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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:08 AM
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Lemon pledge (Orange works too) is furniture polish, if your bike is kept clean, after washing it's like using that SD100 (spray on detail/wax) but cheaper. I've been looking for something to get between the forks and front fender, and other tight spaces the mini wont fit in, tried 1" x5" long paint rollers on a threaded rod, but can't tighten them enough with out crushing them.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jimsflh
Lemon pledge (Orange works too) is furniture polish, if your bike is kept clean, after washing it's like using that SD100 (spray on detail/wax) but cheaper. I've been looking for something to get between the forks and front fender, and other tight spaces the mini wont fit in, tried 1" x5" long paint rollers on a threaded rod, but can't tighten them enough with out crushing them.
Ah ok, thanks for that, might have to see if I can get some over here.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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Pledge is okay. Turtle Wax ICE is a much better product, especially on dark paint like black.
 
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Pledge is okay. Turtle Wax ICE is a much better product, especially on dark paint like black.
Isn't the ICE a wash and wax at the same time product? (Soap with wax in it?) I wash with turtle wash and wax, blow dry with my leaf blower, then pledge. but if there is spray on ice, I'll give it a try!
 
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Originally Posted by jimsflh
Isn't the ICE a wash and wax at the same time product? (Soap with wax in it?) I wash with turtle wash and wax, blow dry with my leaf blower, then pledge. but if there is spray on ice, I'll give it a try!
ICE is a polish. It's available in a spray or a screw-top bottle.
 
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Originally Posted by jimsflh
Isn't the ICE a wash and wax at the same time product? (Soap with wax in it?) I wash with turtle wash and wax, blow dry with my leaf blower, then pledge. but if there is spray on ice, I'll give it a try!
I tried pledge one time to see how it worked,,,, NEVER AGAIN....will I ever spray that on anything but furniture.....
 
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Old Dec 15, 2009 | 08:45 AM
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I tried pledge one time to see how it worked,,,, NEVER AGAIN....will I ever spray that on anything but furniture.....

I tried it (lemon pledge) on a show car one time I owned and I thought the same as you.
I tried this stuff and it worked pretty good.
http://www.autobarn.net/lucas-slick-mist.html
 
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Old Dec 15, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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Man....I'm a big fat *****. I'm skeered to hit my **** with them powered up spinners!!

My elbow is sore and low on grease though.....No swirls from them things? Seems like I sdneeze and get swirl marks all over the place on my bike. Anything rougher than those Harley softie wipey towels and I'm in trouble.
 
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I think the folks who have difficulty with Pledge are having trouble with streaking. Normal pledge requires some persistence to buff out the streaking. I use it and am thrilled with it.

I heard there's now a non-streaking version of it, I definitely want to try that.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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I wouldnt trust a knock-off brand on these. Plus you can find them cheap at places like target
 
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