Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Graphene Acrylic Trim Restorer, 53838

I have a 2002 chevy avalanche and it came with grey moldings. I bought this product thinking it was clear and I have tried about 4 other restorers on my truck with very short time results. As I applied this product after half a bumper it was going to come out black, so I went on. since mine was originally gray it looked streaky and said what the hell, let’s give it a second coat and I was shocked with the results. I have had a few people tell me I did a wise decision in painting it black and it looks great. I did have to buy a second bottle to cover the 2 coats on my truck (top, sides and bumper) but it was a lot to cover. it has been about 3 months and still looks good.

I put this coating on the front bumper step and it is working fine, looks good and does not bubble up in the rain.
I have put it on the back bumper step and it continually fails, twice now, fails within a day.
I thought surface contamination even though I scrubbed it with dish soap and a scrunge the first time and it failed to stick. Second time used more aggressive cleaning alcohol IPA, but it refuses to stick to the plastic. Then when it rains it forms a rough raised texture that can be scraped off with fingers. It seemed to dry a little sticky too on the rear bumper. I think the thing to do is use an adhesion promoter and black flat bumper paint instead of this coating. So far just wasting my time with it. And I found Chemical Guys wet mirror finish glaze rubbed in and wiped off when dry restored the black cowl plastic very nicely and it survived the rain, I might try that on the back bumper before using paint.

I absolutely cannot say enough about Turtle Wax ceramic wax. If you search on youtube for that product you will find some objective tests that will show beyond a doubt that the ceramic spray wax is amzing.

So, when I saw this product I had to give it a try. I have an FJ Cruiser with a lot of black plastic. I have used other products and they are good but only last a month or so. I bought this and applied it as directed and honestly it lasted over one year in the worst winter conditions. Pretty much the same results as the ceramic spray wax. One bottle was more than enough to do my FJ as well as a friend’s jeep. The only mistake I made was not taping off the paitned areas and not wearing gloves. The prodcut comes off the painted areas (if they are waxed!) with some effort. The hands – another story – lots of goop and pumice. IT was like a ceramic shell of black encasing my hands!

The trim restorer is AMAZING – would recommend to anyone who has a lot of black trim to keep protected.

Je pense qu’il faut masquer toute peinture avant d’appliquer ce produit sur les plastiques car la peinture noire qu’il contient est difficile à enlever. Je ne suis pas satisfait des résultats qui sont inégaux. Certaines zones sont noires mates comme le support d’origine alors que d’autres sont brillantes. L’aspect est mauvais. D’autres produits que j’ai utilisés précédemment ont donné de meilleurs résultats.

this is really quite impressive stuff!

I bought my daughter a 2011 Peugeot 107 as her first car – it was a low mileage example so the paint is in great condition and looked like new after a machine polish – the issue (with all the 107 / C1 / Aygo) cars of this age is badly discoloured plastics.
i have a lot of products in the garage but they either didn’t seem to make much different or they looked ok until the next rainfall and then ran off and usually made a mess of the surrounding paintwork.
I applied this with a little bit of cut-off foam sponge to cleaned plastics – the result was instant – a nice satin black finish – it needs spreading around to ensure coverage and i gave a 2nd coat after a few mins as per the instructions.
Hopefully you can see in the picture how radical a different it made – its really restored them to new.
after it been on the car for a month in all sorts of rainfall (it lives in the north of England so plenty of rain!) and it still looked great. In that time it had one hand car wash which also didn’t affect the look or finish.
at the 5 week mark the car was filthy and i gave it a wash with quite strong traffic film remover and a pressure wash – this has made it streak a little, but to be honest it was to be expected – i’l happily re-apply it.
in summary – easy to apply – looks like new – lasts well.

one note – DO wear gloves when applying – it will NOT come off your hands very easily at all – likewise be careful not to over-apply over paintwork or it can leave a “painty” looking mark too

Used this on my 2007 Jeep liberty, good product for price, better then the wipes. A bit messy, so use gloves..!!!! Be as careful as can and clean up on surfaces with alcohol asap, harder to get off when dry. Took 2 coats to get my desired black level. Recommend applying even and circular to avoid swirl look. I buffed mine in when dry with alcohol mixed with baby oil to blend. Hope this helps!