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

I consider myself to be an expert on this type of product. I have a 17yo Jeep with a ton of what is supposed to be black plastic trim. Like all Jeeps the plastic turned gray. I tried everything with no success until I found Rustoleum Wipe New. It worked fine but was a bitch to apply. A lot of dried up product, has a terrible toxic scent and does not come in individually proportioned towelletes in sealed packets and is frequently unavailable. However, it worked well an application lasted well over twoyears.Wipe New again was not available this time so I tried this stuff. Gotta tell ya, application is a breeze. Nice easy individually wrapped proportioned towelettes so you can't over or under apply, absolutely no strong offensive odor and coverage is excellent, dries to the touch in no time. No streaks to go back over a second or third time like the Rustoleum.Obviously I am thrilled with the product based on application and hope the longevity comes close to that of the Rustoleum product. Based on my initial experience, the claims in the manufacturer's advertisement and customer reviews I am confident that I'll be satisfied with the ability of the product to hold up over time.

My 23 year-old John Deere lawn tractor finally needed replacement. But before I left it at the dealership to be disposed of, I removed last year's battery and salvaged the bagging attachment. The black plastic material was filthy and needed to be reconditioned. After pressure washing all the pieces and letting them thoroughly dry, I used this product to regain the original look to go along with the new tractor. I must say that I am impressed with how this product works and how good the attachments came out. Very convenient to use with the individually packaged wipes. I only used four for this job. Saved a chunk of money using my old equipment over buying new, and have what appears to be a bagger that looks the same age as the tractor.

Really brought the old faded plastic on my fj cruiser back to life!Hard to get a perfect finish thoughStill it looks so much better than it didSurface needs to be very cleanYou need to get it on very even to get the perfect finishBut it goes on thick and as you move the sponge has less product so goes on thinnerIts really hard to get it just rightIf you leave it fairly thick it will be shiny when it driesIf you wipe it down to make it thinner it will turn out more of a satin finish and can streak a bitStill its really good stuff and I am more than happy with my purchase and what it has done for my faded plastic partsIt worked well on my unpainted bumper too

I am not sure how to review this product, I am a mobile detailer and I have used a lot of different trim care products that "restores" plastic. I have read a lot of reviews about this product before trying it myself, very mixed reviews stating that it streaks, dis-colorize, etc. So I decided to try this on my car that has different types of plastic to see how it responds to the different types and how to best apply it with different methods and here are my findings from this one test.Firsat and foremost, a deep clean with schampoo or similar is required, and after that I highly recommend to use isopropanol or similar to really get rid of any dirt and grease.On textured plastic I felt like I needed to "massage" the product in to really get in to the textures and then even it out in a smooth overlapping motion to get rid of excess coating but not dry it wipe, leave just enough for it to not "blotch" together. Where I didn't do this it would streak a bit afterwards, if I left too much somewhere it would create a "blotchy" spot. And if you remove too much you will not get that rich darke look. So, so far very "touchy".On untextured and "sleek" plastic it was much easier to apply, it went on thick and nice, but here it was even more important to not leave too much on or it would come out a bit "streaky", I put on thick enough for it to create a covering layer and then try to "level" it even with enough coating on for it to be able to be smoothed out with a light touch, this coating doesn't seem to level itself out like their headlight kits ceramic does and you will have to smooth it yourself, on this plastic it took more time to try to perfect it, the places where I just overlapped it as instructed it would give a streak where the coating didn't level itself. But where you succeeded it will look pretty good, just use patience and a light hand.On semi textured plastic and also grey, I just covered it all in whatever motion I felt like and finished with an overlapping once over and so far that turned out the best on that plastic, propably because that was more forgiving for mistakes, harder to tell, and the not overtextured and semi sleek quality made it easier to apply in a more even overlap, no need to go back and forward to get that base cover.With the method of going over the plastic a few times and then smooth it with a patch side not already used one wipe goes a decent way, I first planned it out based on the instructions that I would need 1 wipe per mirror cap, 1 for the front fender, maybe 2, the same for the back and 1 each for the rear upper widow vent deco trims, this is a 2001 Chevy Tahoe for any one that knows what trims I am describing now, and 1 for the front window air intake trim. So, I ended up using a couple of spares to smooth out those test areas where I had to work in the product to try to give leveling a chance once "pretreated", and that worked ok if you did it fast enough, I did this fairly late in the evening so it wasn't too hot outside, but if you let it sit and harden for too long you will actually risk creating streaks because of adding to a semi-dry coating will "smear" the underlying layer, so if you feel you need to do this do it sooner rather then later.Once applied I took a closer look the next day to actually inspect the coating, areas where I did the extra working in and leveled it by lightly overlap without excess looks the best, areas where I just overlapped could have "blotch" spots, areas where I leveled to late streaked a bit, or got a "smeared" appearance.I feel that no matter which method I used, I didn't get that rich dark look I was hoping for like I am getting with my "restorer" that last a month or two, it still looks better but not quite what I expected. I can obviously not speak for longevity yet, but if it stays on for 200+ washes or so I think this will be an ok investment, I always have my car maintained as a detailer, and if this looks good and save me the time and products to maintain I am happy to have tried it. As long as you make the good prep-work and is patient I can see you getting great results with this, don't stress the process, try on inauspicious areas first to learn and watch the behavior on your specific plastic before you go all in. I tried different methods on purpose on my own car before committing to this product to use professionally, you will need to play around with it yourself, but I feel that if you follow the instructions blindly you might get undesired results with this product. All plastics are different, textures, age, etc make the plastic absorb products differently, previous treatments needs to removed, the prep work is really important any work on a car is only as good as your preparations.So, will I buy this again? sure, I will give this another shot, now that I know better how it acts and appears on at least 3 different plastics I can improve my technique to apply it and feel fairly comfortable with the result. I will try it on a clients car soon that has extremely weathered plastics and he has agreed to a trial run on his car, then we will definitely see how this product work, my car is after-all continuously maintained and is not a fair object for this product, not in the sense of actually restoring the old plastic anyway, I had hoped for a richer and darker black though, but at least it looks very clean and shiny, hopefully for a long time.I will update this review once I have tested it on my clients trims, they are really in bad shape.But until then, give this a try but remember to take your time and try out smaller areas first before going all in at once, try different methods and just make sure to smooth it out lightly as you go.

I am now a believe in Cerakote and their products. Was unfamiliar but decided to take a shot after coming across their great reviews and videos. The Headlight Restoration Kit was amazing, easy to use, and I love how it came out.So I tried this Cerakote Trim Restoration kit and it was even easier to use. The finish looks amazing on my late model Honda. Here, the sun is brutal and even after a few years, black trim can fade so quickly. This restoration kit was easy to follow, came with gloves, and the appearance upgrade was immediate. It was not a thick finish or runny, so you had to wipe away a lot of streaks.Not a picture guy, but like the headlight kid, I'm adding some here so you can see. I'm definitely buying another kit for my project truck to see if it will bring back some of that OEM stuff instead of replacing all of it!