- Hey, what's up guys.
And welcome back
to another episode of Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
Today's topic is Water-based versus Oil-based dressing.
What's the difference and which one should I use?
So stay tuned.
I'm going to explain everything
that you guys didn't know about these dressings right now.
So before you get into any application of dressing,
you want to make sure that the surface is clean and prep.
And what I mean by that is you want to make sure
that there's no previous dressings,
dirt or grime on the surface,
because that's going to interfere with your bond
and the durability of the dressing itself.
You can use a product like trim clean.
So this stuff cleans the trim, it removes oils,
wax polish residue compounds.
So not only does it clean the trim, but if you happen to,
you know, get some wax on there, or, you know,
maybe you don't masse your trim properly prior to polishing,
then this is a great way,
and easy way to remove it very quickly and effectively.
So it's a simple, easy to use product.
Simply spray it on a microfiber towel,
wipe down the trim and your job is done.
All right, guys, So now it comes to applying your dressing.
Now, right here,
I have two right here, right in front of me.
I have VRP, which is a water-based dressing
and then I have blue guard, which is an oil-based dressing.
So VRP works great on both interior and exterior vinyl,
rubber and plastic surfaces.
So whether it be on your dashboard door panels, your tires,
exterior plastics, rubber seals, you name it.
This stuff is going to do an incredible job
at restoring enhancing and protecting the finish.
VRP is great because it enhances a nice high gloss finish.
So if you guys like that high gloss look on any kind
of interior or exterior plastic, rubber, or vinyl trim,
this is an excellent product to go with.
And it also shields it from those harsh UV rays.
So if you leave your car parked outside all day,
this is a great product to have on your trend
because it's going to protect it from drying,
fading, cracking, and discoloration.
Now one quick tip,
and this goes for both oil-based and water-based dressings
is once you're done applying the product,
I like to wipe it down with a dry microfiber towel.
And what that does is it picks up any excess product
that you may have gone overboard with.
If you're like myself and you love
that crazy deep wet shine,
you may have some excess on the surface.
So just make sure you give it a nice little wipe down
to secure a dry to the touch finish.
Now, depending on the level of shine that you like,
we do carry different dressings for you guys.
So for this VRP, it delivers a high shine finish.
If you like more of the natural look,
more of the factory dealer kind of look,
then you can go with a product like our natural shine.
And then if you want something in between something kind
of like a satin kind of light sheen that you can go
with our silk shine dressing.
And if you're a really,
really shine fanatic, you can go with our G6 Hyper coat,
which works exceptionally well
to achieve that deep wet shine.
Moving on, we have our blue guard,
which is an oil-based dressing.
Now, first things first,
you may have noticed that this comes with the spray nozzle,
as opposed to the VRP, which has a spout.
Now this is more of a cream, this one's more of a liquid,
so it's a little bit easier to apply
in the sense that you can just simply spray it
onto your microwave applicator and start applying it.
Now, the great thing about oil-based dressings
is that they do an exceptional job at reviving super faded
and dried out trim.
So if you have a very neglected car,
I'm talking about like your car has been sitting outside,
you have never put dressing on it for years.
The plastic looks gray.
When it's originally supposed to look black,
this is a product that you want to go with.
An oil-based dressing does more of an excellent job by
rejuvenating that trim and bringing it back to life.
So this does an incredible job of restoring it,
and it also lasts very, very long on exterior surfaces.
So you can apply this on exterior, rubber plastics,
rubber seals, you can even apply it as a tire shine.
So if you love that deep wet look,
blue guard is an incredible product to go with.
So as far as application with these oil-based dressings,
they're pretty much the same as water base.
Only that this one has a spray nozzle.
So instead of spraying onto the surface,
which I don't recommend simply
because you're going to get a lot of over-spray,
you can actually spray on to a foam or microwave applicator,
and just thoroughly working into the trim.
Oil-based dressings, like blue guard, also tend
to have an extremely high amount of UV blockers.
So if protection for the exterior plastics
and trim is what you're going for,
oil-based dressing is the way to go.
And it also has special hydrophobic properties,
that'll last you multiple washes.
And then as an alternative dressing,
we also have our aerosol dressing
such as our factory finished.
Now, this product is great
for getting into those hard
to reach areas that you can't necessarily get
to with an applicator.
So if you're working at intricate areas
or hard to reach areas in aerosol dressing like this one,
works exceptionally well because this sprays in a nice,
fine mist, so you can spray it
and get into all those hard-to-reach
areas with ease.
And as far as oil-based dressings,
we also have an entire lineup of oil-based dressing.
So we have blue guard,
which you have right here in front of us.
We also have our extreme liquid shine,
our hybrid V7, high optical shine,
and we also have our tire trim gel.
So if you guys love
that gel substance tire trim gel is an incredible product
to go with as well.
All right, guys.
So just a quick little recap of the differences
between these two.
They're both going to do an incredible job
at restoring enhancing and protecting the trim.
However, water-based dressings they can be used on interior
and exterior vinyl,
rubber and plastic surfaces.
Oil-based dressings we recommend
to apply them only on exterior surfaces,
such as rubber seals, plastic trim, you know,
stuff like that.
So if heavy restoration is what you're going for,
oil-based dressings are going to be the best
that you can go with.
Now, they also have those high UV blockers.
So if you leave your car parked outside
where it's going to get a lot of UV rays,
then this is going to do an incredible job of protecting it.
And it also has those hydrophobic properties
that's going to last you multiple washes.
I hope that this video pretty much cleared up any question
that you guys may have had between water-based
and oil-based dressings.
If you guys do have any leftover questions
that I did not answer in this video,
leave them in the comment section down below,
and also let us know what other products that you want us
to kind of break down and compare.
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And as always, my name is Joey,
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