing they do after watching my video is go back and check out the person that made the comment. If all that person has is simple slide show videos that don't really demonstrate their work, they end up looking weak. I loaded these videos so that this forum can still come up on the first page of Google result without using that so called epic thread.



 
I laugh ever time someone says " I have done this before " There is no oil left on the textured pieces after i polish them. I am holding the camera 2 inches away from the cowl panel. You can clearly see the chemical stains have been removed. The textured pattern has not been altered or burned. In my business am not waiting for work to come through the bay doors, the work is calling me. I repaired 75 new dodge trucks and other vehicles for a dealership near a chemical plant. The plant had an overspray spill and covered the vehicles with a chemical stain that would not wash or simply wax off. I repaired every unit 100 % which includes the trim pieces not tape over them. Why would anyone tape off trim pieces, don't they get detailed too. I restore them back to factory conditions. If your simply applying some sort of dressing, your covering up these parts, not repairing them. I have the footage of this job of 75 new dodges being repaired from all damage, including all trim & molding pieces. Think about this, instead of being scared of damaging someone's trim pieces polish them as I do in my videos. This way you can say to your customers that you restored all of their vehicle's trim parts, not just applied some dressing that only last for days. I can teach you how to buff these parts without damaging them as demonstrated in this video.



 
You got issues dude, Saying something still gets oxidized even though it has "UV protection" is wrong buddy. You obviously are mis informed. Any UV coatings in plastics are doing just that protecting against harmful ULTRA VIOLET rays.. Water spots and oxidation are completely different.



"Oxidation is defined as the interaction between oxygen molecules and all the different substances they may contact, from metal to living tissue. Technically, however, with the discovery of electrons, oxidation came to be more precisely defined as the loss of at least one electron when two or more substances interact. Those substances may or may not include oxygen. (Incidentally, the opposite of oxidation is reduction — the addition of at least one electron when substances come into contact with each other.) Sometimes oxidation is not such a bad thing, as in the formation of super-durable anodized aluminum. Other times, oxidation can be destructive, such as the rusting of an automobile or the spoiling of fresh fruit."
 
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