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Hermes
12-28-2011, 05:35 PM
so I didn't get around to doing it today but I found pictures from the last time I did it.



What you need/stuff I had around when I did it:

black fat-tip permanent marker (I used a Bic Chisel-Point)
http://officedepotcacdn.shopvisible.com/getDynamicImage.aspx?width=300&height=300&path=BIC-Fade-Resistant-Chisel-Point-Permanent-Marker-GPMM11-BK.jpg

window cleaner (I used Stoner Invisible Glass + Rain Repellent)
http://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/img/medium/snr/92184.jpg

a microfiber towel you won't mind getting stained.

some black cube effect trim that needs to be fixed



What to do:

take off all the cube trim pieces that you want to work on.

you basically color in the whole trim piece with the marker. pretend you're a kid and have a coloring book, just fill it in completely. Make sure your lines are nice and even or it will look like poop when it shines in the sun. When it is dry to the touch it should have a purple shine to it. give it a minute to set then spray it with the glass cleaner, buff down the surface with the microfiber towel until the purple shine is removed but there is still a shine left. In the sunlight you can kinda still see some purple but it looks much better than before. If you haven't completely covered up the scratches/it doesn't quite look good enough just do more layers until it comes out to what you like. If you mess up, just buff it off completely and start over.

very old:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/zhp%20projects/IMG_1205.jpg

more recent/before refresh:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/zhp%20projects/IMG_1243.jpg

after the last time I did this:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/61ea770b.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/69a34eac.jpg

Meric
12-28-2011, 06:46 PM
Roger, Wilco.

Smolck
12-28-2011, 08:47 PM
Anybody ever try to just hit them with some black spray paint in matte finish?

Rovert
12-28-2011, 11:37 PM
No we aren't painting our roof shad. :p

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Jon D
12-29-2011, 04:12 AM
Anybody ever try to just hit them with some black spray paint in matte finish?

I used some black spray paint that I applied with a Q tip. Worked pretty well. It was some leftover Krylon black hammer finish I used on some out door chairs.

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Meric
12-29-2011, 03:11 PM
Doesn't spraying make a veird smell?

danewilson77
12-29-2011, 03:12 PM
Doesn't spraying make a veird smell?

Couldn't smell any worse than crayons... Lol.

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Jon D
12-29-2011, 05:03 PM
Doesn't spraying make a veird smell?

Let me clarify method. Cleaned trim with alcohol let dry. Sprayed paint into clean container creating a pool of paint. Took Q tip used as paint brush and applied.

No smell other than paint which dried quickly

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danewilson77
04-15-2012, 06:01 AM
Bump... As I will have a set at Silent Auction.

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zhpnsnv
04-15-2012, 08:17 AM
Someone should also do a DIY on "how to glue broken clips back onto black cube trim" for that particular set.

danewilson77
04-15-2012, 10:25 AM
Someone should also do a DIY on "how to glue broken clips back onto black cube trim" for that particular set.

LOL. How many clips are broken?

zhpnsnv
04-15-2012, 10:56 AM
2 or 3. All pieces retained. I must be ham handed or doing it wrong because the crap kept on breaking. Haha

Hermes
04-15-2012, 11:16 AM
Do you have the broken parts? Plastic epoxy would be my answer

danewilson77
04-15-2012, 11:20 AM
Yup......epoxy will fix. He said all pieces retained.

derbo
04-15-2012, 06:47 PM
I used JB Weld cause that one piece is $100 :( passenger dash front trim

But I like this idea. :)