MattD

I've been reading on the Honda Aero forum about using Lemon Pledge as an all around bike polish. Good for cleaning everything on the bike, including paint and windshields. Anybody tried this yet?

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Big_J

After I found the pro honda bike cleaner (black can / pink writing) I abandoned all others. But I might give it a shot the honda cleaner is $6 a can roughly.

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Thumper

I've heard that it's VERY good on windshields and helmet visors. I hadn't heard about the rest of the bike...

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MattD

Yeah, I'm kinda scared to try it on painted surfaces. They usually say to try something like this on an inconspicuos area. There ain't too many inconspicuos areas on a bike.

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uneasyrider

A LOT my Goldwing friends use lemon pledge and like it a lot, get a small can and try it.

Howard

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MattD

I got a can at wallyworld last night, will try it out before the day's over.

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Buickguy

Sorry for digging up an old thread, but this one really caught my eye.
I've used lemon pledge or similar furniture polish on my bikes for decades.
My riding buddies used to kid me about having the only "lemony fresh" bike in North America! it not only keeps the wax job on the paint looking like it was just done but also works for the chrome and vinyl as well as signal and tail light lenses. When working near parts you don't want waxed or polished (like tire treads and brake rotor) just spray the Pledge on the rag and apply. After 23 years with the Rebel there are no ill effects from the Pledge on any surface. The only problem with Pledge is application in more humid conditions where it tends to get a little smeary but that just means spending a bit more time buffing it, not that it will damage anything.

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DeeG

Never used it on painted or chrome surfaces, but us pilots swear by it on plexi. Keep a can of it in the planes and we found very small one to take with us on the bikes.

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jax

Never heard of using lemon pledge on a bike. I'll try it to get the bugs off the windshield on my bike. Nice tip. Thats why I like this forum you never know what might pop up.

Ride safe

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JunkyardDog

I have been using it on bikes for more than 20 years. Not only does it work, but you don't have to worry about it damaging anything. It can be buffed out streak free. And like the much more expensive Honda Spray Cleaner and Polish, which I also recommend, it fills in swirl marks, and makes the paint really shiny, if only for a little while, especially on dark colors. I have not used traditional wax on a bike in like forever, since discovering Pledge and the Honda cleaner/polish.


Before applying it to painted surfaces, I do take some distilled water in a garden sprayer I bought for the purpose, which has never had anything else in it, and clean off all the dust. If it is stuck on, or if there is something besides just dust I use a soft paint brush and Windex along with the distilled water to clean it.


Get a PURDY 2 1/2" angled cut in brush made for latex paint, and wrap the metal part with electrical tape. It will cost about $15 at Home Depot, but will last the rest of your life. Use a parts cleaning brush on the engine, or any other place with greasy dirt, and save the expensive paint brush for things like the tank, fenders, sidecovers, seat, windshield, etc. Jerry.

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