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Feb 6th, 2008, 11:40 AM
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#1 | | 200+ posts and climbing
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| What wax/polish do you use
I thought it would be interesting to compliment the chrome polish thread with this one.
Personally, I never wax my bikes preferring to polish them instead. I use Mcquiere's polish and occasionally Mcguiere's paint cleaner.
For cleaning my bikes I dont like to use a car wash or hose. I purchased a cheap spray gun that has about a 2 foot wand on it at the chinese tool store, surprisingly it works great. It has a dial on the end of the wand so you can use either a fine spray or straight stream or just shoot air to blow the water off. I usually run it about 50 PSI. The gun is all aluminum and stainless steel and cost like $15. Sometimes those cheapies work out. Al | 
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Feb 6th, 2008, 01:07 PM
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Posts: 961 Model: 03 883 XLC-CHOPPER Occupation: welder
| I Get This Stuff At The Dollar Store Called Awsome. It Comes In Concentrate. I Don't Dillute. I Just Spray The Hole Bike Down, Let It Sit For About 10 Min. And Hose Off. No Rubbin Or Scrubbin. Although My Crankcase Breather Filters Leak So About Once A Year I Spray The Fins On The Jugs Real Heavy And Go At It With A Tooth Brush. Comes Out Like New. Or I'll Just Use Plain Diswashing Soap. | |
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Feb 6th, 2008, 01:15 PM
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#3 | | Has posted 500+
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| MR clean Autodry solution from Target, wall mart etc and the Mr Clean device for the hose with the filter.
Works great, we have hard water that leaves spots and this eliminates that and the bike dries on it's own, very little needed to dry it off.
Also eliminated the need to polish the chrome and paint each time.
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Feb 6th, 2008, 01:46 PM
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#4 | | More than 100 posts!
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| mr clean
yup mr clean is great,,,my bike is black,,, lots of water spots before clean.... | |
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Feb 6th, 2008, 03:13 PM
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#5 | | Has posted 500+
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Posts: 713 Model: 06 FLST hertiage, stage 1 1450 pc111 Interests: hunting,wood working Occupation: medical asst. tech/DPW
| i use what ever i have that isn't dried out, i watch the yard sales. in other words i don't spend much on that sort of stuff, have in the past; never noted much difference between the cheap stuff v.s expensive stuff, all works about the same. want a nice looking bike it takes good olde elbow grease. sometimes there's just no subsitute for time.  | |
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Feb 6th, 2008, 04:47 PM
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| If I can find it I like Protectall, it is some good wax.
2nd choice is S100 Detail Wax. | |
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Feb 6th, 2008, 05:11 PM
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#7 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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Originally Posted by Ultra Al  I thought it would be interesting to compliment the chrome polish thread with this one.
Personally, I never wax my bikes preferring to polish them instead. I use Mcquiere's polish and occasionally Mcguiere's paint cleaner.
For cleaning my bikes I dont like to use a car wash or hose. I purchased a cheap spray gun that has about a 2 foot wand on it at the chinese tool store, surprisingly it works great. It has a dial on the end of the wand so you can use either a fine spray or straight stream or just shoot air to blow the water off. I usually run it about 50 PSI. The gun is all aluminum and stainless steel and cost like $15. Sometimes those cheapies work out. Al |
got a pic of that thing??????????? 
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Feb 6th, 2008, 05:41 PM
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#8 | | 200+ posts and climbing
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| Chuck Ill try to take one tomorrow. Al | |
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Feb 6th, 2008, 05:43 PM
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| I do a good hand wash (job) then dry with soft cloth & A few cold ones in between, I just got a jar of the s100 on sale then i use pig snot detail the rest of the time
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Feb 7th, 2008, 07:37 AM
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| I think I've used soap and water maybe 3 or 4 times in the 3 years I've had the RKC now. I use clean water with a microfiber clothe to clean, then an old shirt to dry. Use McGuier's wax every 3 or 4 months on the fenders, tank, fairing, and chrome. It doesn't rain much out here in Palm Springs, so I don't get all the road grime some of ya'll do...  | |
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Feb 7th, 2008, 09:16 AM
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#11 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| Just plain old Turtle wax the 100% carnuba kind. I also use it on all my guns. Monsoon season and a swamp cooler is hell on gun finnishes.
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Feb 7th, 2008, 01:00 PM
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#12 | | Has posted 500+
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Posts: 563 Model: Harley 02' Heritage Classic Interests: Riding Occupation: Riding - Semi Retired
| Depending on weather and road conditions, I wash mine 2-4 times a season, and polish it 1-2 times. For the wash I use S-100, spray it on rinse it off and the bike is clean. Blow the excess water off with my leaf blower and then wipe with a shammy. I use Duragloss 101, the original wet look car polish.
It's so shinny you can see razor stuble on your face from 3 feet away.
It's so shinny, if you have to many cold ones in between the wash and polish, you can see both of your reflections in the paint  | |
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Feb 7th, 2008, 07:56 PM
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| How do you have two many colds ones while diong a hand job (wash)
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Feb 7th, 2008, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by cowboy How do you have two many colds ones while diong a hand job (wash) | and i think there was a blow job thrown in for good measure also..... 
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"FLAGS AND HANDLEBARS SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND"
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." We plan to meet next week to talk about planning a strategy session to discuss the next step towards forming a consensus to start the development of the rough draft for the implementation of our intention to develop a plan. | |
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Feb 7th, 2008, 08:37 PM
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| where
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Feb 7th, 2008, 08:46 PM
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| here............................... Blow the excess ..........
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LORD, HAVE MERCY ON AMERICA, WHILE WE ARE UNDER DISTRESS
"FLAGS AND HANDLEBARS SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND"
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." We plan to meet next week to talk about planning a strategy session to discuss the next step towards forming a consensus to start the development of the rough draft for the implementation of our intention to develop a plan. | |
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Feb 8th, 2008, 04:54 AM
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#17 | | Has posted 500+
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Posts: 563 Model: Harley 02' Heritage Classic Interests: Riding Occupation: Riding - Semi Retired
| What more could a guy want, hand job, (wash) blow job, (dry), and a clean bike. Doesn't get much better than that, except for a nice long ride on er. | |
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Feb 8th, 2008, 06:18 AM
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| Wax
Nothing Better Then(ice). Works Better Then Anything That I Have Used. Also Good For Leather, And Rubber On The Bike. Does Not Haze Up. Great Stuff. | |
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Feb 8th, 2008, 05:45 PM
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#19 | | 200+ posts and climbing
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Originally Posted by chucktx got a pic of that thing??????????? | I guess the wand ain't even a foot long much less two feet, but hey, don't think for a minute I exaggerate the length of anything else I have. AL | |
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Feb 8th, 2008, 06:02 PM
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#20 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| thanks al.....i guess ya mix up your soap solution in the pot and spray away.....very cool,,,,gets in hard to reach spot also i bet.....
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LORD, HAVE MERCY ON AMERICA, WHILE WE ARE UNDER DISTRESS
"FLAGS AND HANDLEBARS SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND"
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." We plan to meet next week to talk about planning a strategy session to discuss the next step towards forming a consensus to start the development of the rough draft for the implementation of our intention to develop a plan. | |
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