I have TWO of these "almost threw them away" stories, both of which just happened recently. "Liquid Performance" detailer/cleaner. i bought it for my bike because the Maxima SC1 silicone detailer i used for the black satin finish engine parts was out of stock. So the guy recommended this LP stuff. Tried it and it was ok, but i preferred the other stuff. So i shelved it and found another place that had the silicone stuff and didn't touch the LP for a year and a 1/2 at least. Then one day i tried it on the rest of my bike for some reson and wow ! I had tried several chrome polishes and this stuff actually made the chrome glow like i have never seen, and it's way easier because no white residue and it goes on and off like detailer. it worked great all the whole bike, but it was the chrome where it shinded no pun intended.
so i told my neighbor about it and lent him the can. Unlike me, he's like you guys here...deep into the whle detailing thing and has a huge shelf full of high end products like you all use that he gets online. He has high end cars like the big beemer, and they all have high end aftermarket chrome wheels. When i asked him the next day if he tried it the first thing he said was "i ordered 3 cans". Now i gotta tell you, this stuff made the chrome on my bike look different and better than anything i have ever tried, but as good as it was i was totally and completely blown away when he showed me what they did for his wheels. i have never in my life seen chrome look like that !
Anyways, i have since tossed almost all my products as far as cleaners, detailers and waxes for my bike.
Second one...PEAK microfiber. I know what you're saying, but 1)-this is different, and 2)-i'm talking about polishing metals or any finish that has fine scratches/swirl marks that nothing will completely remove. This is one of several they make and it's not regular MF. It's far softer and it's poly as to be far less abrasive. What i found when trying to polish metal like billet to a chrome like mirror is that nothing i ever used would remove the fine scratches/swirlmarks. This towel does. And i mean totally. As you know, and surface thats dar paint or polished metal like billet can look mirror like and perfect till you see it in jsut the right light. Then you see the truth. This towel with ANY good polish totally removes that ! I went as far as to try it on a number of things with a few polishes. Didn't seem to matter what polish i used, the results were unbelievable to me beacuse i've been trying to accomplish this for most of my 56 years and never came close. i tried it on guitars with poly finishes that would never rub out to a completely haze/scratch free surface, especially after wet sanding. this did. In fact, i did one area that was totally hazy on the back of a guitar from years of rubbing against me as i play. When doone it looked like i have poured a pool of honey over it. It was 100% as new aside from a few deep scratches which of coutse final polishing doesn't remove. but i was just testing it so i did care about that and would have sanded it if i wasn't just testing this towel. I then attempted the impossible....a light colored plastic strat pickguard, I have never been able to remove the years of fingernail scratches on a strat guard, not even close. This towel did it ! I used a few polishes as i said, but mainly mothers billet. But when i bought them i just bought them as regular MF to detail my bike and care with. But they worked horribly for that because they have no absorbancy and don't remove wax worth a **** because they are so slick. then i realize i had bought a PEAK"polishing" towel, and thats when i tried it on the billet parts on my bike and was floored.
in any case, instead of questioning what i said here, just do yourself a favor and try these towels. try polishing a black car or polished aluminum and watch what happens. you'll be amazed. They have them at pep boys. They are made by PEAK and the package says "microfiber SPA polishing towels" and they come in a 2 pack for $5. they are blue. The website shows something different so i wouldn't look for that because i'm not sure if they are the same. they don't say SPA on the package and they are yellow. Maybe the ones i have are discontinued or too new to be on thier website yet. all i know is they are a god send and i ran out and bought more to be safe in case they are discontinued. I will be everything that if you try this towel with any decent final polish you will be able to completely remove all surface flaws for a black xcar so that in ANY light all you will see is pure gloss and no scratches. Of course that would be a full days work, but i know it will do that from all the experiments i did with these. i would have to call these my lifetime BEST FIND ever ! and i didn't even know what i had at first....i nearly tossed them !
