Review: Mother`s Mag & Aluminum Polish

[Marc08EX]

Product Review: Mother`s Mag & Aluminum Polish
Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/mothers-mag-aluminum-polish.html#.V2b4DPmANBc)

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Description: (Taken from Autopia`s website)

This is our legendary metal polish. The Mothers® secret formula balances a brilliant shine with easy use for aluminum wheels and parts, brass, alloys and accessories. Application is just a matter of a clean cloth and a little elbow grease. Mothers® Mag & Aluminum polish is strong enough to put a shine to the most neglected metals and gentle enough to use on a regular basis.

Price:

$9.99 for 10oz
$5.99 for 5oz

Review:

This will be a very short review because I wasn`t really planning to do one. I decided to do a review because I wanted to rave on how great this product worked and share it with my fellow geeks.

I recently bought a used exhaust system for my car. As you can see in the pictures below, it really looked beat up. I wasn`t really expecting to shine any parts of the pipe at all because it looked so dull. I was just hoping to make the exhaust tips perfect.

Before:

Underneath:
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Top:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xQ-jgoi2hwo/VOssU82AtoI/AAAAAAAAHP0/4R_DRoIjdxA/s800/03%2520-%2520Before.JPG

Tips:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5W5Mg8mvZYo/VOsseCyKXII/AAAAAAAAHP0/aLbncEotAkQ/s800/04%2520-%2520Before.JPG

I wish I was able to take picture of the tips underneath because it was a lot worse than the ones in the pic (very black and covered with soot).

Procedure:

I didn`t want to ruin any of my microfiber towels so I decided to use a bunch of paper towels. I got some polish from the canister and started scrubbing small sections at a time... After a little while, I would wipe off the excess with a microfiber towel. I would estimate that I covered each area between 2-3 times.

Making progress...
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After a few hours of elbow grease (literally), here are the results:

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https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S9qtN8U0MnQ/VOsvGqx3VKI/AAAAAAAAHP0/ueyUhnTST2M/s800/46%2520-%2520After%2520At%2520Sunrise.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zreiwYgeP9I/VOstrTEoqVI/AAAAAAAAHP0/JCeWdshMVpQ/s800/24%2520-%2520After%2520At%2520Sunrise.JPG

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** I know I know I missed a spot (or two). I didn`t see that when I was polishing. I will remove them when I get it installed on the car.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ywFFPh8JIE0/VOst3L_iWHI/AAAAAAAAHP0/sVM2NbPfr38/s800/27%2520-%2520After%2520At%2520Sunrise.JPG
Conclusion:

The pictures speak for themselves. This product works beautifully and it shines up metal extremely well. Consider this product in your next metal polishing detail.

[Migue]

This is my current go to metal polish, been having that little jar for years and it`s still works great every time.

[XxBoostinxX]

I have always loved Mother`s Mag & Aluminum Polish! It has been my go to for a long time. I also really like the new Meguiar`s Metal Polish line, but still reach for the Mother`s first.

[mjlinane]

Wow!

[4u2nvinmtl]

Great review as always. I prefer to use Mothers and NeverDull over every other metal polish I`ve tried.

As a short cut, I attach the small wheel woolies brush to my drill in conjunction with the metal polish.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/4u2nv_in_mtl/Meguiars%20All%20Metal%20Polish/2015-11-08%2023.28.52.jpg (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/4u2nv_in_mtl/media/Meguiars%20All%20Metal%20Polish/2015-11-08%2023.28.52.jpg.html)

I can finish my exhaust in no time (beats working by hand).

Do you have any close-ups? I found I got some micro-marring with every metal polish I`ve tried (from 2-3 feet away it`s not noticeable but less than that and I start to notice).

[richy]

Marc, I originally skipped this thread b/c I honestly didn`t expect anything great from Mothers. Seeing is believing. Wow.