Gatorbacked my cladding

I had the opportunity to Gatorback my cladding this week. I purchased Mike Nomy's leftover cans of Gatorback Black. It was money well spent. Very easy to apply and I think the results are great. The biggest surprise is how the cladding felt after the Gatorback was applied. I was expecting it to feel as if it had been painted. Instead, it seems that the product "soaked in" to the cladding. It doesn't feel like there is a layer of anything on top of the cladding.

I have a few cell phone pics to share, I apologize in advance for the quality. I'll see if I can snap some with a better camera next week.

Here is a shot of the untreated passenger side. Cladding is faded and has an uneven look to it.
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/515/raw_side.jpg

Here is the treated driver's side. Muy Bueno! Color is even and is a satin black. (picture is a little washed out)
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da.../done_side.jpg

It rained the next day. As you can see the product does not wash off and water beads up nicely.
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/515/wet_side.jpg

Overall I feel it was money well spent. I received a few compliments on the truck at work this week. People wanted to know if I had replaced all of the plastic around the bottom. They were surprised to hear it was from a spray can. I have a few spots that need to be touched up but overall it seemed to apply very evenly. I applied 2 very light coats and used 2 and approx 1/8th of a can to do all of the lower cladding.

Any questions please ask! I may not get a chance to respond until Monday though.

Looks really good. The color is spot on IMHO and does not appear to alter the texture much at all.

That does look great, nice even and smooth look! :thumbup:

Damn nice!

I have a couple gallons of that stuff.....we did "authorized" Chevy redos on Avalanches and Escalades ( we did a few Rav-4s and even an Element) When we sold the shop, I kept the Gatorback. I have the product that needs a spraygun and compressor rather than the rattle cans, but it's the same stuff. It was developed in Melbourne Fla. to fix Chevy complaints. It will last at least 4 years that I know of 1st hand.....and that's in Fla with the heat etc.
Good product
***we shoot it thru a Binks #7 spraygun.....I wouldn't use a Sata or anything good :grino:

Awesome Duratracs.

came out awesome! glad u liked it!