What's the best stuff to use to polish bodies (that won't affect decals) ?

Windex ? Something else that's better ?

Thx!

I've been using Pledge furniture polish. Doesn't hurt decals and smells lemon fresh! LOL!

I've been using Pledge furniture polish. Doesn't hurt decals and smells lemon fresh! LOL!

I think Zubie uses that too .. LOL.. I've smelled that by his pit :-)

Windtunnel Body wash. Same formula as Bolink body was. Killer stuff for removing marks and givin' shine

Rain-X is great. Removes scuffs and Sharpie too.

Rip bodywash check out ripmotorsports.com for it

Castle Products #c1656 Bright Knight spray polish !!
Use on both the inside and outside of the body , no white residue
and tire marks , dust wipes right off .

The Busch cars use this to remove rub marks as it takes the rubber off paint but causes NO harm to the surface or decals.

800-876-0222

Pledge, and some of the automotive brands of instant waxes, McGuires - Mothers, Turtle Wax. A mixture of three parts finger nail polisher remover (15% acetone) to one part alcohol (was used to remove paint overspray) will also remove some scuff marks but can remove the paint from some decals.

I use dry eraser board cleaner. The Expo brand. It removes rub marks and makes the car really shine. It is safe on decals too.

Rip bodywash check out ripmotorsports.com for it
it's realy called good stuff body wash

I use dry eraser board cleaner. The Expo brand. It removes rub marks and makes the car really shine. It is safe on decals too.

Hmmmm.. never thought of trying that stuff -- we've got gallons of it at work :-)

Beefy...

The formula I mentioned should be 3 parts alcohol and one part finger nail polish remover same thing as dry erase remove except the percentage of acetone is less.

turtle wax, the old schoole paste wax LOL. I won't use it on a real car, but toy car it's fine heh heh.

What's the best stuff to use to polish bodies (that won't affect decals) ?

Windex ? Something else that's better ?

Thx!




DUDES let's be Professional!!!

Just buy Meguar's Mirror Glaze Cear Plastic Polish #10 :cool:

If you have severe road rash then use Meguar's Mirror Glaze Cear Plastic Cleaner #17 :cool:

meguiars stuff sucks. Take it from a guy that's won a couple best of show's in rather stout car show fields, that stuff is garbage. Zaino is hands down teh best products I've used, some of the most expensive, and can only be bought thru his website for the most part.... but hands down the best.

I wouldn't subject toy car to that meguiars stuff.. turtle wax is at least 2 steps from that junk.

[QUOTE=Jason Lambert]meguiars stuff sucks. Take it from a guy that's won a couple best of show's in rather stout car show fields, that stuff is garbage. Zaino is hands down teh best products I've used, some of the most expensive, and can only be bought thru his website for the most part.... but hands down the best.

I was never impresseb by Meguiars products either but last weekend a friend got some plastic cleaner for the guage cluster of a used car he just bought. We were amazed at how well it worked. It looked better than new. Not sure how it would work on an r/c body, gonna have to try it.

meguiars stuff sucks. Take it from a guy that's won a couple best of show's in rather stout car show fields, that stuff is garbage. Zaino is hands down teh best products I've used, some of the most expensive, and can only be bought thru his website for the most part.... but hands down the best.

I wouldn't subject toy car to that meguiars stuff.. turtle wax is at least 2 steps from that junk.


OMG!!!! not another zaino worshipper.. I figured getting away from real cars Id see the last of sal's propaganda..

Yes for $200 you could buy Z1-Z400 or whatever they are up to now.. then 7 hours later your rc body will be just as shiny as if you spent 1 minute wiping it with generic paste wax. Sorry Ive just had some fun battles in the past with the Zaino camp... Shiny paint is not so much a factor of wax/polish as it is the paint job and surface prep.

back on topic.. for rc cars I just use the bolink body wash to clean the skuffs.. then I use eagle 1 detail spray.. ..spray it on and wipe it off and the body is BLING BLING!

