Review: Poorboy's World HD Aluminum & Metal Polish

[kb2ehj]

Well it's been 4 years since the last time I took care of the tail pipe cover on my everyday driver, so I figured it was time to clean it up again.

The first time I used Optimum Metal Polish and was really impressed with it. I made a mistake and let my neighbor try it on his motorcycle and he thought I was giving it to him. I didn't ask for it back it simply wasn't worth it and at the time I didn't need it.

I'm not the type of person that needs to try the "latest and greatest" product on the market, if I find something that works why change? But because I was starting 'fresh' I decided to give Poorboy's World HD Aluminum & Metal Polish a try. This is a new product that per their web site was introduced in December of 2014 and it was priced more reasonably per quantity then the Optimum product.

Product Description

Poorboy's World HD Aluminum & Metal Polish is a bright blue in color and in an enclosed space has a high chemical smell that I found actually irritated my eyes but when used outside was not bad to work with. You could still smell the 'chemical smell' but it didn't irritate the eyes. This product is smooth (no abrasives felt) and has the consistency of what I'd describe as chocolate syrup making it actually easy to dispense whatever amount of product you would like to work with.

Equipment used

Poorboy's World Aluminum & Metal Polish
Steel Wool 0000
Paper towels
10mm socket & driver to remove the pipe cover
Gloves

Vehicle

2009 Honda Element
Last time tail pipe cover cleaned: 2011

Miscellaneous Info

Temperature: 70
Humidity: 20%

Camera: Nikon D90
Flash Controller: Yongnuo YN560-TX Manual Flash Controller
Flash: Yongnuo 560 MkIII


Poorboy's World HD Aluminum & Metal Polish was a breeze to work with. I used just a tad more product then what is pictured on the steel wool pad. Work time of the product was great.

I think the section of steel wool gave out sooner then the polish. After cleaning the pipe with the polish I gave it a wipe down with a paper towel. I don't think it took even 5 minutes to bring the metal back to show room quality.

Pictures:

Tools:

Before:

Amount of product used:

50/50 shot:

After (metal is smooth and clear the pattern you see I think is a reflection from someplace:

Misc shots

 

[01GreyStangGT]

Big difference! Would not have thought to use steel wool with that.

 

[Desertnate]

Big difference! Would not have thought to use steel wool with that.

Ditto. Would similar results have been possible with a rag or terry cloth towel?

 

[kb2ehj]

Ditto. Would similar results have been possible with a rag or terry cloth towel?

Don't know honestly. I'll see if I can find something around the house that could use a good polish and see what it does. I'll post back here when I complete this.

 

[kb2ehj]

Ditto. Would similar results have been possible with a rag or terry cloth towel?

Well tried this evening, not a tail pipe cover but a cover from the bath tub (ha ha). I think a terry cloth does just as well as the steel wool

Before:

Closeup - Before

Closeup - After (This shot shows how much product was roughly used)

 

[Desertnate]

Wow. Thanks for trying that out! I wasn't expecting you to go through all the effort to see what happens.

I don't know why, but I'm not comfortable hitting my tail pipes with the steel wool. However, I don't mind hitting them with a towel. Guess I'm just strange that way.

 

[Bill1234]

looks good, im a big fan of the mothers line of metal polishes. This seems like a bit better though

 

[kb2ehj]

looks good, im a big fan of the mothers line of metal polishes. This seems like a bit better though

I like it, as I have all of the other PBW products I've purchased, seems comparable to the Optimum product and you get twice as much product for about the same price.