"Showroom New" Trim Restorer- info & experience

[Child's Play]

From their site....

For the Black dye a 2 mineral spirits to 1 dye ratio is about right but check your manual for its own ratio needs.

The Grey dye is thicker and is approximately a 3:1 ratio. Watch the sprayer for spitting.

Just checked my notes (yes, I'm anal retentive) when I got home.... Used 2-1 ratio MS - Dye.

Used on Door Handles only as they are the same plastic as the cladding... I did not use on the roof rack, spoiler or hood insert as I was not sold that this would do the trick... Painting my hood insert and may paint my mirrors body color.... Not sure what I'm going to do with the rack & spoiler at this point

[Grif]

Ditto what the others have said. Terrycloth covered foam pads for first coat, waited about an hour to dry, followed by preval sprayer diluted 2:1 with mineral spirits. Used approx 1.5 bottles of all black. Door handles OK, pretty much anything else NOT OK as the stuff wont penetrate correctly.

As an aside, I did test the the half moon area with some Refinish Restorer afterward and advise against it. The solvents in RR will lift the dye and cause streaking, which was easily fixed with more Showroom New dye.

[JAMAS]

As an aside, I did test the the half moon area with some Refinish Restorer afterward and advise against it. The solvents in RR will lift the dye and cause streaking, which was easily fixed with more Showroom New dye.

I want to make sure I understand correctly......

So, "refinish restorer" is bad on the half moon after applying the "showroom new", but Showroom New applied to the half moon withOUT any additional restoring products is ok?

[VX KAT]

I want to make sure I understand correctly......

So, "refinish restorer" is bad on the half moon after applying the "showroom new", but Showroom New applied to the half moon withOUT any additional restoring products is ok?

Correct, I used SN on the half moon, came out beautiful, no streaks at all cuz it's a small area and you can apply it easily in continuous strokes. ....and just to muddy it up a bit..I left the R/R on my half moon and didn't blast it off with the pressure washer...and the SN went on and soaked in apparently just fine.

DId you start on it yesterday?

(Those white streaks at the top of the moon are just in the picture, think it was snow.

[JAMAS]

DId you start on it yesterday?

No. Planning on doing it on Saturday if it arrives by then.

[Grif]

I want to make sure I understand correctly......

So, "refinish restorer" is bad on the half moon after applying the "showroom new", but Showroom New applied to the half moon withOUT any additional restoring products is ok?

RR and Showroom New do not play well together. The solvents in RR tended to lift the dye off and cause streaking. So I let the RR dry fully then reapplied the Showroom New to fix the streaks without problem.

[vt_maverick]

Does it have a UV protectant? Did the original cladding have a UV inhibitor? I'd think sun would be far more damaging over time than mud or water.

[JAMAS]

Well I just made my "attempt" at applying this....

story preview.....I'm streaky...and so is the VX's cladding

First mistake: picking the hottest, most humid day. ( I did work in the shade though)

I took the day off work to do this, so I didnt want to wait. I applied first coat with terry cloth disc applicator thingy...definitely needed a second coat. Waited the suggested (on the bottle) 20 minutes max dry time before applying second coat. I now know I should have waited longer.....like a couple hours. Applying the second coat messed with the first (I think). Then I went do use the preval sprayer. HOly crap that messed me up. Mixed the ratio perfect...began to spray and the sprayer was messed up...started spraying out the bottom. Got dye on me and paint thinner on the cladding (similar issue to Grif's RR issues and resolved just as easily). I quickly gave up on the sprayer (half a bottle down the drain) then went to try and repair everything with another coat with the terry cloth applicator. That messed it up more. I waited for it to dry for an hour and tried to apply the little I had left which was probably not enough. SOOOOO sooo frustrating. I got it look "ok" from about 10 feet away.

My plan of attack to fix it is to buy 2 more bottles and apply much more liberally with the roller and maybe foam brush for the crevices.

Hopefuly the next coat with cover the streaks.

The color looks TONS better and it fixed the gas stain on the cladding and the buff job that a PO did. but the streaks are unacceptable in my book. I have to fix it. I can't sleep. Damn VX addiction.

[VX KAT]

oh no Jon! You're so precise and meticulous.....so sorry to hear this. I think it can still be fixed to your level of acceptable by spraying. Maybe you should order a new Preval sprayer from them, it wasn't too much money.

[JAMAS]

oh no Jon! You're so precise and meticulous.....so sorry to hear this. I think it can still be fixed to your level of acceptable by spraying. Maybe you should order a new Preval sprayer from them, it wasn't too much money.

I am terrified of that sprayer now.

[VX KAT]

I am terrified of that sprayer now.

talk to Grif, he used it....maybe can give you some more pointers.

Remember one point I made a while back, I wish I had NOT done a 4th coating...think it looked better at 3. So really decide how you're going to proceed since you're approaching 3.

[JAMAS]

Remember one point I made a while back, I wish I had NOT done a 4th coating...think it looked better at 3. So really decide how you're going to proceed since you're approaching 3.

Why not on the 4th coat?

<bitingMyNails>Sure hope I can make this better.....I'm really anxious to get it fixed.</bitingMyNails>

[JAMAS]

Grif and Child's Play-

you guys have any tips on using the preval sprayer? I am having difficulty.

[VX KAT]

One other point after I re-read your post....the roller spews the dye out the edges after it's saturated and you can NOT HELP BUT GET STREAKS....since it spews it out in a line on both sides of the roller....you have to address that or those "thicker streaks" will remain....... So....since you're already at coating 1.5 ish...I would NOT use the roller....the terry sponge thing did far, far better.

[JAMAS]

what about the sponge brush?...

I feel like when I put the stuff on the terry cloth applicator, after I made the top pass, and came back with the next row, it rubbed the top pass and created a streak....

if that makes sense....