TC Black Fusion cladding reconditioner - info & experience

[SlowPro48]

Sue I hope you'll try this out on your polypropylene trash bin first to make sure it's not a type of coating that will flake off. You've already done your time with flaky cladding treatments! Who knows what's in this stuff - could be 10 cents worth of boiled linseed oil, a flattening agent to soften the shine and a pinch of soot from the baghouse of the local coal-fired boiler to darken things up a bit...

As they say - test in an inconspicuous area!

[IndianaVX]

I remember seeing it listed on Deermagnet's window sticker: "Anti-Chip Polyproplyene Body Cladding" (Exterior section center column.)

oh man, i must be tired.......i was thinking to myself "self, that is a goofie thing to put on a sticker on the center column......wonder if its above, or below the Vehicross logo"

[Bob Barker]

haha!

[VX KAT]

UPDATE:
Tested on a small piece of cladding I have (from when dub installed my hitch). I taped over half of it and sprayed exactly as listed. Shaking the bottle continuously. It turned out to be mostly CLEAR, and dried to a satin shine.

Did a 2nd coat next day, same thing, essentially CLEAR. Basically, looks just like Restore/Refinish..

Emailed the prez, said I hadn't heard from sales rep yet.

Sales rep called...explained they've switched to a flip top bottle (no spray pump I believe)....shouldn't be "clear"...should definitely have more black/charcoal color. Also said it may have been affected going over the Rockies in the severe cold weather during shipping.

Great, me and maybe the 3 other folks that ordered it, may have gotten a LEMON! He's sending me a replacement bottle. So make sure you test yours first (Can just spray it on a white plastic trash bag to see if it's putting out any significant color).

Stay tuned for the next installment!

[vt_maverick]

And people wonder why we treat new cladding products with such suspicion...

[VXjunky]

***___gotten a "dud?"

[Bob Barker]

I think Rhino-liner is the best answer for our plastic woe's, and if you are as lucky as I am and have a black VX, then it's the best answer for the whole truck!!!

[Grif]

Last night I went CSI on the company(s) behind this product. It's like a labyrinth. Multiple related companies each linking each other as the ultimate source, each quoting the other as having the "latest info about their products". All are dead ends.

What I was really going for was the materials data safety sheet (required by the EPA) which would list more detail of its contents, chemical actions and who actually formulated and submitted it. Not that I think its hazardous or anything, but just curious as to where it came from, its contents and then surmise how it works.

Anyhoo, dead ends so far as that particular product goes. They do seem to have a great line of other products tho... hehe.. Sold under "Technicians Choice", "Elite Car Protection" and "Platinum Professional Car Wash" products.

[VX KAT]

Last night I went CSI on the company(s) behind this product. It like a labyrinth. Multiple related companies each linking each other as the ultimate source, each quoting the other as having the "latest info about their products". All are dead ends.

What I was really going for was the materials data safety sheet (required by the EPA) which would list more detail of its contents, chemical actions and who actually formulated and submitted it. Not that I think its hazardous or anything, but just curious as to where it came from, its contents and then surmise how it works.

Anyhoo, dead ends so far as far as that particular product goes. They do seem to have a great line of other products tho... hehe.. Sold under "Technicians Choice", "Elite Car Protection" and "Platinum Professional Car Wash" products.

Yeah I noticed the instructions included the statement: "Refer to MSDS before use"....but they sure didn't give us a MSDS, or make it easy to get one apparently!

This product is called "Technician's Choice Black Fusion", so are you saying this one doesn't show up under that product line where you were looking?

[Grif]

Yeah I noticed the instructions included the statement: "Refer to MSDS before use"....but they sure didn't give us a MSDS, or make it easy to get one apparently!

This product is called "Technician's Choice Black Fusion", so are you saying this one doesn't show up under that product line where you were looking?

Yes mam, no documentation at all. Tho it is definitely a "Technicians Choice" product.

[Kona-Vs]

Looks like a "good old bottle of snake oil" to me

[VX KAT]

Looks like a "good old bottle of snake oil" to me

I'm thinking it has something to do with the dispersal and the color particles not coming out the sprayer. Just take a look at surf-life's cladding, or some of Richard Payne's other VXs for sale. Richard has seen it being used for 6 months with good results. I'll have to reserve judgement until I try the 2nd bottle.....we'll see...

[Grif]

Looks like a "good old bottle of snake oil" to me

Don't be too quick to judge. All I did was dig their myriad of sites for product info.

To be fair, they do not post any actual MSDS sheets for any of their other products either, but they do have copious amounts of info for all of their products except "TEC70" which is the product in question.

[vt_maverick]

Like sands through the hour glass... so are the cladding products we try.

Staying tuned for round 2...

[bobbyfullen]

I just got mine in and it worked just like they said!!!!!