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850 Bumper and trim restoration

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
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1997 - 2000 V70-XC
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Re: 850 Bumper and trim restoration

Post by foggydogg »

Do you plan on applying the Cerakote yourself ? If so let us know how that goes.
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foggydogg wrote: 16 Aug 2023, 06:47 Do you plan on applying the Cerakote yourself ? If so let us know how that goes.
I applied the Cerakote a day or two after I redyed them. Came out great. You have to be careful with that stuff. Don't keep going back over it; that will cause streaks. Just a smooth even coat and go over it as little as possible.
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Sveedy, are the two bottles in your pic the same product, but one is turned 180 for the label?
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Two different colors from a different manufactures that are connected in a round about way, from what I can tell. The gray has a note on the bottle - " From the founder of Solution Finnish ". Same bottle and directions. So maybe a split-up of some sort between founders, and one got to keep the name Solution Finnish ?

" You better not make Black. "
" Fine. I'll make gray. And you can't have ANY of it. "
" Fine. I've got the name. "

Just guessing....
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Re: the Cerakote; I think Solution Finnish also makes a sealer. I used the Cerakote because I had already bought it, figuring on just using that. I'm sure it would have been great, but I was worried that if I didn't do something about the stains first, that they would become permanent after sealing.
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Post by TIMT5 »

Hi Sveedy
Could you tell me which Cerakote product you used to protect the trims after giving them the color refresh ?
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Here you go Tim -
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This is how it has stood up to the Arizona sun over 2 1/2 years. Not bad at all imho.
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