hey everyone,
i was given a tip by my body guy about using pledge on the car. well i tried it today on my shifter guage and it looked brand new you couldnt see any of the scratches, i also tried it on my old spedo plastick cover ( it was scratched real bad) the thing looked a thousand times better! he also told me that people that sell cars at the auctions pledge the entire car ( outside ) , i've seen this but never asked what they were using, and it hides most of the scratces ( small ones from bad waxing ), as does a few of his friends from the tri-state area on there show cars. does anyone here do this? i set a date to have my car painted in the spring with him and he told me to try it if i wanted to before it goes in for total repaint to see what its like. he told me it doesent damage the paint. i just might try it to see what its like

 

Its an old school thing... Use in the late sixties/seventies... Brings out the stripes that were sun faded also....

 

That's where I heard of it being used first. Some guys at a show told me that and I just couldn't believe it - then I heard a lot about it, and come to find out it was true.

This has probably been mentioned in the Show and Shine section (which is really where this post shoulda went, but not a big deal)...

 

sorry for the post in the wrong forum.... if some one would move it, that would be great

 

Ya I read in some car mag that pledge works great on lather as it lets it breath unlike some of hte products out there.
I didn't know you can put it on your plastic instrument lens cover, I know on my car I have light scratches, and so I bought some scratch remover, only to notice no difference, maybe this pledge stuff works better as well

 

I've also herd of the Pledge thing, I have never tried it though as I was unsure if it would hurt the car or whatever ...

 

On PAINT? No thanks!!

 

Its an old car show trick that started way before clear coats, it would deepen the single state paint that tended to fade quickly, I have not heard of anyone doing it in the last 15 years however since clear coat came to be the norm, I would not get it anywhere near my paint, LOL LOL LOL

 

I would think it would work great on the interior, I might have to try it I guess, don't know if it will compare to ArmorAll though. It shouldn't damage your paint, but I don't think furniture polish will last very long on the outside, it's probably an easy last minute item for car shows and such.

 

Guys would do it all of the time when the police agency that I work for would have showdown inspections. The guys were required to polish their cars and they didn't want to, so they used pledge. It was when we had white cars instead of black and they said that it worked great. They said that it would only last unitl it rained on it or they washed it. I know one guy that did it with lemon pledge?? They caught on real quick!

 

Old trick and will do absolutely no damage to paint. Works in the same manner on clearcoat as it does on single-stage pigment paints. Most furniture has a similiar clearcoatings today. It fills the imperfects and improves the optics of the paint - pigmented or not (clearcoat). Of course this is a short-term appearance enhancement for those that need that edge at shows or cruise night quick prep.

 

it works great on the interior panels

 

Anyone know if it bothers the wax that's already on the car?

On that note, I don't know why people wouldn't just use that wax as u dry stuff. The car doesn't neccessarily need to be wet, all you need is a damp towel, makes my car look like I just spent hours waxing it.

 

You can also dilute it (3:1 water:W.A.U.D) and use it like a quick-detail spray.