Motorcycle
Cleaning, Polishing & Waxing
Wow!
Reviewing and comparing motorcycle
cleaners, polishes and wax products is an extremely
difficult task.
Let's face it: wash your bike and
spray on just about any ol' wax or polish, and it's
going to look good! The same goes for metal
cleaners, plastic cleaners and polishes and similar
products.
There just isn't all that much we can
say about each one of these products (very
uncharacteristic for webBikeWorld, I know!). They
either work or they don't.
So we've grouped them
together in one huge grouping and we've tried to
cross-link the various products by type; i.e., metal
cleaners, degreasers, waxes and polishes, plastic
cleaners, etc.
Look for the links in the
right-hand column of each mini-review for links to
similar products.
Note that some of the products are
multi-purpose and may be listed in more than one
category. For example, ProtectAll works as an
all-around cleaner and polish for painted surfaces,
windscreens and helmets.
Also, like all webBikeWorld reviews,
these are completely subjective, as we have no way
of scientifically evaluating the characteristics of
these products. The results are based on
subjective comparisons of one product to another.
See scoring chart below.
Note also we now have a few ties,
with products scoring equally in the Polish, Swirl
and the Spider Web (scratch) remover category.
This is a good thing and it shows that the
competition is catching up to our favorites!
As always, if you purchase and use any
of these products, feel free to drop us a line with your
comments at
Enjoy!
►Motorcycle Cleaner,
Polish and Wax Reviews
Our Eminently Subjective Ratings: 1 = Don't bother; 2
= Limited usefulness; 3 = Works as advertised; 4 = Very
good; 5 = Excellent, best in class.
►Reader Comments and
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From "LJ" (10/08): "I am
Love ‘LJ’ Joshi from Bangalore, India; I ride a Royal
Enfield Thunder Bird.
I’ve been following your website since quite a while
and today I was reading the reviews of the different
motorcycle cleaning, waxing and polishing products.
Unfortunately most of these products are not
available in India and the idea of shipping these from
US/UK means paying more postage than the actual price of
the product.
I must confess that I am a very lousy person when it
comes to cleaning and waxing my bike. I usually
get it washed and polished once a month.
Last week one of my friends came from the US and
brought me a bottle of the ‘Kit Scratch out’ ; so one
morning I decided to clean the bike myself, try the
scratch out and see if it actually works on all the
spider webs that have already developed on my bike (the
tank specially).
I sprayed the bike with a regular degreaser and wiped
it dry and then applied a liberal coat of the scratch
out, after just very little buffing I noticed the polish
actually seep into the minute cracks and the spider webs
and make the paint feel much smoother! The color
also deepened and caught it’s 3 year old original shine.
I was pretty impressed knowing that this probably is one
of the cheapest alternatives from the US (my friend
didn’t want to spend too much and still get me a gift)
After reading your review about the Glare
Professional polish I am thinking about either getting
it shipped it to India or ask someone to bring it along
when they drop by next so that I can actually test how
the bike reacts to the new polish.
Thanks so much for all the reviews. I’d request
if you could review a few slightly cheaper options for
the hot weather riding pants (mesh pants?!) so that I
and my biker friends back home can order them online and
get it shipped here… thanks to you, we now know about
NewEnough, RevZilla and motorcycle super store… truly
notable customer service!
Cheers! Keep up the good work!"
From "MM": "I have just been reading
your reviews for chrome/metal polishes. I ride a
1985 Goldwing. And kind of like a bit of shiny
shiny on the bike, when I bought the bike its exhaust
was black and brown over its entire length.
I used Autosol and Autoglym polishes of which I found
Autoglym the better as it gave the chrome and stainless
steel a whiter and brighter finish, however neither
would cut through the blue and blacking near the engine.
The only product I have found to actually cut through
this bluing is H. G. Hagesan, steel polish which comes
in a 250 ml bottle. You can get it in hardware
stores and some diy stores ( Homebase) etc.
A little bit of elbow grease is required at the
fingertips with a cloth. You may need to apply two
or three times a buffing in between each application.
If you wanted you could finish off with a good quality
chrome cleaner, depending on how shiny you want your
final finish.
Another alternative is to mix some Soda crystals in
the bucket of water and lower the ends of the exhaust
into it, give it a few moments to start working.
Then wearing gloves use a sponge scourer gently wipe
until the discoloration has gone rinse in clean water,
and polish up with chrome cleaner."
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