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Old 08-14-2016, 06:39 PM   #1
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Renewing the steps

The steps are hard to keep nice-looking. The paint fades, and the moving parts tend to discolor and rust. I almost spray painted mine, but fortunately I waited. I bought this product by accident (meaning to blacken the plastic running boards and other parts of my TV), and found it did a good job sprucing up the steps. The metal and the grip surface are looking good now with just a squirt. The product has black coloring.



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The steps are hard to keep nice-looking. The paint fades, and the moving parts tend to discolor and rust. I almost spray painted mine, but fortunately I waited. I bought this product by accident (meaning to blacken the plastic running boards and other parts of my TV), and found it did a good job sprucing up the steps. The metal and the grip surface are looking good now with just a squirt. The product has black coloring.



NICE!!

I'll have to try that! Thanks for the info!!
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Nice! Ours have road rash from Alaska and will have to be repainted before we can use a product like that. Maybe we can keep them looking nice after repainting.
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Old 08-15-2016, 10:45 AM   #4
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Looks nice! How do you think it would it work on exposed parts of the frame and the pin box?
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It will help, but it doesn't have very much color. It's very thin. It helped my pin box where the weld beads collected water and dirt.
By the way, I grabbed this stuff thinking it was black plastic restorer. It won't work for that and is made to shine up black paint.
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It sounds like it will spruce things up temporarily if they're not too bad to begin with; but it's kind of like the black plastic renewal products - they only last a month or 2 depending on the rain and sun exposure.
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It sounds like it will spruce things up temporarily if they're not too bad to begin with; but it's kind of like the black plastic renewal products - they only last a month or 2 depending on the rain and sun exposure.
You are correct most likely. After a few days and some exposure they still look really nice. I think some of the appeal of this is because there is no effort involved. You just point and squirt for a few seconds and improve a rough-looking area.
You guys know what it's like trying to wax or polish that curving, formed metal. It's impossible to get into all the creases. But the spray covers all.
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Wonderful product review. Thanks for the info.
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After 5 weeks, still looking very nice.
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