Review: Solution Finish “Brings Black Back” (Trim Restoration Product)

Great review with excellent pictures. How long will the color last? I've used some products that look great for a little while then the fade comes back. Also a great explination of why plastic fades. I never knew that information.
 
Two Week Update:

Well, it's been two weeks since I applied Solution Finish to three vehicles and 3 additional test pieces. Unfortunately my prime candidate restoration vehicle was not home for pictures this weekend so it will have to wait.

The stats:

It's rained pretty hard a few times for a good length of time over the past two weeks.

The vehicle shown here stays outside 24/7. It's been driven in the rain over the past two weeks and parked in the sun at work. I was hoping to show the Chrysler van as well since this one is/was gray trim even when new.

On the smooth molded plastic around the window it doesn't appear as dark as when first applied but all else is looking the same as the first day.

On to the pictures:


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The test pieces were placed on my roof the day after application and were taken down today for pictures.



So, far all the products I applied over the top of Solution Finish have also remained as I expected. With Solution Finish penetrating deep and drying the way it does I believe I was able to have a good surface to bond to.





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Thanks for the update Corey. I really like how it looks topped with C4. OC topped section looks good also.

I agree that the smooth plastic doesn't look to be doing so well
 
Corey, you mentioned that you spent some time learning how and why the trim oxidizes. You also hinted at the fact that some current trim product actually contribute to the oxidation process. I would be interested to learn what products contribute to the oxidation and why.

Troy, I know I said I would get some more info to you but everyone has been very busy. I still hope to get this to you at some point. Cheers buddy :bigups
 
Two Month Update:

Well, it's been about two months since I applied Solution Finish. I snapped some pics so here we go.

Overall the results are mixed with some of them being excellent!


First off are the test pieces where I see no degradation so far!! Excellent results here! Furthermore, UTTG, C4, OC, and CQ are all still bonded over the top of Solution Finish in the places they were applied.

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Second off is the van we applied it to which had severely faded trim! I was starting to think they had sold it but finally saw it parked there on the way home. Unfortunately the young lady that drives it had been T-boned while sitting at a red light… Right at the drivers side door… just the edge of the drivers door is visible in picture 5. The door itself is caved in like a foot in the middle. Very sad especially as the driver at faults insurance will not be paying for her medical which basically means she will probably live in pain for a long time. They are a really wonderful family – good people. I was very sad to hear it.

Here we have what I would call decent results. There is some fading but it still looks much, much better than before application 2 months ago.

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Finally we have my Green Saturn, here I found that Solution Finish seemed to fade more than I would have liked in two months. Taking into account the good and great results on the other tests I must assume it worked differently on this vehicle due to the fact it was applied over the remnants of C4. I make the assumption it didn’t penetrate the C4 residue but I haven’t given up. I’m going to snap a couple pics for you guys at the next update, and then re-apply only after using a trick from Ron to use Water Spot remover to thoroughly clean it before applying.
 
Thanks Corey for the update on this product. I myself have been using and so far no problems at all with our sunny and humility weather we have here in Florida.
 
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