Detailing

Referring to the black trim around the windows, between the doors and under the front windshield. What is a good product to use to detail the black and make it look nice. Armour All? Experienced detailers advice appreciated.

Never use Armour All on your car !!!
For the black trim you are talking about, use: Mothers "Back -to- Black". Works great and last a long time.

Rob Roy

I second the "Back-to-Black" suggestion. It also seems to work well (with a bit of rubbing) to get wax residue of similar black trim pieces.

-Rod

I used Krylon and it is perfect.

Thanks Gents for the repiles. How about the rubber around the wind'ers, do I use it on them to?

OH, by the way, please allow me to share a good one with you. Had the tires rotated Friday afternoon at a high-speed tire shop, they have one guy that works the right side and one the left and I told them don't over torque the lug nuts. Guy said, we torque them all the same. Ohhhh-kaaay. Didn't have my trusty torque wrench with me so wasn't in a position to argue. This afternoon I broke out the torque wrench and lo and behold the left side was at or above 150 ft lbs and the right not bad around 100 ft lbs.

You know folks, I'm a contrary old senior citizen geezer but easy to get along with and when I left the tire shop I knew dad-gum good and well something wasn't right and they had over torqued the lug nuts. WHY? Elementary my dear Watson; WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK like the rotors were warped. DDUUHH! Yup, over torqueing literally pulls the rotor(s) out of round/flat and the steering wheel shakes. OK, . . . nobody is perfect, so if they were 110 ft lbs or so I'd have cut them some slack. BUT, 150 ft lbs is simply totally unacceptable and way, way out of line.

Anyway, I have a big pot of boiled peanuts and a case of cold beer calling my name so must run for now. But when you get your tires rotated don't trust them unless they are using a torque socket of some kind so they know *exactly* how much they torque your lug nuts. How much? Don't quote me, but I think it's 80 - 90 ft lbs.

No!

The "uses" on the bottle of Mother's Back-To-Black states you can use it on plastic, vinyl, and rubber. I've used it on the combination vinyl/rubber strip at the bottom of the door windows on my 1993 Stealth twin turbo and the rubber is not doing anything funny or cracking.

-Rod

Boiled peanuts, saltier then all getout??? Doesn't get much better..

Boiled peanuts, saltier then all getout??? Doesn't get much better.. Yeeeaaahhh man! Enough salt to make your lips wrinkle and your tounge crack. :grinyes: Seriously, have to watch my sodium/salt intake because I'm senior citizen and had a heart event one year ago, so for peanuts I use half as much salt as I use to. About half of them were great but the others only about half developed in the hull and appears they were harvested a mite early or maybe the farmer didn't use enough land plaster on them.

Shrod said: "The "uses" on the bottle of Mother's Back-To-Black states you can use it on plastic, vinyl, and rubber." Got some and used it yesterday and certainly not cheap but from what I see a darn good product and thanks much for the tip. Bottle says it can be used on textured finishes so might try some on a door panel in an obscure place because I don't want it to shiny.

OH! I have tan leather seats, any idea what to use on them? Saddle soap? I live in SC on the coast near Savannah, GA and summer time it does get some more hot. The big dash top on the Taurus will collect a lot of sun heat so I get a dash cover from these folks. Ordered from them a couple times and always got a decent product for the money, and fast service to. http://www.dashmats4less.com/dash_mats.html

Speaking of detailing, I read you shouldn't use anything on your tires with silicone in it because it stops up the pores in the rubber and won't let it breathe. :uhoh: Kind'a stumped me so if anyone can enlighten me I'd certainly appreciate it because tire black sure makes the car look good.

I've heard that saddle soap is hard to beat. Someone told me one to use some tanner's oil or something, but I've never tried either. I use Meguier's Gold Class leather conditioner lotion. Seems to work well, but takes a couple of days for the seats to stop squeaking when I move. :)

-Rod

"Seems to work well, but takes a couple of days for the seats to stop squeaking when I move." :grinyes: HA! That wuz good! Well, now you know how it feels to be as old as I am when I first get up in the morning and *everything* squeaks.

Don't know if the Taurus seats are *real* leather but I'll try the saddle soap and if nothing else it will really clean them good. Fifteen years ago we bought a real leather couch with recliners on each end and it certainly was a good investment. I saddle soap it about once a year and that puppy is as soft as can be and not showing any signs of wear.

When I was a kid I played Pony League baseball and we used something like, (not sure of the spelling), neatsfoot oil and it kept our gloves soft as could be. HA! I Googled it and good old Google came thru again, here 'tis. http://www.dellsleatherworks.com/neatsfootoil.htm
I'll go with the saddle soap & let ya'll know how it works.

Have a superb week end and and drive carefully.