Musings about Mothering the Cladding

[E-ZooZoo One]

Well, I do believe I’ve been properly & officially hazed, and am finally a full-fledged member of the club now.

In all my years of vehicle ownership, I have NEVER undertaken a body-maintenance/upkeep project that was so labor intensive -- I’m beat!

After (I don’t know how many) hours, Kathy asked me if I was ever going to finish making-out with the VX. -- I was beginning to wonder myself.



Mother’s Back-to-Black should come with a warning label… something along the lines of:

CAUTION: Use of this product by individuals with obsessive-compulsive tendencies has been known to cause a rift in the space time continuum. – If you experience a profound sensation of time loss, you should seek professional help immediately (* unless you own an Isuzu VehiCROSS, in which case this phenomenon is perfectly normal -- Use at your own risk).


I’ll tell ya one thing though – I can’t wait for the former owner to see it now…
He’ll probably experience a major case of seller’s remorse, `cause it looks ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

[Joe_Black]

All you Mothers people! Simple and easy is the way of the cladding with Meguiars Endurance Gold.

[geshaw30]

As usual Joe is right again-

Simplicity at its finest. Beats everything I've tried and gives your cladding that grape smell that any self respecting body shop would kill for.
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[deermagnet]

Yep, you guys are right about the Meguiar's. I've been using it for about four years now. I've seen too many posts about the Back-to-black taking hours to get it right. Sometimes it takes a whole bottle or more! A bottle of Meguiar's lasts me at least a year. I do a first class job and it takes me no more than 25 minutes. That includes going over it quick with a dry paper towel to smooth out any wet or dry spots. The name as it appears on the bottle is Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance High Gloss Long Lasting Tire Gel, aka 'grape juice'. I put in on with a dry rag. A little goes a long way. As long as I don't drive in the rain, it cleans up real nice and quick with damp paper towels. I love that stuff!

[Ruflyf]

Meguiars exterior trim detailer has worked very well for me, although it is a lil difficult to find it in stores. Only place I can get it locally is O'Reileys automotive. Excellent product though

Sorry bout the double post, but i thought it was this thread I was posting the first time when actually it was a dif one.

[Chopper]

Meguires sells the trim detailer on their website. The only place to get it these days. Like 2.50 a bottle, does all the cladding maybe 4or5 times per. Best I've found but still a pain in the ***.

[creeg]

So what Im hearing is that the "Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance High Gloss Long Lasting Tire Gel" should be used on the cladding, even though its tire gel?

Just making sure, dont want to mess anything up.

[geshaw30]

yup Creeg...tire stuff on cladding. Trust us ("we're your tax dollars at work".."we're from the government and we're here to help you"..etc).
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