Old Wives' Tales ...

[Brad M]

Well Brad M

As for technical,have you tried using Mr Sheen on your cars paintwork,glass + brightwork ?
Works great and is quick.

Are you serious?

[giulia_veloce]

Of corse im serious

Best window cleaner ever.
I polish all my cars with Mr Sheen.
Amazing what you can learn on here.

For a better finish and when time allows,I Brasso the cars also
Have you heard of Brasso /
Its the stuff you poish Brass with.
Try it on your paintwork.
Then use Mr sheen.
Flanelette sheet works best.

Before you comment Brad M,,try it first.

Robert

[SimonR]

Robert is 100% correct with Brasso on paintwork! 

My father was told this years ago but spray painters and detailers etc. It is a lot milder than cutting compound but has more "cut" than pure car polish so the industry guys would (1) cut a car, then (2) brasso it then (3) polish it so get a perfect result.

Dont laugh, but these same guys also advised on the benefits of using toothpaste to clean fine scratches in glass as well as paintwork, and it really works!

Sometimes the weird things really do work.

[maurizio]

Putting mr sheen on a car is great idea if you want to ruin the body work.

[Sheldon McIntosh]

WD40 is excellent for cleaning barbecues.  And getting old race tape off bodywork and plastic bumpers.

[Davidm1600]

I can't say I have tried Mr Sheen, but brasso is a well known polish finish, albeit that in terms of cutting back is really slow, hence the more modern cutting/polishing agents that are readily available.

Ah WD40 great stuff for sure.  Bit like Start you Bastard for engines that won't start.