Has anyone use Pledge on batteries and engine compartments, decals under the hood, door jams and other hard to detail areas? It works so good on a battery that it will look like brand new until the day it dies, without the need for grease or other goop on the terminals. Try it and let me know what you think.
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I have used Pledge to clean plexi aircraft windshields for years. I have tried all the "specialty" plexi cleaners and polishes, but believe it or not Pledge is really the best bang for the buck. Some of the alleged plexi cleaners actually did a very poor job for 4 times the price. The best thing is, I can use a single product to clean my windscreens, dash, seats, etc...
Haven't tried it in a car yet, but a very good point. If you ever watch "Mythbusters" on Discovery Channel, sometimes they find that the "old school" homebrew solutions work much better than the specialty "high tech"...
Many years ago I dated a girl who's father worked for GE, and at the GE Company Picnic one year they were passing out sample cans of Pledge. I asked why, since I believe Pledge is a P&G product. It turns out Pledge's primary constituent is a GE Silicones product.
Haven't tried it in a car yet, but a very good point. If you ever watch "Mythbusters" on Discovery Channel, sometimes they find that the "old school" homebrew solutions work much better than the specialty "high tech"...
Many years ago I dated a girl who's father worked for GE, and at the GE Company Picnic one year they were passing out sample cans of Pledge. I asked why, since I believe Pledge is a P&G product. It turns out Pledge's primary constituent is a GE Silicones product.
My brother worked as a detailer at a car dealership once. He would spray a couple puffs of lemon pledge in the interior in the used cars.
The battery is the place it works best. I pulled into a Sears store for a new battery and the mechanic got stuck because the new battery was very week and would not start very well. Turns out he put the old one back in....it still looked brand new.
A friend has a '64 GTO, purchased new, and the engine compartment looks showroom new, especially the decals and battery, including the area around the battery box. The trunk, door jams and around the gas cap look like new, too. He's the one that got me started. Best think is that it's cheap and works, not something you can say about all products used for detailing.
A friend has a '64 GTO, purchased new, and the engine compartment looks showroom new, especially the decals and battery, including the area around the battery box. The trunk, door jams and around the gas cap look like new, too. He's the one that got me started. Best think is that it's cheap and works, not something you can say about all products used for detailing.
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A friend of my nephew used Pledge on the exterior of his yellow Chevy "show and go" truck in the late 70's. The depth and brilliance of the paint was incedible! However,it was more show than go, so durability in typical use for exposure to elements is questionable.
I've used it for engine compartment detailing for years. A lot of people also use it to detail motorcycles.
It does have silicone in it, so don't use it where you might be painting soon.
Which version do you use? I refer the lemon scented because of the nice outdoorsy scent
It does have silicone in it, so don't use it where you might be painting soon.
Which version do you use? I refer the lemon scented because of the nice outdoorsy scent
I was told that it had a touch of a bleach from a trade show guy,but I used on aircraft windows for 20 yrs now.
I doubt it too.
Lemon Pledge MSDS
An MSDS sheet doesn't necessarily tell you everything, but bleach should be on the MSDS if it's in the product.
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Funny you guys should mention Pledge. Today I used in on my table and must have sprayed a little on the wooden floor by accident. I thought I was wearing skates! A few more feet and and I would have sailed out of my living room window and onto my troglodyte neighbor's patio. That stuff is slippery like hades! Smells nice and orangy, though.
I will also work wonders on a Fiberglass BassBoat. Makes it look brand new again. This was on a 95' Nitro 180TX
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When you use Pledge under the hood, do you wipe it off or just let it dry?
Wipe it, that removes the last bit of crud and excess Pledge.
Which group is isoparaffinic hydrocarbon solvent in?
That's the main ingredient after water.
Silicones are close second.
Back in the day we'd use it on our tires. This was before there was Armor All. Scrub them with Westley's first. Pledge leaves a softer shine than AA.
We used pledge in the 70's before quick detailers
Brings back memories!!
Brings back memories!!
I work in automotive advertising. Have worked on several national accounts at large agencies (major manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Infiniti, now Hyundai). Not cheesy little ads, we're talking TV and magazine ads. These are $300+ million accounts.
For our shoots, we use various prep companies to make the cars "camera ready."
I've got to tell you, most every prep company vendor I have uses Lemon Fresh pledge to some degree. Mostly for black plastics (incluiding tires, underhood components), and many use it for interior plastics of all colors as well.
I've been using it for some time now on my truck. The real attraction for me is that it repels dust and is cheap. Plus, it gives you a good-looking black that is not shiny. That "wet look" doesn't shoot well, and I don't like it at any rate.
However, most auto-specific products tout some sort of UV/environmental protection, and I don't think you get that with Pledge. But my car isn't parked in the sun too much (mostly just in the summer at the river), and is almost always garaged, so this doesn't really matter to me.
For our shoots, we use various prep companies to make the cars "camera ready."
I've got to tell you, most every prep company vendor I have uses Lemon Fresh pledge to some degree. Mostly for black plastics (incluiding tires, underhood components), and many use it for interior plastics of all colors as well.
I've been using it for some time now on my truck. The real attraction for me is that it repels dust and is cheap. Plus, it gives you a good-looking black that is not shiny. That "wet look" doesn't shoot well, and I don't like it at any rate.
However, most auto-specific products tout some sort of UV/environmental protection, and I don't think you get that with Pledge. But my car isn't parked in the sun too much (mostly just in the summer at the river), and is almost always garaged, so this doesn't really matter to me.
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