Lemon Pledge?
Cruiser
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 216
Likes: 1
From: Ohio
I would be hesitant using a furniture polish on my paint. It sounds like it works great but that polish could and probably is absorbed into your paint. It may not cause problems now but if anything needs repainted you may have problems. I have never painted anything that someone has used furniture polish on it for years but I have repainted cars that people have used car wax with a high silicone content. The result was fish eyes in the new paint. The silicone absorbs into the paint and can be difficult to remove. Usually a wax remover like PPG's DX330 will remove it but sometimes it doesn't, especially if what you are painting is fiberglass. I painted a Corvette that the slicone penetrated thru the old paint and into the fiberglass body. What a mess that was.
I am unaware if a product like DX330 can remove the furniture polish chemicals but I would suggest just using a non silicone detailer instead like Evercoat's Lubi Shine.
I am unaware if a product like DX330 can remove the furniture polish chemicals but I would suggest just using a non silicone detailer instead like Evercoat's Lubi Shine.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 185
Likes: 0
From: North Myrtle Beach, SC
Well I'll just be dipped in Doo-doo. In 53 years I've never heard of using Pledge on a scooter. Next time I go to the Free Freak show (at Walmart) I'll have to see about getting some and try it.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 9,486
Likes: 4
From: Hico, TX (once home to Billy the Kid)
One of the members here did a chemical analysis on Pledge and showed why it would not hurt your paint.
The only reason you would say it might hurt it? You havnt used it
Works well.
The only reason you would say it might hurt it? You havnt used it
Works well.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 866
Likes: 2
From: Pocahontas, IL
How mant cans have we sold by now? 
It does work awesome. I was shocked when I read it here about 2 months ago. My bike used to be a dust magnet just sitting in the garage. overnight. It doesn't collect dust at all now. When I fire it up the next day, it is just as clean.....it is still new to me so I still wipe the bugs off before I put it up for the night.
It does work awesome. I was shocked when I read it here about 2 months ago. My bike used to be a dust magnet just sitting in the garage. overnight. It doesn't collect dust at all now. When I fire it up the next day, it is just as clean.....it is still new to me so I still wipe the bugs off before I put it up for the night.
Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 34
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In 1994 when I bought my Heritage the dealer told me to use S.C. Johnson Wax, Klean n Shine which came in a red/pink spray can and could be found at Jewel and Dominicks etc. They said you would look no further after using it to make the bike look perfect and they were right. It worked great on everything on the bike, paint, chrome, mirrors, and plastic. It kept my bike looking showroom new for 15+ years. A few years back I was having trouble finding it available at the regular stores and found that it was no longer available through these stores. I then started ordering cases through S.C. Johnson. Now it has been removed from the market. In an effort to find something similar, actually "exactly" would make me happy, I saw the posts on S.C. Johnson Wax Pledge. I was initially pretty damn happy there could be a replacement, but just in case I called S.C. Johnson Wax directly, explained the above, and was told they caution against using Pledge on paint specifically. Chrome and plastic was fine, but paint was a no go. Anyone with a more technical background know why it should not be used on paint?
Last edited by EvolHD; Sep 30, 2009 at 11:33 PM.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: NW Arkansas
In 1994 when I bought my Heritage the dealer told me to use S.C. Johnson Wax, Klean n Shine which came in a red/pink spray can and could be found at Jewel and Dominicks etc. They said you would look no further after using it to make the bike look perfect and they were right. It worked great on everything on the bike, paint, chrome, mirrors, and plastic. It kept my bike looking showroom new for 15+ years. A few years back I was having trouble finding it available at the regular stores and found that it was no longer available through these stores. I then started ordering cases through S.C. Johnson. Now it has been removed from the market. In an effort to find something similar, actually "exactly" would make me happy, I saw the posts on S.C. Johnson Wax Pledge. I was initially pretty damn happy there could be a replacement, but just in case I called S.C. Johnson Wax directly, explained the above, and was told they caution against using Pledge on paint specifically. Chrome and plastic was fine, but paint was a no go. Anyone with a more technical background know why it should not be used on paint?
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 268
Likes: 1
From: montgomery, il.
Subaru's, Corvette's, Harley's and any vehicle in between, it's all good with Pro Spray