Outside trim turning white

Hey guys, I am pretty new here and have a quick question. I have a 89 CRX and the black trim molding that runs down the length of the car is starting to turn white. Someone mentioned that it may be oxidizing (sp?), is there any way to fix this other than replacing the pieces? I gently scraped it with my fingernail and it came right off but that will take me forever to do the whole car. I would appreciate any info. Thanks!

wash cloth with hot tap water

wash cloth with hot tap water

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Get some Mother's "Back to Black". I've also used Black Magic Tire Wet before, worked pretty damn good.

There's always the option of painting them! Worked wonders and looks a hell of a lot sharper than the plane black that was on them in the first place.

Get some Mother's "Back to Black". I've also used Black Magic Tire Wet before, worked pretty damn good.[/QUOTE]

Yeah that stuff works wonders. I used some that my dad bought on my side mouldings so that theyd look good while im waiting to shave em. But now that i used the back to black it looks so nice and clean that i think im gonna keep them on.

that quote came out kinda funny... I may have erased some of it without realizing it...

Whats this back to black you speak of? Ive never even heard of it?? I used tire shine a couple times, never helped all that much, so now that my car is primered, I just primered it with the rest of the car, I figure I'll either paint them or pull them off and fill it in the make the door panal just one plane.



Every time I post like this...I think to myself "God I'm so helpful" lol :screwy:

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Get some Mother's "Back to Black". I've also used Black Magic Tire Wet before, worked pretty damn good.


I have heard of "Back to Black", they told me about it at Auto Zone but they were out of it. From what they told me it sounds kinda like Armor All, where did you get yours at?

maybe you can paint the mouldings with black spray paint? i was thinking of just doing that with my fading trim mouldings

you can get it at almost any parts store. If that autozone is like the one i used to work at then theyll get another shipment of stuff on mondays. So i would check back on tuesday or wednesday.

two words.... peanut butter..

works wonders :)

Back to black is made by Mothers http://www.mothers.com/products/productcatalog/productpix/06108.jpg . The stuff I use on my moldings is made by Meguiars http://www.meguiars.com/store_meguiars/images/product_g41.gif

two words.... peanut butter..

works wonders :)

Are you serious?

on h-t folks say that it really works and last longer than the retail stuff

I got some of the "Back to Black" today, I had to go to 3 Auto Zones to find it. Damn, that stuff is awesome! Thanks for all the help guys! I may try the peanut butter thing someday. :)

Yeah, I've heard peanut butter works good too... actually, I think I read that in Sport Compact Car sometime last year... Probably the peanut oil keeps the rubber looking nice...

Hmm...peanut butter eh? Wierd, alright tho, if it works...Cheaper than payin for retail stuff i guess... :eek7:

When you're done you can take it off and use it for a sandwich :biggrin:

Maybe, might taste a little off if you tried something before the peanut butter, hey does anyone know, if peanut butter goes bad?