CERAKOTE® Ceramic Trim Coat Kit - Quick Plastic Trim Restorer - Ceramic Coating Guaranteed Restoration to Last Over 200 Washes – A Ceramic Coating, Not a Dressing

5/ Rating These packets WORK! I'm impressed. I have a 2006 FOrd Explorer and I would always take care of it in earlier years, the last ferw years I've neglected some. But now I'm back and I noticed my trim looks faded. I believe my issue was I would use Armor All protectant and from whatI've read, that's a no-no. I bought this ceramic coat kit and I'm now a believer. You muszt thoroughly clean the area and make sure this ONLY gets on the trim, not on window, mirror or body paint. This stuff will cure and it will take an act of God to remove. I got some on my mirror and didn't realize it until thje next day I was petrified.. But after using some rubbing alcohol and a little elbow grease I was able to get it off. Lesson learned. Make sure to use ONLY on the trim. Overall, this is the best product I've used to help revitalize and condition your trim. I still have 6-7 packets remaining. I've used 3 weeks ago and it still looks good. Pros Easy to use Only use on trim Comes individually packaged Lasts long Cons Individually packaged Make sure you only use on trim, any other part of the car and it will be an issue to remove if you let cure

I am thoroughly pleased with the results of this product, and the application was easier than I expected. Outstanding stuff. I am writing a longer review in case it helps people who are unsure about a "once and done" product that calls itself permanent. It's not hard to apply. It is forgiving and there's time to even it out. But here are some things to anticipate. My use case: I used Cerakote to restore the plastic trim on a used 2014 black Dodge Challenger that had been repainted but the plastic trim was original and it had been kept outside by the prior owner, so the contrast between the new paint and faded trim was noticeable. The trim was originally a deep, dark gray (it is never as black as the paint). It had faded to a medium-gray in many places: running boards on the side beneath the door, below the read bumper (which were also somewhat worn from debris), around the tail lights, and the plastic piece beneath the windshield wipers between the windshield and the hood. These were all looking weathered. The trim was very oxidized in some places, chalky grey near the hood and around the back bumper. The plastic around the tail lights also had light streaks in it from where water drains down from the trunk. What else I tried before I tried Cerakote: I got middling results from Mother's Back to Black. It looked somewhat better for a week or two, and then it went back to looking as before. Not impressed. I got a tip online to try rubbing the plastic trim with a melamine magic eraser, so I did that next, and this made a significant difference. Melamine is abrasive, so be careful if you do this on your trim. I went gently, up-and-down, side-to-side and in small circles, by hand, with gentle pressure like one would with a polishing compound. By removing the oxidation, the plastic was a few shades darker in the worst spots and the streaking on the rear tail light piece was gone. The rough spots on the trim at the bottom of the car and around the wheels looked somewhat better. But it certainly did not "like new." Cerakote experience: I decided to give Cerakote a try based on the video and good reviews. Bam! Back to factory-like deep dark gray. I wish I had taken pictures. It's incredible. Fully satisfied! I had already washed the trim with Dawn dish soap. I started with the trim bone dry. You are warned everywhere that water droplets will ruin the result, so don't expect to do this process right after you wash the car unless you like to live dangerously and have compressed air to spray cracks and crevices. I was worried that application would be streaky if I didn't do it right. Not so. It is forgiving. Here's what I learned. 1) The first 20% of what you'll get out of the packet goes on heavy with the lightest touch. One packet goes a long way. The next 60% is the "normal" application. This goes on the easiest. You can really milk the last drop out of each towelette, but I didn't because the last 20% of what you can get out of it by rubbing it really hard comes out very light and is not worth the uneven application unless you have some random area you don't care much about and want to use the remainder for that. I only used 5 packets to do the whole car. When you start a new packet, the beginning is where you might want to go back later and even it out once the application gets more normal. Or better, start a new packet on a big section to spread it around well and then move to smaller trim when the towelette is less fresh. 2) You've got time to work with it and make corrections. It stayed liquid like water for at least 20 minutes in my conditions: about 80 degrees, not very humid, indirect sunlight on an 80 degree car. Don't apply in direct sun or on a hot car. The product then gets sticky as it cures, but you can still work with it during the sticky time, rubbing it in and spreading it evenly with the towelette. I did not use a microfiber to "knock down" heavy spots. I just came back around with the towelette. I think a dry microfiber might pull off too much product. When it is half-cured, it is sticky and you can buff it with the towelette at this stage to further flatten and even things out. Work in sections, one piece of trim at a time. 3) Overlaps won't show as long as you rub it all in thoroughly. I tried the overlapping parallel passes method that they recommend, and this works pretty well. I was worried that I might get a "double heavy" streak where the passes overlap but this not so unless the towelette is fresh, but this is fixable. You can do a pretty natural, casual back-and-forth motion for the most part and it comes out fine. This is NOT a super-finicky product. I made a second or third back-and-forth pass in a few areas, and used circular motion in some places where the trim was textured or a little rough from wear, and it all looked even in the end. Just rub it down into the plastic and even out the sheen while it is uncured and it's good. 4) It cures like you see it when it's still wet. It doesn't lighten up very much as it cures. It just looks a little less wet. So get it right by eye when it is wet and that's pretty much what you will still have in an hour when it is cured. 5) Don't miss a spot! You'll see it for sure if you do because the different is so dramatic. And a "second coat" is not easy or recommended. This is the only once-and-done part that you want to get right, and you have plenty of cure time to be thorough. 6) Use the folded corner of the towelette to get into small corners and edges, like where the trim meets the paint or has an inside corner or some little nook. A fresh towelette is great for getting into small areas because a feather touch applies plenty of product when the towelette is fresh. The trim now looks amazing and I am entirely satisfied. I will use Cerakote on my other vehicles. The only minor con is a strong ammonia smell when you are up close to it while it is wet. No smell once it is cured. I would definitely wear the recommended gloves while applying. As others say, you will probably drop that towelette on the ground. It's slippery when wet. Keep it folded in quarters as it comes for ease of application. Turn to a new quarter once a side gets dirty or dry and fold it inside out for four more quarters to use. Bonus, but off-label -- at your own risk: The product is not intended for the soft rubber around the windows, but I tried it there too, and it looks amazing. All I did was wash the rubber with dish soap like the trim, and I rubbed it a few times with a wet microfiber cloth to get the superficial layer of oxidized rubber off. Then I applied Cerakote. It looks great. The rubber used to be blotchy and faded. The microfiber evened this out a little. I would not use melamine on the rubber -- this made it look worse in a test section. The Cerakote made it look great: jet black, much shiner, and much more even looking. Not quite "brand new" but far better than I thought possible. I thought I might need to replace the rubber. Now it's looking great next to the jet-black new paint. This afterthought use alone was worth the money. Can you apply a second coat the next day? They don't say you can, and I don't recommend it. This is meant to be one-shot, which is why you should check to make sure you don't miss any spots. I had two areas where I tried a second coat the next day. The first was on the plastic trim between the windshield and the hood. I didn't rub this trim much with melamine beforehand so there was a lighter area (light grey originally, the worst spot) that didn't get as black as the other sections so I did it again, which helped a little, but not much. I didn't wash this area with soap beforehand because I wasn't intending to fix it until I got going. Once you put things back to black you will start noticing other faded things more. Likewise, I did a second coat on the very top of the soft rubber at the bottom of the windows (the part which faces upward and thus gets the most sun), it wasn't as shiny as the other parts, so I went over that section gently again the next day with a fresh towelette. As soon as I did it, I thought it was a mistake. This didn't go well initially because the cured coating is very hydrophobic so the new, wet, Cerakote of the second coat goes on smooth initially and then "puddles up" into little droplets a few minutes later. It doesn't want to stick to the first coat. I thought I had messed it up, but I let it cure a little until the sticky phase, and spread it out again with the towelette. It stayed that time but gathered back a little into some streaks. I spread it once more a few minutes later and it looked good. It stayed even. It looks just fine a few days later, so I think it cured OK. I hope this product last for months as advertised. Even if it doesn't I would totally do it again because the results are superior, I still have half my towelettes left, and the product is not expensive. 10/10 would do again and will recommend to everyone.

