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  1. lotsie

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    So what car care products have you found work for non car things?
    Alternately:arf: what non care car products have you found work on cars?

    We just refinished our outdoor patio table. After the spar urethane had dried a few days, I put a coat of Banana Gloss on half of it. It did not change the look, but the half with BG on it feels way slicker. Going to see how this helps protect the finish. So far water tends to bead up a little faster on the BG side.

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  2. CarlB

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    Two things - I have used car wax on hand rails and stair rails in my house. I did not have furniture wax, and car wax worked fine. This was before I found Epic. The other one is Bon Amy. Bon Amy is a abrasive cleaner without bleach. most sink cleaners have bleach. It will deep clean a windshield better than clay. You need to be very careful to get it all off the car paint.
     
  3. TGS91

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    How bout' Isopropyl Alcohol to remove wax residue from the black trim. Works pretty good

    I hear peanut oil works too.....
     
  4. Dave.0

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    Well I am a big Rain-X fan and the wife loves what it does for the tile shower walls and glass doors. No water stains or soap scum.
     
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    We have a resin dining table on our deck which is dark gray. Although it is holding up to the weather it started to look kind of dull. I pulled out my black wow and went to work on it and it looks better than new now!
     
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    Cool! I gotta try that. :)
     
  7. Ofioliti

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    I've used 303 on our laptops---on the cover/back of the screen.
     
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    WD-40 as a tar remover
     
  9. Deviant

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    Clay cleans everything in the bathroom and kitchen the same way it does on your paint. I also use some quick wax-as-you dry stuff I have around on random things around the house I want to be shiny.
     
  10. lotsie

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    WD-40 as a lube for clay, to remove real bad tar.

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    There are likely better products but I had heard coke took rust off chrome it worked pretty well for the bumper on my dads Dodge Ram.
     
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    I cleaned up some once shiny leather shoes that became dusty with Clarity, then waxed them with Hydro to restore that shine. :D
     
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    I did/do the same with my patent leather shoes.
     
  14. Msfitoy

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    carburetor cleaner + lighter = flame thrower :D
     
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    A rule of thumb we had in the Army; Everything can be used as a hammer once.
     
  16. lotsie

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    "Any tool is the right tool"
    Red Green

    "A rusty sledge hammer works as good as a shiny one"
    Me

    "Pass me your C wrench, I need to hammer on this"
    Most stagehands

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    Yeah! Works great on those pesky dragonflies! :devil:

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    :idea: i use vinegar on tons of stuff around my home but on glass is my favorite. dont recommend it on natural marble tho.
     
  19. Ofioliti

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    Black Wow on the ice and water dispenser 'paddles.'


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  20. lotsie

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    ^^^ All one can say is...WOW COOL:cool::smilewinkgrin:

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