- What's up guys.
Welcome back.
Check out this truck.
This thing has an absolutely faded bumper trim.
Now, if your car or truck looks anything like this,
then stay tuned because today
I'm going to be showing you guys how to restore it.
All right, guys.
So first things first, we want to do a 50 50
to show you guys what it looked like before
to what it will look like once we're done with it.
So what I'll wait,
what better way to do that
than with some old fashioned masking tape.
So I'm going to grab my blue tape here
and I'm actually going to do it at an angle just
because you have these little ridges and,
you know
for the sake of,
you know,
making it look nice
we're going to do our best so that it looks nice and great.
So that you guys have a satisfying 50, 50 to look at.
So the reason I'm just kind of working the tape a little bit
is so that we get a hard tape sticking.
And so that the tape sticks within the grooves
because I don't know if you guys can see
but the plastic bumper here has a texture to it.
So we just want to make sure that we get a nice, deep clean.
Now the products that I'm going to be using today
is going to be nonsense, with a Boar's hair brush.
Now this right here is the perfect combination
of cleaner and brush
in order to prep your trim for a code of dressing.
So that's what we're going to do now.
I'm going to do this right side here.
Actually, I'm going to do the left side.
So you guys can have a bigger chunk to see.
I'm going to spray the surface directly.
And I'm also going to spray the bristles of my brush as well,
set that down
and then I'm going to begin to scrub the surface.
Now, the thing with nonsense
is that it's an all purpose cleaner
which is going to work out great in our favor
especially with this bumper trim
to give it a deep clean.
So what I mean by giving it a deep clean
is not just removing dirt and grime,
but any kind of embedded oils.
So say, you know,
the previous time that this owner has applied
a dressing on here,
they're, I mean obviously it's super faded
and it has nothing on there
but we just want to ensure that we have 100% clean
and prep trim before we apply any kind of dressing.
So just as like wood, you know,
prep the vehicle
you're paying before you you apply ceramic coating,
a sealant or a wax,
you want to do the same with your trim.
And once you do that, you go to set your brush down,
grab yourself a towel here,
and wipe off the excess of the cleaner.
And you guys will see right now
that after I'm done cleaning it, it looks great.
However, that's just because there's still moisture
on the surface.
Now, what I mean by that is,
you know,
obviously the liquid
it kind nourished the plastic.
So it's going to make it look,
you know, good.
However, we want to make sure that it's protected.
So now that I've wiped off the excess,
what I'm going to do now is grab my pro blow.
Now, the reason I got my pro blow
is just to kind of speed up the process of,
you know
drying up any kind of moisture
that's on the plastics so that we have a proper bond.
So as you guys can see
the trim just pretty much looks
as faded as when we first started
and no more different than the right side
with the difference of this being clean
and this still being dirty.
So now what I'm going to do
is I'm going to grab my tire and trim gel.
Now, tire and trim gel is an oil-based dressing
that does an extraordinary job
at restoring faded and neglected plastic trims
like this on the exterior of your vehicle.
I'm going to be using it with my applicator here.
We're going to open it up,
apply about three drops,
set that down,
and then I'm going to work that in.
And I want you guys to pay attention right away
to how it adds depth clarity.
As you guys can see it restores this plastic trim
makes it look how, when it did,
when it was brand spanking new.
My tape kind of lifted up there a little bit.
So it's okay.
We're just going to work in the product
as best as we can
and make sure to always work in the product,
you know
the best that you can
because sometimes whenever you apply
a lot of it
you may have a lot of excess
sitting on the surface that you want to work in.
So I'm just coming back to where I first
sat down the applicator
just to kind of pick up any excess product
and just stretch it
so that I make the best use out of my product.
And I don't have any kind of excess sitting on the surface.
And then once I'm done working it in,
what I also would like to do
is grab a separate dry microfiber towel,
wipe the area just once or twice
just to pick up any excess product.
And this will help you so that you know
it doesn't attract dust
and that you don't have any extra product on there
that's going to make the surface feel like greasy
or anything like that.
Tire and trim gel is designed to be 100% completely dry
to the touch finish.
So as you guys will see right now,
just from me buffing up the excess to the product,
I can touch it with my hand.
It's not slippery.
It's not oily.
It looks great.
And as you guys can see,
it definitely does look a lot more amazing.
So I'm going to wipe, tear off my tape here,
show you guys these final results,
as you guys can see,
I did get a little bit of the moisture underneath
the actual tape itself.
I'm going to grab my blower here
and just kind of dry it up
so that you guys can see that nice, hard line
As you guys can see, the trim looks amazing.
It looks much better than what we have over here.
You do have a little bit of a cleaner
that kind of seeped through under the tape.
However, these results they speak for themselves
it looks amazing.
The truck looks a lot better.
And as you can imagine,
when we do the whole entire bumper,
it's going to look amazing
and it's going to bring up the overall value of this truck.
So if you guys liked this video
make sure to give this video a like comment down below
if you learned something new today.
And as always,
if you guys want to pick up any of the products
that we use today make sure to visit our website
or swing by your local Detail Garage store.
My name is Joey.
This is Chemical Guys, Detail Garage.
See you guys next time.