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So about 6 or 7 yrs ago when I still owned my 2001 Monte SS a friend of mine made a suggestion that I clean it with Comet. I thought he was out of his damn mind. Has anyone EVER used comet on a white vehicle or have you ever heard of this?
 
That is the craziest thing i have ever heard.I can only imanage what the car would look like after using that.Comet it pretty dam harsh
 
Harleyguy said:
That is the craziest thing i have ever heard.I can only imanage what the car would look like after using that.Comet it pretty dam harsh
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That was my exact thoughts, unless there's some special way to prepare it and use it. But I would think it would be like using sandpaper.
 
I've heard of it and done it a few times.

It's not for cars with clear coats as it will scratch them and make the paint all dull and hazy.

It's the down and dirty way of removing oxidation off a single stage paint for about $2.00 to $3.00 during the wash process except you put a little more muscle behind your wash pad and yes, it will chew off a lot of the old, dead, oxidized paint.

Again, it's only for single stage paints, which are pretty hard to come by and it would also only be for something you didn't really care about.

For example I helped a guy to restore the paint on this all original 1954 which was really discovered and removed from a barn around 2003 around Eugene, Oregon.

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Someone cares about the above car... know what I mean?

We used M97 and M98 for chemicals. I used to have a before picture but have not been able to find it for a few years. It had an inch of dust on it and the paint was oxidized. This is not the kind of car you would wash with Comet to bring the paint back. I helped a guy buff out a 1970's Datsun HoneyBee that was yellow with oxidized paint, it was econo-box buzz box and he, nor anyone else cared that much about it. We washed it with Comet which chewed off most of the white, oxidized paint. THEN we did a stellar job of buffing it out. The Comet step was just a time-saver and a product saver because the car wasn't an all original 1954 Corvette.

Believe it or not, the above car was prepped like you see it about 2 weeks after it was discovered and then it won first place at the show you see it being set up on for display.

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Thank you for the clarification Mike. I finally have an ANSWER!
 
See when it comes to Mike Phillips he will steer you in the write direction .Who ever knew about the comet thing we learn something new everyday.And i bet Spyhunter isn't even old enough to remember single stage paint lol
 
Bleache White on the old whitewalls is about as close as I have come to using Comet on a car. I remember a friend with a Grand National that swore by only using Windex. Also remember many that used Pledge on showcars for the day especially before judging.
 
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I used to use Bleache White on my father-in-law's work(all white and showing typical staining around doors/sliding door) vans many years ago to cut through oxidation. Then I would polish and then seal the vehicles. It worked well for an exbidited annual detail. I wouldn't do it now on customer's cars but it was a quick fix.
 
I used Bon Ami on a 73 ford truck. It work great.
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Harleyguy said:
See when it comes to Mike Phillips he will steer you in the write direction .Who ever knew about the comet thing we learn something new everyday.And i bet Spyhunter isn't even old enough to remember single stage paint lol
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I was born in 1977, so if single stage paint was still around by then, it's possible.
 
Many years ago if a white car was badly oxidized we would wash it with comet. I am wondering when the corn starch questions are going to start.
 
Just out of curiousity, have people ever mixed "additives" such as polishing oils, or linseed oil, to pre-existing liquid waxes?
 
I Have been using comet &bon ami for years to clean up chrome&stainless exhuast tips on cars &99 freightliner 48" orginal exshaust pipe not a scratch on it ,nothing beats it . And I 've plenty of Metal polish . Comet & Green Scothbrite Soak it with soap/water add a little Comet and with lite presure It will take off black sutt ,bugs & rust then rinse. The key lite pressure let the comet do the work.Then I'll top with Zephr Metal has sealant in it to make bead the water off. lol
 
SpyHunter said:
Okay, so what about Corn Starch?
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I've never seen corn starch used on any type of paint nor have I ever used corn starch on any type of paint.

I've heard that in the old days, that would probably be from the 1960's and older, that some people would rub paint down with corn starch and the corn starch acted to fill in the swirls. At least this is the jist of what it was used for as I've read about the topic over the years.

From experience working on both single stage paints and clear coat paints I certainly would never try anything like this on a clear coat finish.

Also from experience, whenever I find someone using some seemingly wacky product or method to do something it's almost always because the person doesn't know there actually exists a specific product for the process they're trying to do.

That kind thing happens too when people start mixing chemicals to try to create the exact product they need, the problem isn't the product doesn't already exist, it's just they don't know about it.

Here's another old practice, throwing a bucket of ice water, that is ice and water mixed together, over a freshly waxed car. Again I've never done this but from what I've read the purpose was to speed up the hardening of the wax on a warm day. The cold water would would cool the surface down and cause the sheet metal and thus everything on it, (paint and wax in this case), to contract. The wax would harden, and at some level be trapped better into the paint at the microscopic level.

While I've never done the above I could see how this would work on a warm or hot day. I'm not sure why there would be a hurry to cool the surface down as that would take place, in most cases, during the night. As the temperature drops, the wax would that was warm and more liquid would become more firm. There's also the time factor and the wax would continue to dry as time went by, that is any carrying agents would completely flash-off or evaporate.


I'm of the school of,

KISS = Keep it Simple Simon

Don't make things any more complicated than they have to be which sometimes seems to be the opposite trend for extremely AR online enthusiasts.

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Not trying to get off topic but I have read something about using baking soda? Has anyone ever heard of this used in detailing?
 
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