[Shotimes] RE: Hard Rubber Trim

[Donald Mallinson]

Ron,

I tried Back to Black and while it does the job, I don't 
like the idea of essentially "painting" the part!  and it 
doesn't look as natural as the Wurth Rubber Care that I have 
used for years, and sell a bunch of.

The Wurth is a clear product that won't harm paint, run and 
streak or change the natural color of a part.  You can use 
it on black plastic, grey or whatever color that gets wax 
build-up and turns white.

On the VW my wife just got, the rubber parts around the 
bumper supports were awful.  After a few sprays with the 
Wurth Rubber Care, they look like new.  And they are the 
natural color, not painted to look black.

Rubber Care also is great on soft rubber trim, underhood 
hoses and other things (that is what it was designed for) 
but the use on hard plastic parts is just a happy 
coincedence of someone trying it and finding a good result.

You can get it from any Wurth retailer, I sell it on my 
business site:

http://www.dccarcare.com

About any "fungus" that might get on those parts, if you are 
talking about the rear quarter window parts, that is damage 
from the sun (ozone) and if you look close, there are holds 
in the part that fill with wax/dirt.  Not really fungus.  I 
guess you could have had some fungus on the outside, but it 
is really not likely.

I recommended once to use black silicone sealant to fill the 
holes in those parts, and THEN something that paints the 
part like Back to Black might be the best thing to get it 
looking right.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:

> I will strongly second the recommendation on Mothers "Back To Black". In
> fact, I was going to write a glowing review a few weeks ago and didn't.
> 
> In the past, I had serious problems with the wax & polish staining the black
> trim (hard rubber & plastic stuff) on my 911 after using the 7424
> random-orbital. Other cleaners did not help, but I used Back To Black this
> year, and it came out GREAT.
> 
> I then used it on the SHO, and all of the black surfaces, including the
> flat-black mirror housings on my '95, came out GREAT. Even where I caught
> the rear window moldings with wax, it came out fine with the Mothers.
> 
> I know that Don likes the Wurth product, and I personally haven't tried it,
> but the Mothers is excellent.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbcrawford@comcast.net [mailto:cbcrawford@comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:42 PM
> To: v8sho@v8sho.com
> Subject: Hard Rubber Trim
> 
> 
> Took the SHO to the beauty shop today, when we left I noticed that the hard
> rubber (NOT the weather striping, the "molding" style stuff) around all four
> windows had developed a spotty, worn, dry rot, basicaly icky look . . .
> despite regular "armor all" or "armor all substitute" treatments.
> 
> Spoke to one of the detailers and he said they could charge me an arm and a
> leg, or I could go to the local auto parts store and get a cleaner that
> kills FUNGUS.  I kid you not, it seems that it was a fungus that had been
> there for more than a year with me idly attempting to rub it off with "black
> magic" and Armour All.
> 
> Zapped the stuff w/some cleaner & rough cloth, then applied Mother's "Back
> to Black" ($4.99 at AutoZone).  While it doesn't look like brand new, I'm
> thouroughly impressed with the product and am writing this to reccomend it
> to anyone who might be having similar problems (Don't forget to kill the
> fungus and get the dirt off first!).  I'll be putting a second heavy coat of
> the stuff on in the next couple days, but even if it doesn't get any better,
> I'm still satisfied.
> 
> 
> Chris Crawford
> '97 TR
> 
> 
> PS - Had the Dome Light / Door Ajar issue raise it's ugly head today.
> Thanks again to all who contribute to this site, took less than a minute to
> find the fix on V8SHO.com and resolve the problem . . . .
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