Refinish Restorer completed
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Topic: Refinish Restorer completed
Posted By: TCR1
Subject: Refinish Restorer completed
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 1:47pm
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well, I completed the refinish restorer restoration of my cladding yesterday. It turned out awesome. The cladding is now all the same color and it is a nice dark grey!
If there are areas that are very bad, then this stuff may not help. I have some corners on my bed panels that are still not perfect, but for the most part, the truck cladding looks brand new.
After the GTG, I ran my truck through the touch free car wash (it was supposed to be done before any body looked at it). I had the panerls done already and was curious to see how they held up. No difference I can see (no effect by the wash), and water just beaded up on it. It was amazing.
Here is how I did the panels (very bad).
1 Scrub with dish soap and nylon brush (I used my whell brush)
2 rinse
3 Wipe down with denatured alcohol
4 apply coat of Refinish restorer (RR)
5 wait 10 hours
6 apply 2nd coat of refinish restorer
Here is how the body cladding was done (not too bad as far as discoloration except the sail)
7 go to CO Av GTG at Rockyard
8 run truck through carwash
9 tape truck
10wipe down with denatured alcohol
11 apply first coat of RR
12 wait 6 hours apply second coat of RR.
I have before pics a process pic, and will get some completed jjob pics in a few hours.
Can't post pictures though
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:34pm
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:35pm
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:37pm
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:38pm
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:39pm
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:41pm
Looking at the final picture, I hope you can see how well this stuff worked to bring the color to the plastic. I can get a better picture of the panels as well.
Me looking at the picture: I think the pinstripes need to go (especially since they are damaged in places, and the leveling kit is going to be sweet. Painted wheels will surely be done too, though my wife thinks it would be too muck dark coloring then...there will still be steps...at least until I get up the nerve to either have then rhino-lined/or powdercoated.
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Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 4:47pm
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Posted By: avalanchuck
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 9:31pm
Looks good Ryan! 
How much of the RR do you have left after finishing your Av? ------------- 2003 Light Pewter Metallic Z71 WBH |
Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2009 at 10:56am
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The vast majority of it. I am going to do all the plastics on my wifes 1995 4 runner as well. But there isn't much to do for hers. I would suspect I have enough to do my truck about 10 more times (at a minimum).
On the other web site, they are saying they are not getting that many uses out of theirs. I'll have to pick up a good measuring device that isn't used for cooking and see how much I have left exactly.
I did not do my whole wheel well though. I need ot get in there and scrub them out very well. That will not take very much RR though.
If you want to do yours, let me know. We can get together sometime.
I'll be on vacation until Monday, then putting a leveling kit on the following Saturday. Saturday after that is the next GTG, weekend after that is my birthday so will likely be busy in the afternoon, but my wife plays in a soccer league up near Ralston Reservoir/Long Lakes, so we may be able to meet up then.
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Posted By: RockyMtnShowtim
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2009 at 7:19pm
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That looks great! Mine could sure use it. Where can this RR be picked up at? ------------- 2003 "LIFTED" LPM WBH Z71 |
Posted By: chadstr
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2009 at 7:55pm
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http://yhst-13811118617756.stores.yahoo.net/carere1l.html - http://yhst-13811118617756.stores.yahoo.net/carere1l.html is where I got mine. I just put on my first coat. I did gatorback black a few years back, it has held up fairly well, I now have noticed though when I wash and then dry my truck, the towel has been turning black, the gatorback is rubbing off. So, I wiped it all down, not too much, I still want my cladding to stay black, I sorta have the whole black & tan thing going, I didnt want to go back to the grey it came with. So I hope it seals up nice and keeps the black in, and the shine on. It looks good so far. I didnt expect this stuff to be thin like water, I suggest you do your bed panels first, it gets you used to how bad it wants to run on you. Im hoping to get the other coat on tomorrow, the weather is supposed to get nasty this weekend. ------------- Yea, My modifications on my truck are worth more than my truck. |
Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 10:56am
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Chad,
were you able to get another coat on? How did it come out and is it keeping the gatorback from rubbing off?
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Posted By: chadstr
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 6:22pm
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Yea, Im all done with my RR. It looks pretty good. Its a little more shiny than I like, but if it keeps me black then it will be fine. I still havent seen anywhere where somebody had to re apply. How long does this stuff stay on I wonder. It actually dries fairly hard. Unless you scrape it off, I dont know where it would go. ------------- Yea, My modifications on my truck are worth more than my truck. |
Posted By: beercrazy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2009 at 4:08pm
Im sure RR was alot cheaper than repainting it as I did. Looks awesome though, nice result..... just as a comparison, heres my painted panel. ------------- Whats you AVitude telling you???? |
Posted By: TCR1
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2009 at 8:21pm
If you want a darker color, paint is definately the way to go. Your cladding looks great...it would be a huge endeavor for me to paint a cladded rig though...your naked one has half the plastic 
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