I wrapped the trim pieces on the doors in black satin on my wife's Jeep. Looks great and if they ever get scratched I'll just rip it off and re-wrap it. ty

Never use acetone on any part of a vehicle it will damage most surfaces.

Thanks for the heads up on this product. I have it and was planning to use it on my trim at some future date.

Oh wow, that's terrible! At least you were able to come up with something of a solution. Thanks for giving us a heads up about this. I literally just had a friend reach out this past week asking me what to do about faded plastic trim, so this one's pretty timely. I know what NOT to recommend, just in case they have some flat non-porous plastic to restore... 👍

Great info, thanks! I just got a package of the cerakote trim restore, now I know whatnot to put it on.

Thanks Chelsea, A vary good and timely video. I was about to apply some today. I'm having second thoughts about it now, since i'm planning on keeping my truck for a while.

Thanks for the heads up !!! Also, thanks for a great video.

Chelsea, thanks for the Awesome Info!

Thank you for your honesty

Thank you for this! I'm glad you were able to at least temporarily fix this, and the new vinyl thankfully isn't too expensive and easy to apply The majority of the trim is still awesome! Just the pillars, after the sanding it looked great and now the vinyl One of the vehicles I want is the subaru ascent

Thanks for the heads up!

Thank you Chelsea !!!!

About to do my new car. Glad I saw this. Thanks.

Great information, thanks for sharing

Thank you for this video!

I applied this the same way you did about 2 years ago. Had a mishap and one of my pillars looks pretty awful. Contacted Cerakote and they suggested nail polish as well. I ended up just leaving it as is because I didn't want to destroy the pillar. They ended up giving me my money back. I am going to look into what you did with the wrap. Thanks for making this video.

Thanks for the insight

Thanks for paying attention ⭐️⭐️👍👍

Yup, I found the same thing happening to the Cerakote on my flat trim pieces on my Subaru. Leveling is also a problem in that the first places you start to put the stuff with a pad right out of the pouch has a ton of liquid on it and will deposit a lot of it. On flat pieces it will leave streaks that do not appear to self-level. This also can happen on rough areas, as the initial spot will have more liquid and have a darker appearance for a longer time.

I currently have that on an suv and a pickup trunk, and it's held out exceptionally well now for almost a year. The downside is sometimes it can be hard to level off completely.

Solution Finish is still #1 😎

@louistenace5577

10 күн бұрын

Solution finish is garbage. Applied per inventors instructions. Dry for a week. Streaked and faded and spotted within 3 days.

I clear wrapped all my pillars. It’s the best plan.

Thank you for this video. I made the same mistake and didn’t realize what happened. I’ve sold the car now or I’d try the vinyl trim on my B pillars.

This is exactly the issue I had with my son's Honda CRV. All the porous trim looks great, but the shiny pillars are bad. I will wet sand and polish them, So @attention2detailswchelsea can you let us know how you prep the porous trim and re-coat goes for you as many of will be in the same boat going forward. Thanks!!!

Thank you for this video! I have used this coating on my trim with no issues, in fact it looks great but I don’t have any piano trim.

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

The non porous trim for me wasn’t piano trim. It only looks like that after wet sanding and correcting. It was more of a semi flat surface before coating. The coating definitely made it more glossy which I didn’t mind

Thanks for advice

I remember you installing it. You were worried it wasn’t going to level if I remember correctly! I hate the pillars on my 13 Forester XT.

Hi Chelsea if i may suggest for those type of pillars the best way is to scuff them 400-600 grit and maybe 800 the most because paint needs a surface lay paint and mechanically bond on to the surface, if its too smooth u run the risk of paint not adhering well., Prep work before painting them and Cerakote Paint

I just did this same car for my friend but I used Vonixx V Plastic on the porous and smooth plastic parts. Hopefully I don’t run into the same issue. The vinyl looks great now though.

Aside from that trim, your Subie is lookin awesome! Is that still the McKee’s graphene ceramic?

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

This is Ethos Graphene but it’s near the end of its life and I’ll probably recoat it soon with the Mckees graphene cause that’s what I apply the most here at my shop

Good to know!

thanks for letting us know before it got us too

How did you prep your surfaces prior to CeraKote application? Wash and a panel wipe? Those trim strips looked great.

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

I did a wash, ipa wipe and applied. They looked GREAT up to the 3 yr mark but I couldn’t remove it even if I wanted to without damaging the surface. On porous trim I think you could just ipa wipe and recoat with a trim coating but on the pillars I will need to find a local shop to wrap them for me as that’s not something I offer and I want it done right

Thanks for the video I almost got that brand and was going to do the exact same thing.lol🤦

Thx for advice. That was close 😅

Thanks!

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Remember ceramic dries out clear coat like your hands. PPG and Nippon Paint only use resistant ceramic coatings with their heat, oil and abrasion products I would have used 3m vinyl wrap to re wrap them. Just amazed that you even got more than a year out of a "trim dye coating"

I used PPF on my pillars as they scratch easily.

