Anyone heard of Star Brite?

corvettecrazy · 10-07-07, 12:29

Star Brite Premium Marine Polish.

Star brite - Catalog - Product Detail

My buddy got it from a friend who claims it is one of the longest lasting products he has ever used.

Anyone every heard of it? Is it a good product?

Is it safe for all painted surfaces including auto. paint? (my friend wants to try it on his car and I would rather not have him mess his paint up)

weekendwarrior · 10-07-07, 03:14

I just found out about starbrite as well. I was at the auto parts store, and saw a Starbrite vinyl protectant in a spray bottle. I bought a bottle specifically to use on vinyl convertible tops. I recently applied it to a Mustang I detailed, and was pleased with it. It was very wattery, and did not feel greasy at all. It applied very easily, and left a slight sheen, but nothing over the top. I am hoping dust won't stick to the top, and from the way this stuff went on, I don't think it will run when rain hits it. I told the owner to let me know if it does in fact run the first time the roof gets rained on. I will post back here once I hear from him.

I got this vinyl protectant at the local auto parts store in the marine section, and it was only like $4.

puravida417 · 10-21-07, 09:01

Star Brite is all over down here in the local marine stores. I've tried everything but their polishes so I can't share my experiences with it unfortunately.

SShine · 10-21-07, 09:33

I always see that stuff at marine stores. I suspect there are better things out there.

phamkl · 10-21-07, 10:03

Sounds like they may be a marine version of Turtle Wax but for all I know they could be the Duragloss.

mirrorfinishman · 10-26-07, 07:18

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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy

Star Brite Premium Marine Polish. Anyone every heard of it? Is it a good product? Is it safe for all painted surfaces including auto. paint? (my friend wants to try it on his car and I would rather not have him mess his paint up)

Like most of the other major brand marine products, Star Brite marine products have been basically designed to be used on fiberglass boat gelcoats. Personally, I would rank Star Brite right up there with 3M and Meguiar's boat detailing products. Also, since fiberglass gelcoats are a bit different than painted surfaces, your friend would be smart to stay with car products on his car.

Setec Astronomy · 10-26-07, 07:41

StarBrite has been around forever. They used to have a line of car products in the 70's & 80's, a liquid cleaner wax that was really gritty. Used to work well by hand on oxidized SS.

dogma · 10-27-07, 06:07

That was actually the 1st polish I used on my car, 1978 to be exact. I used to get here in CONN at Bradlees and Caldor it was sold as both car and boat polish. I liked it a lot and couldn't find it any more. It was easy on easy off and left a cloud free clear shine.

boozman · 11-01-07, 09:17

I used it on ny boat when it was new but after the gelcoat starts to get chalkie it wouldn't do the job.

howareb · 11-26-07, 12:13

I helped a guy out in Advanced Auto Parts the other day who had this S*** eating grin on his face because he just brought a boat and had to polish it. He was looking over in the car wax section with one of those random orbitals under his arm. I directed him over to the Star Bright product above and it just about made his day. Man it was enjoyable to see someone take such a passion about waxing a boat.

weekendwarrior · 11-26-07, 12:18

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Originally Posted by weekendwarrior

I just found out about starbrite as well. I was at the auto parts store, and saw a Starbrite vinyl protectant in a spray bottle. I bought a bottle specifically to use on vinyl convertible tops. I recently applied it to a Mustang I detailed, and was pleased with it. It was very wattery, and did not feel greasy at all. It applied very easily, and left a slight sheen, but nothing over the top. I am hoping dust won't stick to the top, and from the way this stuff went on, I don't think it will run when rain hits it. I told the owner to let me know if it does in fact run the first time the roof gets rained on. I will post back here once I hear from him.

I got this vinyl protectant at the local auto parts store in the marine section, and it was only like $4.

Just as a follow up to my previous post (above) - I spoke with the owner of the convertible Mustang that I used the Star Brite vinyl protectant on the roof, and he confirmed that this stuff did not run/streak down onto the paint when it got wet. Looks like I will keep this in my arsenal for use on vinyl tops. For $4 a bottle, can't beat that!!!

Lightman · 12-04-07, 09:13

303 makes a nice convertiblet top protectant fyi weekend warrior.

As for star brite - I use their deck/hull cleaner with ptef and it's awesome..it only takes such a small amount to use, cleans the deck much whiter than even strong stuff like citrus degreasers or greased lightning, and has the ptef non skid stuff, which also works, it's not slippery even when wet. Can't comment on their polishes, but overall it seems like a pretty cheap/generic line.