polish?

[Eagle 1]

The other day I went to pick up some polish for the herd, entered the store and holly crap, the shelves were stuffed full with polish of every type and description and deciding on which one would be best left to flipping a coin, that is unless one already has a preference. Well I closed my eyes and grabbed a can of hard polish (Turtle Wax). After arriving home I began applying same, with some quite nice results, but not really what I had in mind, welllllllll I stood back, gazed, pondered and slowley a germ of an idea began to wiggle its way from my wittle brain ie; wax is wax and melts at a very low temperature sooooooooooooooo I grabs me hair dryer and began heating that wax and low and behold there began to appear a very familiar (and clear) face staring back at me and mind you all of this even before any rubbing.
Would like to hear from any of you that have preferences for waxes or polishes for their special girl(s).
I am posting some photos so you can see the results of waxing and heating, and yes rubbing it all out.
Thanks all

[signart]

 :cooldude:You may have stumbled on to something with that heat, man that think looks wet!

[Eagle 1]

By the way thought I would put the photo of the bike after polish but before heating in order that youy could campare.

[Hook#3287]

That's a nice looking 1200 even before the wax 

[J.Mencalice]

I thought this was gonna be a Polak joke?

[Spirited-6]

What a GREAT looking Bike. Few out there that nice !
 

[Jersey mike]

WOW, that looks fantastic

but Im lost on your procedure, I'm a little s l o w sometimes.

it sounds like you applied the wax to the bike, then warmed it up w/ the hairdryer.

or

did you apply the wax and remove then warm it with the hairdryer?

whatever you did, it looks awesome and Im very interested in the process!!

[Eagle 1]

I guess I should have elaborated a bit more on the procedure(s). I waxed as usual and wiped it down after it dried to a haze, then heated it with hair drier, the shine began to appear as I heated the wax. I did take a very soft cloth and wiped it down very lightly after that. I am not sure if it added to the shine but I heated it once again after that just to make I had any cloth marks out. The Goldwing is 30 years with the original paint and everything else.
I also did my 99 IS with the same procedure, and i have put the photos of that in this post.
My theory is that by following the instructions and just wiping the haze off it still leaves some small scratches in the wax which give a very satisfactory finish, but by heating the wax it completely flattens and does away with any scratches even though they be very very small, of course this is not from scientific research but "makes sense to me".

[Jess Tolbirt]

well i will be right back, i have to run out into the garage and try this

[Mr Whiskey]

Sharp rides!
Don't mean to "hijack" but I gotta ask you 'bout your flag mount.
Looks like it fits ON the hitch ball. If that's the case could you tell me what you're using & maybe shoot a couple of close up pics.
I'd sure appreciate it!

P.S. Oh yeah, you asked about wax. I've been using Liquid Glass forever.
It loves heat too (although I've never used a hair dryer, hmmmmm)!
http://www.liquidglasspolish.com/about/

[Jersey mike]

ive been looking at the photos of the wing and I knew it ( the style of photo) reminded me of of something, in that 1st photo especially, it looks like something that would have been from a cycle magazine review or a even a brochure for that year.

[Eagle 1]

Hey Mr Whiskey: I have already posted some close ups of the flag holder, just look for the title "flag holder" it is still up on the current posts maybe on the second page. The one shown has a temporary bracket, which I changed today to a 1"X 1/8" Aluminum angle which is much cleaner. I have listed the entire construction along with the materials used, if you need any more information I will be glad to help in any way possible.
I will post thew new photos of the bracket tomorrow if anyone is interested.

[Jess from VA]

I guess I shine up extra nicely after a blow job, why should our bikes be any different?

(Apologies in advance)

[Mr Whiskey]

Yeah, but do you use a hair dryer? 

[Jersey mike]

I'd bet the hair dryer's heat is similar to (the heat ) a buffer pros use on cars.

[Eagle 1]

Hi Jersey Mike: you are mostly likely correct about the heat of the buffer, but for me it is a bit more work than I want to do where as the hair drier requires only holding the blower and no effort on my part, as always I look for the easiest way to avoid manual labor.

[Karen]

Yakshemash!