Who Uses Furniture Polish to Shine Bike?

[aka_kim]

Yep...Lemon Pledge renews the finish and puts a protective layer of wax down. Simple and effective....oh, and also recommended by Georgina Terry.

When I travel with the bike, I carry Pledge Wipes as a simple clean up.

End of season, the bike gets a paste wax shine in her annual "spa treatment" at the bike shop. This seals and protects the finish.

I wax my painted bikes too, for the same reasons I wax my car. I also use Pledge on both my painted bikes and unpainted Ti, as it makes it easier to clean them, and shinier too.

[Velocivixen]

Well it's nice to know that great minds think alike!

[LilBolt]

I use it on my bare titanium bike, as recommended by the builder. It also works fairly well to clean up white bar tape, but I really make sure I rub it off with an old cotton towel.

[Miranda]

Really? Wow, that kinda blows my mind. Do any of you people have carbon frames and do this?

I have some bike specific wash shine degrease etc. stuff from the lbs. I had a bad experience once degreasing something I should not have and won myself a new bottom bracket sooo, I'm a bit more careful now.

[Velocivixen]

@LilBolt, what type of bar tape? Cloth? Leather? Leather-esque? That's good to know.

[Pax]

It's popular for motorcycles too.

Personally, I'd rather give it a real wash and wax it with automotive wax. But it's nice for a quick touch-up at an event or whatever.

Any wax will repel dirt and protect the finish - I usually wax my frame once or twice a year.

Yup. I've used Pledge on every motorcycle I've owned, works exceptionally well if you live where there's hard water.