Y'all would be far better off with a rubbing compound, followed by something
to remove swirls, followed by a good polish.
You can buy a buffer at Harbor Freight, or an orbital polisher at Wal Mart
fairly inexpensively. Do yourself a favor, and buy a good pad for either
(toss the original pad away).
The NuFinish or Starbrite (both still available)are likely to give you a
"semi-gloss" look to your paint. If your paint is totally sacked, I suppose
that's ok. But if it's "rescuable", you're better off with a good buffing
compound.
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Grunthaner [mailto:grunthaner@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 4:57 AM
To: Jim Johnson
Cc: Bud Osbourne; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: body refinisher from the 70's
Hey Jim,
What kind of bike is it? I'm sure glad I kept my beemer because I'm not sure
if the Sprite will be on the road till later in the summer.
Happy Cycling,
Linda
On 5/31/06, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, Bud. I used Classic Car Wax's Aircraft Wax which was real
> carnuba based stuff. I still jealously guard a half a can of it and
> use it on my 64 show bike. Still the best stuff I've ever found though
> the MeGuires stuff isn't bad on the Spridget and my beater bikes.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
>
> On 5/31/06, Bud Osbourne <abcoz@hky.com> wrote:
> > Wasn't that Turtle Wax, in the commercials?
> > Personally, I always used Classic Car Wax, "back in the day". It seems
> > to have fallen from favor (is it still produced??), replaced by products
> > that are a lot easier to apply. Too bad. I'd still buy it, if I could
> > find it.
> > Bud Osbourne
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Linda Grunthaner
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:58 AM
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: body refinisher from the 70's
> >
> > Does anyone recall the the name of the product that was used on a car in
> > a
> > junk yard in a TV commercial that renewed the auto finish? I remember
> > buying
> > it in the 70's and thought it was a product that NuVinyl produced but
> > not
> > sure of the name. It worked great in a pinch and since it will be over a
> > year before I paint my car it would make it easy on the eyes ; ) BTW I
> > bought Nu Vinyl also in the 70's and applied it to my 74 Grand Prix
> > black
> > vinyl top and it worked so much better than the others I only needed to
> > apply it 3 times a year and it always looked wet : )
> > Happy motoring,
> > Linda,
> > 62 Sprite
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