Hey Chelsea, do you think another application of Cerakote would have addressed the issue? Appreciate the 3 year update video on this product :)

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

No I think it would have locked in the cracked appearance vs filling them in

@jackhwong

7 ай бұрын

​@@attention2detailswchelsea Gotcha thx 🙏

damn... wish I hadn't already done mine. Guess in a few years I'll plan to be wet sanding. 😅

I would love to know what happens on the porus panels if you reapply. I had folks in the detail industry push me away from cerakote on my older faded trim because of the permanent nature of it. My panels had faded to an ash grey on my 04 Saturn Vue I recently acquired. UV damage was done, no going back. I wanted to use a product to dye it back to the OEM color like solutions finish, then use cerakote to lock it in its OEM state..... they said DO NOT do it. The panel will re-fade under the cerakote, but now its locked so you are stuck.... stick to cerakote on new or only mild damage as it will stop further degradation & will restore very mild fade and hold it. Thoughts?

TBH looks more like common break down from UV rays and not a cerakote issue.

@attention2detailswchelsea

14 күн бұрын

Trust me , the Cerakote is flaking off. Has nothing to do with the trim underneath. But i couldn’t budge it if it wasn’t flaking off. Magic eraser, sanding even didn’t budge it.

Great video. I just purchased the product and will avoid the areas you pointed out. They say not to use it in the interior and I wonder why? Maybe it is the odor.

@attention2detailswchelsea

2 ай бұрын

Because it’s permanent. I wouldn’t use this on interiors

It might be worth the investment to purchase new trim if the wrap doesn’t hold up. One thing to remember about Cerakote Trim Restorer, it is designed to be a “restorer” not a preservative for new trim. I’ve read about several complaints when people used this on new trim that came out streaky. For it’s intended purpose, Cerakote is a great product however.

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

I’ve heard that as well on their newer products and wondering if they changed the formula cause I didn’t have that experience when I applied

@gs98999

7 ай бұрын

Can confirm, I applied it to my new WRX this summer due to massive amounts of black plastic and wanted to protect it. It was extremely hard to apply evenly. Left streaks all over. I will never apply it to any new car again.

Nice!!!

I can't believe they told you to use nail polish remover!

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

Me too.

I have cleaned a lot of Subaru’s like yours and everyone of them the trim is always faded

İ have been watching informative videos about car washing and products for about 4-5 months. İ was thinking of buying this product in my own shop, but i seem to have given up now.

I live in Pa as well Chelsea if you find a good shop that does wrap well let me know I also have some gloss black trim I want wrapped as well

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

Will do

Hey! Similar to your sticker solution, i believe the original one is also a sticker and not a “shiny plastic” trim hence the reason why it had a different reaction. I know people here who buff or polish these trim parts to restore them regardless if cerakote trim restore was applied or not. Hope this helps.

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

To the best of my knowledge it’s not a sticker, it’s a hard plastic smooth surface. I had polished it in the past but it always became faded within a few months and was very prone to smudging when touched from finger oils and looked awful hence why I applied this product.

@danf.8787

7 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea i see. Its nice to know though that yours lasted 4 years despite the 2 year claim of cerakote. I just hope though that on those non porous plastics, the ceramic doesnt trap the faded plastic inside like what happens to other ceramic/ trims restore🤞 will wait for your update on those fading parts if reapplying will do the job👍

Cerakote recommends NON-Acetone nail polisher remover and a magic eraser to remove their trim coat product on their website. The application instructions on the website also read: IMPORTANT! This is a permanent product intended to restore faded, untreated, UNPAINTED, exterior trim. Not for use on interior, new, or plastic window trim.

@attention2detailswchelsea

6 ай бұрын

Yeah those don’t work to remove it at all. And those instructions were not there when I purchased it 4 yrs ago but glad to see they’ve added them

Same thang happened to my moms Honda

Does anyone know the difference between the wipes and the clear liquid bottle of Cerakote ceramic products? Thanks!

@attention2detailswchelsea

6 ай бұрын

I would imagine the wipes are much thicker and a different formulation to restore and coat. It’s almost as if it applies a clear coat over it whereas ceramic coatings aren’t as thick and will break down over time

I have a new Sierra gmc. It has huge black piano non porous pillars. What do you recommend to put on them?

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

A normal ceramic coating. I wouldn’t recommend this.

@JohnBlakeJr

7 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea that’s what I was hoping. I don’t have a place indoors and probably need to Ceramic coat this new vehicle. Hoping it’s warmer this weekend so I can complete a decontamination and sealant.

Do not use Cerakote on any painted or metal surfaces, unpainted plastic only. They should put that in their instructions, but they don’t.

So what would you use on the non porous trim?

@attention2detailswchelsea

2 ай бұрын

Probably either wrap it or just something like 3D speed and a normal ceramic coating

oof that is wild. Shoutout to Cerakote burning through trim 1 car at a time

I used this product per instructions then drove through the recent tropical storm to visit Mom in Florida. Don't use this product on the " black piano key" pillars.

How do you reapply to cerakoted porous trim?

@attention2detailswchelsea

6 ай бұрын

I would clean with soap or apc, panel prep wipe and just reapply

You're not supposed to put it on smooth pillars or any other smooth,coated areas.

Wouldn't it be better to use actual wax for painted surfaces?

Ugh. This video is 1 week after I applied it to my wife’s Subaru Crosstrek. Maybe we’ll trade it in within 3 years 😂

Plasti dip

Could you just replace those pieces with new ones?

@attention2detailswchelsea

7 ай бұрын

Sure but they are several hundreds of dollars

@tundrawhisperer4821

7 ай бұрын

@@attention2detailswchelsea Hmmm……will that more than the labor and material to wrap them?