Oh my, I've written a book about it.....in a word...no, it didn't work out for me. It ended up chipping off on the entire front bumper which I assume was from airborne particles. It also chipped off anywhere it was abraded from a bush or tree branch when I was off-road. I then learned it could be blasted off completely using the pressure washer at real close range, so that's what I've been doing to get ready to try something else.Originally Posted by Osteomata
Others have had tremendous success with it, and it's still a fantastic product. The best explanation we can surmise is my surface prep was faulty/inadequate. (Although I did it pretty darn carefully).
Another thought was that my PO had applied something "permanent" to the cladding. Mine has never ever looked dry and chalky like many older, neglected ones do. Mine also seems to be a rather different hue than most everybody...it's almost a bluish /light gray color....another oddity. Although LDub and some others believe the darker colors came with lighter cladding and vice versa. I've now been in person with at least 15+ VXs and I think everybody agrees, my cladding is a weird lighter color. (Even Mike and Kirk thought so this past Sunday when they saw mine)
I haven't applied ANYTHING to my cladding for 2 yrs now. I left it nekkid for 3 months before my 1st coat of R/R, then applied a 2nd coat about a year later. Over the past 4 months or so I've spent some time blasting it off with the pressure washer, but haven't applied any product, whatsoever, including when I run it through the cheapo car wash.
Because of this experience, I'm gun shy about trying any "permanent" stuff. So I've been thinking about TS-1 (vt_maverick has been using it) since that's a semi-perm product you reapply every 90 days or so. But when this Black Fusion said 1 yr, I thought that may be the better choice for me. If it's no good, I figure it will just wear off and I'll be no worse for the wear.
Just as an FYI, and in case you have nothing better to do with your time..., here's some info as I chronicled my experience, and many others did too.
I think I'm going to group all the pertinent cladding threads and start a cladding Wiki.
Pretty much can start here, on page two (2), post #49 on.
http://vehicross.info/forums/showthr...inish+restorer
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...62&postcount=5
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ding+possessed
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