Dupont #7 - anyone ever use this back in the day?

[DETAILKING]

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[Lemonxxs]

I remember a similar can but it was not the one in your pic............



ONe day I will remember...



Cool pic though....maybe we need ANTIQUE DETAILING stuff section

[CharlesW]

Sure did. They also had a powder carwash soap that I used lots of.

Johnson wax also had a liquid wax that was a big seller.

Simonize paste wax was considered one of the best products available at that time. Man, was it a PIA to use.



When you hear someone talk about the "good old days", don`t pay much attention. These are the good days, right now.



Charles :wavey

[jr weeks]

I used that many times , back in the 70`s. How lucky we are now. I wonder if they`ll laugh at us in 30 years for using Zaino, Klasse, P21S etc...



"Contains `Stroke Saving` methyl cellulose".



There`s a porn joke in there somewhere, but I ain`t going after it. :)

[tetz]

I used that stuff.

RainDance was my favorite for quite a few years after that.

Did some time with mid-1980`s Liquid Glass, etc, etc, and

am now a Zaniac.

Jon, moderately ancient fart at 41

[Tim Lingor]

I used to use the "old" Blue Coral Cleaner(liquid) and Paste Wax. This stuff did an excellent job---but what a PITA to use!! You think you get streaks from certain products, this stuff would streak at a mere sniff of sunlight!! And the smell was a very, very strong solvent smell!! It is not like the Blue Coral products that we have today! I do not like the new Blue Coral stuff--IMHO.



I have a metal quart can of the old Pro Wax Aircraft wax; I will have to find it and take a picture of it for the site.



I just love the stuff we use today!! I do not miss the "old" days!!:up

[Accumulator]

DETAILKING- Thanks for the memories! One more old-time-product-user-back-in-the-day here. I used that Dupont #7 polish as recently as the the mid-80`s.



Sorta wish I`d saved all those (real) old product tins my Dad and I used to have around..but one of them rusted out, leaking some vile stuff everywhere, so out they went. I DO still have my old cans of Pro "blue" (cleaner) and "yellow" (straight) wax, from back before they had their fancy numbering system.



CharlesW- Yeah, it`s pretty incredible how much easier today`s products are. My Mother used to warn me to avoid Simonize like the plague (she and her sisters were sorta into detailing since back in the 40`s). Meg`s #7 is about the only old-timer anyone`s still using (maybe because it was always pretty easy to use). What you said about these being the "good old days" :up



2hotford- A friend of mine whose family owns a funeral home used to use the Blue Coral on the old, single-stage GM black on the hearses, etc. It gave a VERY impressive look, subtly different from what you see today, but what a job!

[JAGOWNER1981]

yea i used Auri back in like 1991, man was i young then:)

[atldave]

Originally posted by AlBoston

yea i used Auri back in like 1991, man was i young then:)



I`m not sure if you`re joking or not, but I did put Auri on my Blue 88 Civic in `91.



It absolutely destroyed the paint. It looked like I painted a clearcoat on the car with a paintbrush, which I guess is basically what I did.



I spent $200 at a body shop to remove it.



Did you actually put this on your car?

[mustangmike]

I used a lot of Dupont #7, thought it was pretty good stuff. Sometimes I would follow it with Final Finish swirl remover. Then I discovered Liquid Ebony swirl remover, it worked better, especially on black.



Anybody remember when Meguiars had a 2 part wax in the black bottles? One bottle was a cleaner, the other was a wax. It was a ton of work but it really made my black 57 Ford convert shine. I think the bottle said "competition finish".

[imported_Larry A]

I also used Dupont#7 It was a very good polish. It was used a lot as a precleaner for Simoniz. It came on the market in 1925as a polish for the then new Duco paints. My uncle would use it on his truck right over the dirt. It would shine like crazy. I guess paints were tougher back then

[Scottwax]

Yeah, I used that and Rain Dance in the olden days!

[Patrick]

Naw, Rain Dance was blue !

[Poorboy]

It would shine like crazy. I guess paints were tougher back then [/B][/QUOTE]





Yes paints had lead back then ..pre-early sixtys....



Old #7 was a good friend....the funeral was more like a celebration....no more wearing off the paint on edges or on the fins of the Caddys....:D