For around $15, I was hoping for OK results. I'm pleasantly surprised! The results are A-, not factory new, but very, very good. Worked on everything, the trim under the exterior doors included (mine was badly sun-bleached). I applied it to a wide variety of trim just so everything would match, and it worked on everything. A big visual upgrade for my 10+ year old car! Oh, irritatingly, the gloves are junk. Mine ripped, got the very unpleasant chemicals on my thumb. Boo! Get better gloves, any nitrile or exam glove should do.

Product is very good. The was an issue as to how "clean" the surface needed to be prior to application of the product. The trim on my 21 year old car has been beat down by the Texas sun and required scotch-brite pads to remove the old worn oxidation. The end result looks good on the side I put the effort in to really clean it. I do plan to continue its use and purchase more once I run out.

High quality ceramic for your baby. Easy to apply and remove. Brightest shine ever seen on my truck. Long lasting product.

this stuff works really well. used on my 10 year old bass boat, plastics. made them look brand new and shinny. lasted a very long time. i am very impressed. i have used several other plastic "restoration" products, and this worked the best by far. there are youtube videos about this, that is how i learned about it.

CERAKOTE® Ceramic Trim Coat Kit restores and protects faded exterior plastic trim with a durable ceramic coating designed to bring back a like-new appearance. The easy-to-use kit helps protect against UV damage, oxidation, and weathering while providing long-lasting color enhancement and protection. Ideal for bumpers, moldings, and automotive plastic trim.

Overall from my personal experience, i will not buy again. Using on a ram promaster, i was able to do 2/3 of the plastics not including handles and mirrors. In my case not enough product in one box to do my vehicle. Pros: Does restore faded plastic. One box would be ok for most small vehicles. Cons: You get 10 packages with pre moisten towelettes the size of a wet napkin. They supply a plastic clear style glove that for handling the wet towelettes is pretty challenging. You will get frustrated. Rubber glove would be much better. Dont try to use the towel on to much of a space, towelettes dry out pretty quick leaving streaks if you arent careful.

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Amazing result! Restored like showroom condition. Highly recommend

Very good. Restored my weathered after-market black 3D printed side mirror cases perfectly. Very easy to apply

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Fantastic product. So easy to apply leaving plastics looking like new. Highly recommend.