Old Mirror Bright Auto Polish - 56k warning

[Mike Phillips]

Here's an old bottle of Mirror Bright Silver Polish,

Front of bottle



Back Label



Mike

[Cam]

"Do not purchase this Silver Polish unless you follow directions."

That's great - you guys should start putting that line back onto your products, Mike! Of course if you didn't follow directions, you wouldn't pay attention to that line anyways...

[Teak]

Wow, nice collection of antique products.

On the top shelf what product(s) is/was in the black bottle with the blue stripe? I had a little bottle for QD like on the top shelof which came with a bottle of A-12.

Eric

[Mike Phillips]

Here's a collection of 4 old Mirror Bright products from between teh 1920' and 1940's



Mike

[gb387]

Great post! Tons of interesting info here...



Thanks for sharing!

Mike are you keeping some of the new products in the collection to hold on to?

[Superior Shine]

When I detail at someones home I ask if they have any old bottles or cans of wax I can have. Or if they mind me going through their garage. Some I bought on ebay.
Here are a few things I have found while going through their garage. The last pic is of an old can of oil with spout .

[Mike Phillips]

This is priceless...





Too Cool Joe!

Reads like you can layer it!

Does it appear usable?

[Superior Shine]

Yes it looks usable. I would be afraid to uncork it though.

I got it on ebay for $2.00!!!!

[Superior Shine]

actually $2.50 -- http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=34204

[05PhillyStang]

This thread is amazing. I think I'm starting my own new tradition. I'm going to keep my old bottles (one of each type). I'm 23 now, this stuff will be priceless (to me at least) when I'm older. I can sit back and think, "Wow, I remember when that NXT stuff first came out. That was good stuff."

It's interesing that I'm reading this thread today because I was planning on going through my collection and throwing out the old stuff that I don't use anymore. When I got my first car, I went out and bought a different brand everytime. I ended up using Meguiar's not from anyone's advice, it was just what gave me the results I wanted.

[Larry A]

Many years ago they had a process that let you repaint a car with a power puff. I wonder if anybody has any of that stuff around.

[Mike Phillips]

Here's my pride and joy... the half gallon glass jug of M02 Machine Light Cleaner.



From my understanding, the Mirror Bright product on the left would be pre-war and the Mirror Glaze bottle on the right would be post-war. At least this is what Ken Meguiar told me in my office one day.

[black240sx]

You should shake them up and see if they still work!

If not, I guess you could call the Customer Care Hotline.

[The"X"]

It seems polish is an old term. On some bottles it says finish preserver, is this the same as wax? If finish preserver was used before wax, when did the word wax start to appear on labels?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by The"X"
It seems polish is an old term. On some bottles it says finish preserver, is this the same as wax? If finish preserver was used before wax, when did the word wax start to appear on labels?

Meguiar's didn't introduce a wax until 1950, which is our M08 Maximum Mold Release Wax and it's still in production today.



Just after that, in 1951, Meguiar's introduced their first automotive wax, MGH16, (Pictured below is M16, the MGH in MGH16 stood for Mirror Glaze Hand, which designated the product as a Mirror Glaze product formulated for application by hand)



The term finish preserver as it is used with Meguiar's products means that the product maintains the paint by introducing Meguiar's trade secret polishing oils to the finish. Early paints were primarily manufactured from seed oils, and if not cleaned periodically, and polished often, when exposed to the outdoor environment, would tend to deteriorate in the way of oxidation fairly quickly, especially in light of todays modern catalyzed clear coats.

Here's an article on the subject of polishing with Meguiar's polishes...

Why Meguiar’s Recommends Polishing Paint