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Waxing your bike

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:36 am
by mcmahonm
Guys what kind of wax do you use for your bike's, I use the mothers stuff on the car but is it okay for the bike?

Re: Waxing your bike

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:47 am
by Gadjet
mcmahonm wrote:Guys what kind of wax do you use for your bike's, I use the mothers stuff on the car but is it okay for the bike?
it will be fine.

I almost never wax my bike. it's a KLR, it's supposed to be dirty :D

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:10 am
by runsilent
I waxed the gas tank once with Lemon Pledge spray wax and the magnetic tank bag slid around afterwards. I'll never do that again; besides if it's nice enough out to wash/wax a bike, it's nice enough to go ride it instead. :lol:

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:59 am
by Sev
I use Meguiar's Gold Class wax. I was given a bottle for my birthday back in August, and a couple of micro fibre cloths. After it's been washed it takes all of 5 minutes to apply and remove a single coat of this stuff to the whole bike. It goes on, and comes off that easily.

If it's been a long day and I'm really tired and pretty stressed out, I got in the habit of heading out to the garage and putting 5 or 6 coats of it on, sure makes the bike look nice, and all the bugs and other garbage rinse off a lot easier.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:59 am
by mustangski
I have to agree with the Meguiars wax and micro fiber cloth. They work great.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:35 am
by Randy
If you are using lemon pledge, it is really important to use a micro-fiber cloth. That is what I do anyhow.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:00 pm
by Sev
why?

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:12 pm
by mcmahonm
why what?

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:08 pm
by Sev
Why do you need to use a microfibre cloth with lemon pledge?

lemons

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:15 pm
by mcmahonm
Maybe he lokes the smell of lemons over exhaust fumes at lights