Trim Restorer Showdown - Round 2 (Long and Pic heavy)

I just did a review of your post and can not find it.....not sure why. Would you be so kind to post me the link?

Thanks
 
WOW! Best review I've seen! You really took it to the Nth Degree!:xyxthumbs:
 
This is amazing. Thank you for your time. What is your favorite so far?
 
Awesome review! Really surprised at the TW. A little disappointed with the Ultima and GT C4 knocked it out of the park!. Wonder how the new Sonax Trim Gel would have compared. Thanx for your time and effort.
 
Thank you so much for volunteering your time to help the detailing community! I have been happy with Duragloss trim products, #271 and #301 in particular.
 
I just popped for the Ultima. The performance appears disappointing,but it looks like it hasn't fallen off much more after the initial drop-off.
 
Ultima is a good choice. It has a good balance between ease of application, clean up, etc. Solution Finish requires gloves (should use anyway) and keeping if off everything else. Plastics compositions are different so some products work well on some compared to others.
 
Bunky said:
Ultima is a good choice. It has a good balance between ease of application, clean up, etc. Solution Finish requires gloves (should use anyway) and keeping if off everything else. Plastics compositions are different so some products work well on some compared to others.
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Absolutely. I have no regrets because I got the Ultima and several other products for 35 percent off around Christmas,but then Autogeek lowered the price even more. Some folks got an even better deal than I did! My wife has a Pontiac G8,and nothing I've tried will stay on the side mirrors for some reason. I'm hoping the Ultima will be the magic bullet that works.

This is a great test!
 
UPDATE:

I have been meaning to get this update posted for some time.


The panel has seen some pretty varied weather; everything from weeks of heavy rain, snow, ice & sun.




At about the 6 week mark all but 5 seemed to be completely gone. This photo was taken at the 8 week mark. The Solution finish has faded significantly but this might be a result of the test piece not having been heavily faded to begin with. The 4 coating products seem to have had no fading at all. Something tells me this could be a very looonnnngggg test.






Outside of the 5 remaining, UTTG lasted the longest in this test. A revisit of the first round of testing (still underway): UTTG is still holding on after >4 months.




And Forever Black seems unfazed. The only issue is where the tape pulled some off early on. On the left was Forever Black by itself. On the right it was coated with Opti-Coat to see if it would improve durability and resistance.






I also got to observe the BMW at the 3 month mark.








On this trim the 3 remaining products all seem to have faded a little. This might prove to be the better real-life test as long as the car doesn't go away for some reason and cut my observations short.


I also found another use for the Carmor and GTechniq C4 that I would not consider using any of the other products for.










The driver's button sees a lot more contact so it was in worse condition to begin with and I anticipate will wear more quickly so it won't be a fair durability comparison between them. This is on my own car so I will continue to observe this.


More to come.
 
awesome review! surprised you never put dlux head to head with c4
 
Can't seem to edit my post:

Outside of the 5 remaining, UTTG lasted the longest in this test. A revisit of the first round of testing (still underway): UTTG is still holding on after >4 months. (I apologize: this photo was previously posted with the labeling being incorrect. The darker section is GTechniq C4 and UTTG is to the right. UTTG is faded but it does still have a definitive edge indicating it is still present.)

 
What an extensive review of some of the most notable trim products on the market today! Two trim products rise to the top of my list are CQuartz DLux and Solution Finish...

Thank you for spending the time putting this all together for everyone..:props:
 
BobbyG said:
What an extensive review of some of the most notable trim products on the market today! Two trim products rise to the top of my list are CQuartz DLux and Solution Finish...

Thank you for spending the time putting this all together for everyone..:props:
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Hi Bobby, have you put Dlux over Solution Finish?
 
this was very helpful , thanks so much for taken the time to do this ...
 
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