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    Turtle wax ICE

    Just quickly, I have just slapped some of this new fangled Turle Wax polish on the "Ace" and holy crap! my god it looks hot! Expensive ($50 from Supercheap) worth it? Yes. Very economical in application, very easy to apply, absolutely no white residue. It's a wipe on wipe off affair. Never has polishing the bike been so easy or quick with such excellent results. Turtle Wax "Ice": Recommended

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    How much of a bottle did you use to polish the whole bike up? Ie whats it cost per application?

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    Used about 5mm of fluid out o the top of bottle so a reasonable guesstimate would be $3-4 per application for a bike. This would apply to a bike with an already reasonable shine to it's finish. You would ofcourse use more polish if the paint finish were poor ie: a restoritve job rather the a coat of polish to just maintain a good finish. If your paint is in good condition than by all means try this polish, I was really impressed. The metallic flec in the silver on my bike usually looks nice in the sun anyway but i think this polish gave it another lift to make it really stand out. I feel this polish would be best used for keeping an already decent finish at a high level, not as a restoritive polish, I think you would be better to head back to a polish with a cutting agent in it or if go see an automotive painter that you feel you can trust and get his/her opinion on what to use to get the finish back on your paint. I may update as the polish gets a bit more of a chance to weather but so far so good. Bottom line, at the moment my bike aint never looked so shiny

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    Yup. It's good stuff.

    My profile pic shows the results.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    My profile pic shows the results.

    Niiiiiiice results mate


    Re not using the expensive wax products for "older" looking paint...I simply utilise a cheaper yet good wax as the first layer then apply a top quality wax to give its final finish.
    Works well and saves your expensive wax

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    I find Mr Sheen works quite well

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    I've alway sworn by Simoniz Liquid Diamond but ICE sounds better. I'll be buggered!!
    Cheers

    Merv

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    How well does this stuff protect the surface it's applied to? I've been looking around for some wax or similar, not so much to make the bike look good (Fazers can't not look good), but so as to keep the paint protected and in good nick.

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    If in doubt always refer back to Simoniz Speedwax, just don't get it on black unpainted plastics (y'know, the crinkly finish type plastic) and i've alway found Simoniz liquid diamond to be a very good (sealer) wax too as Merv said. Theres a lot of good product out there but it really just boils down to trial and error and a good dose of personal preferance i guess. One of the best things about "ICE" is it's dead easy to apply, just make sure as with all silicone sealer waxes you must make sure your bike/car is spotless before you apply.

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    I must add as i'm thinking about it "ICE" was'nt very good at filling in scatches.

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