Forever Car Care Products FB813 Black Black Top Gel and Foam Applicator

Forever Black convertible top renewer is nice to have to renew your Black color of a convertible top. I applied it to a Canvas top of a 24 years old Porsche Boxster and it did a nice job. I should take 1 Star off because of the Sponge came apart so easy !!! It dries about 15 minutes inside your garage if you don’t apply it heavily. I left it about 3 hours before drive out to the Sun. It was Ok after that. It was not fade out as people said it is. It really made my top look cleaner, not a brand new but at least 75 to 86% was restored to the original. I would recommend it to everybody I know. Good quality for the Black solution , not good for the Sponge came with it. 1 bottle of 8 Oz. Can do 2 convertible top easily.

Worked great on this original top from 2006.Easy to apply. Looks great.

Over the years the beige cloth outer layer of my '05 Solara 'vert was slowly disintegrating in the hot AZ sun, leaving exposed patches of black, but still intact vinyl underneath. So decided to dye the whole top black, including the ripped cloth parts, and was pleasantly surprised at the results. But imperative to mask around the top to prevent stray color from dripping on the paint, and if you have a similar top w/ a cloth outer layer, be prepared to have to do some scrubbing, as pieces of loose cloth will tend to accumulate while spreading the dye. Though the foam applicator block also does a good job of scrubbing and helping ball up and remove any excess tattered cloth which can be vacuumed or blown off while applying the color. Package 'sez it can be diluted, but wound up using 2 packages, undiluted, to get the kinda deep black I wanted. Overall very pleased w/ the results, and sure beats buying and installing another top!

Stuff works well on black trim and rubber looks great and last impressively long after application making old plastics look new

Seems to work well. We’ll see how it holds up over time but a vastly noticeable difference after the first coat. Might apply a second coat, undecided as of now.

2014 Mustang... I would tell you to buy about 4 bottles unless you have been using a protective product. I Just bought the car and I feel it was somewhat neglected and was hopeing that this would bring the top back. I will need at least 2 coats and 1 bottle only covered about half the top. Each 1 foot swipe required more product, it did not spread at all. I applied in a garage when it was about 60 degrees out so it wasn't warm. I don't think the product does not work... just will require a lot more of it in my situation.

6/24/17 - UpdateThe color change (Tan to Black) has been on my Jeep's back window for over 6 months now. It is mostly intact with a few wear areas that slightly show the tan underneath. It should be noted that this is probably from dropping the top. Since I live in VIrginia the top has only been down a handful of times since it is a little to cold for that in the winter here. We will see if the wear is worse over the summer. I have included a photo showing the change. I would still recommend this product. I have plenty remaining the the bottle to touch up the worn areas. I hope this helps other looking to make this type of change.Top Color Change with Pictures on a Jeep Wrangler Rear Window. I used this to change the color of a used rear top window from tan to black and here are the results. First the positive. The kit has all the equipment (except tape) that is needed to apply the color. The gel applied easily and went a long way on the exterior of the windows surface. It also dries quickly with no stick residue. I did not complete the entire top but one bottle should be enough for my Jeep.The rest of this review is not negative but a word of caution if changing colors. As stated above the gel goes a long way on the exterior. After the first coat dried the tan was still barely visible. I applied a second coat that gave me >95% color coverage. I cannot see any tan however the black is still a little lighter than the un-treated black top. Although I only did a small section, I am confident that a minimum of two coats would be needed to make a non-black top black.I also applied the gel to the inside surface of my top's window. That surface is highly absorbent. The manufacture recommends diluting the gel when using it in this manner. If you are planning to change the color of the interior of your top additional bottle(s) may be needed. There is no way one would have covered the interior of my Wrangler undiluted.It should be noted that nowhere on the Forever Black packaging or website is this advertized as a color change product. It did work for me in this application. Attached are pictures of the contents, first coat coverage and the window installed next to the untreated original black top. I hope this is helpful to anyone contemplating a color change.