I never actually bought into any of the zaino propaganda LOL. I have just tried alot of different things, and that stuff is just better. A pain to use with the tim eit takes for it to haze over and whatnot, but the results, moreso the lasting results are more hat turned me to using it. I clay my car every spring, and do the whole process twice, and then just wash/detail the rest of the summer.. it just holds up better then anything else I've ever used, and I think I've tried everything every auto parts store carries in my area.

I know what you mean.. I usually do the clay bar... then finish it off whith whatever polish I have laying around..

I just saw your post and was reminiscing on the old days of all day wax/polish arguments.. If you car has good base/clear, and has been properly color sanded you can put whatever you want on it and it will still shine..

Perfect Circle sells some body cleaner that works pretty good. You can get it at

http://www.lefthander-rc.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=754

beefy body wash

I have some of the Meguiars PLASTX plastic cleaner and polsh. I have tried it ona body and it shined up real good. Next I'll try it on a body with decals.

Speed Clean really does the job
www.speedclean.us

The outside wall on the back straight works for me! LOL

Good ol Alcohol, we use it on the chassis in the Nitro cars.

The Bolink stuff is great, will have to get some of the Murdock wash.

armor all spray wax, is by far the best for lexan bodies.
Even the oil you use for the bearings works well!

I use goo gone it works great on the body plus it has a shine and has a good smell.

Taylor

plexus plastic cleaner and polish works great www.plexusplasticcleaner.com (http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/) and it does not dry out the lexan and make it brittle..

I was impressed by the Muddslide Body Wash. Although, comm drops does work well to get the road rash off the bodies, too....

Plexus works but leaves a greasy feel, speed clean doesn't www.speedclean.us

Speedclean works great and its distributed by the world famous banana man,Dan Moynahan from Dans rc stuff

I use MUDDSLIDE BODY WASH it doesn't hurt the decals and leaves a nice and clean shine

I use Rain-x and it works good. It is cheap and you can get it at auto parts stores and discount retailers like Walmart. After all, it is just a R/C body! :)

www.muddslidemotorsports.com our body wash works as good as anything, there are so many great products out there, it all depends on personal peference!
C3

Hey Don,you remembered.. the rainX..B'field 02..
You guys coming up this weekend..

Koz, Yeah I did. Rain-x is good stuff. Can't make it. Josh is still in school. We haven't been racing for months!! Maybe some day. lol

armour all.....simple,easy and your just going to screw it up again anyway!!!!

WD-40 works great just spray it on a rag and wipe away

I just bought some of the Muddslide wash a couple weeks ago... works great for taking out the "rubs" and shines up pretty good... I'd recommend them!

Rain X or Dry erase board cleaner works very well. dry erase board cleaner removes the marks from racing but Rain X seems to shin more.

Ritchie Mac
Silva Concepts
Express Motorsports
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Murdock tires
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Cool todd, i was wondering what to to with 20+ bottles of comdrops.

Speed Clean leaves a smooth velvety finish that makes it easier to clean the next time. You can buy it from Horizon or Tower. It also makes racing numbers come off easier after a race. Great for tire marks, fuel residue clean up It is recommended for use on McAllister racing bodies.
You can read about it in the March 2008 edition of Plane&Pilot Magazine
www.speedclean.us

I've been using Honda motorcycle plastic spray cleaner/polish. $6-7 bucks for a 14 0z spray can.Cleans tire marks, hides most scratches, no residue or static. Very easy to use, I spray on, scrub with one cloth, polish with a second. Body looks new!

Foaming windex
Spray on a thick coat let it soak till
almost all the foam is gone then rub it down...
Its always worked good for me...

Muddslide Wash all the way

Bowling ball polish, Storm Xtra Shine.

Speed Clean is only $9.99 for 12 oz the bowling stuff is that much for 4oz, Speed Clean also does a wonderful job on bowling balls too!