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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: kartone on February 07, 2012, 08:46:36 AM

Title: steel bumper polish
Post by: kartone on February 07, 2012, 08:46:36 AM
I was given the brand name readily available in Australia but I have forgotten it, can someone joggle my memory ? Many thanks. 
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: alfagtv58 on February 07, 2012, 09:33:54 AM
Autosol is the popular one, but I am sure there are plenty more that people will swear are better.  A work collegue recently gave me a 15 year old Amway product that he swears by, its a dry powder that you add a bit of water to, I've tried it on a couple of inconspicuos spots and it seems to work well!
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: Paul Gulliver on February 07, 2012, 12:21:46 PM
Another vote for Autosol. About $10.00 a small tube at Auto Barn.
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: Anthony Miller on February 07, 2012, 12:49:15 PM
Purple brand metal polish, the absolute dog's bollocks
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: kartone on February 07, 2012, 01:01:43 PM
Guys, many thanks.
Are the bumper made of stainless steel ?
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: Cool Jesus on February 07, 2012, 11:54:05 PM
yes mate, they're SS bumpers.
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: pep105 on February 09, 2012, 02:38:49 PM
I was having this discussion at work this morning and Ive been told that Autosol liquid works really well for stainless steel, whereas the Autosol paste (in the tube) is better suited to polished aluminium.

Ive only tried the paste (tube) on my 105 bumpers and it was OK, but apparently the liquid in the white bottle does a better job. Purple polish also got a good wrap but again for aluminium. 

Cheers

Pep
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: Beatle on February 20, 2012, 08:34:24 PM
Quote from: alfagtv58 on February 07, 2012, 09:33:54 AM
Autosol is the popular one, but I am sure there are plenty more that people will swear are better.  A work collegue recently gave me a 15 year old Amway product that he swears by, its a dry powder that you add a bit of water to, I've tried it on a couple of inconspicuos spots and it seems to work well!

Sounds like Bon Ami.
Title: Re: steel bumper polish
Post by: Davidm1600 on February 20, 2012, 10:10:48 PM
Autoglym if you can find it has a superb metal polish for stainless steel. They are a UK product and make a range of top notch polishes. It is used as standard polish for Rolls, Astons and Jags, so I suspect it can't be too shabby.

Repco used to stock it, not sure if they still do.  Not cheap though