Using car products on furnitures!!

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On youtube, I came across with a video.... of polishing a furniture using rotary polisher.

Process was pretty much identical to polishing a car.

Wet sand, compound then polish (they used compound and polish made for furniture paint)

So as soon as i finished the video, I ran to my garage and tried wet sanding and buffing this antique siding table I am restoring at the moment and boy.... it really brought the shine back.

I don't know if I coulve gotten better result with furniture compound and polish, but my guess was they are pretty much similar products.

You can also use cleaner wax to polish and protect your furniture.

Just wanted to share my experience using car care products on different tasks.
 
I used my Flex+ polishing pad with DG rv polish on the shower walls this week :-)
 
Daviddear30 said:
I used my Flex+ polishing pad with DG rv polish on the shower walls this week :-)
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LOL , I haven't ..Yet .. Considered that though, I use UWW+ on the shower walls and sliding glass doors . ...Perfecto
 
Meg's #7 on LAQUERED furniture...can't beat it.

Bill
 
I had a customer some years ago that asked me after i was done with his car if i could polish out the swirls on his black baby grand piano! Seriously. He suggested to me it couldn't be much different than his car. I declined the request out of fear of screwing something like that up.

Maybe he was right.
 
If it was 1930s and newer they likely used laquer and urethane for finishing, just like the auto industry. I would venture that furniture finishes are much softer than current clear coats.

I wouldn't go anywhere near antiques.

This of course assumes that you have verified it is not just stained, varnished, etc.
 
If I remember in all the information I have been reading from Mike's replies< I believe he stated somewhere that in the beginning of the automobile industry, that they were using furniture polish on cars as there were no products to use for paitn..apparently it has taken a turn around and now using car polish on furniture,,, who knew...
 
I use detail spray for dusting coffee tables, speakers, etc. It works great, although it does catch the cats by surprise when they jump on the slicker surface.
 
sharpcanoe said:
If I remember in all the information I have been reading from Mike's replies< I believe he stated somewhere that in the beginning of the automobile industry, that they were using furniture polish on cars as there were no products to use for paitn..apparently it has taken a turn around and now using car polish on furniture,,, who knew...
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Wait... isn't meguiars "Mirror Bright" developed from furniture care lines??

:D:D:D
 
Oh man, the list is somewhat long of the things I've taken my DA to around here. An LC cc cutting pad with Meg's UC does an incredible job on cultured marble countertops! Follow that up with some M205 and it's like glass!
Use an LC heavy cutting yellow pad and some m105 on a glass top stove to return it to new condition. It really gets down into the pits and pores of the glass/ceramic and cleans it.
Right before the holidays when a lot of people are expected to make their way through our house, thereby leaving their markings on any given piece of furniture, I apply a slathering of Johnson's Paste Wax to all my coffee and end tables as well as the dining room set, the curio cabinets, the piano and pretty much anything with a lacquered finish using my DA. I let it harden (and harden it does!) then remove it with terry cloth bonnets and finally buff all of it out using a simple random orbital 9" buffer I've had for years. The protection this process leaves is unbeatable. You can set a glass of anything down anywhere in the house without a coaster and it just doesn't matter. A nice bonus is you don't have to use any furniture polish for months. Simply wipe with a damp cloth when dusty then give it a quick wipe with a terry or mf towel and the shine is back!

I too have done the shower walls.
 
Amazing Roll-off on the fiberglass shower walls.
AIO on the fiberglass shower walls.
Leather conditioners on the living room leather furniture.
ONRWW on old Pergo floors.
Plastic cleaners and sealants on everything plastic in the house.
Glass cleaner and polishes on windows and mirrors.
All in one cleaner and spray wax on metal garage door.
We use my steamer for cleaning inside the house.

I feel like there's other stuff I'm just not thinking of right now.
 
I use d114 and a MF mop head to clean my travertine floors. Works great.
Be careful with leather cleaners though, I used DG leather cleaner on an Ethan Allen chair and it discolored the arms. I was furious at myself. The chair was NOT cheap. I thought the cleaner was pretty mild, and it probably is, but I didn't bother to read the care instructions on the chair. When I did, it said not to use automotive products. Won't make that mistake again.
 
The shoes I wear to work were looking a little a worst for the worn the other day. They are ECCO brand all leather so I took some leather cleaner I have and the fluffy side of a dual plush microfiber and gave each show a spritz and wipe down. Followed up with some leather conditioner on the opposite side of the microfiber. I got asked if I had just bought new shoes because someone smelled "fresh new leather shoes" when I walked up. :)
 
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