Polish and silicone

gary_birkholz · Post by **gary_birkholz** » Tue May 13, 2003 8:59 am

Is there a way to check if there is silicone in a polish before using it ???? And what are some good polishes ? I have been lurking for a long time , and reading the troubles with silicone and am concerned .

Maybe Mr.Hall would know this or a chemist that frequents this group .

ricnvolved · Post by **ricnvolved** » Tue May 13, 2003 11:35 am

Mr. Hall said in a post somewhere here in the forum that he uses/recommends a 50/50 mix of Turtlewax Liquid Pastewax and water.

Another poster (I don't remember his name) recommended Virtuoso Premium Cleaner & Premium Polish. {http://www.virtuosopolish.com/} I had never heard of this stuff and decided to order a bottle of each. It's pretty expensive ($10 for each bottle, and $5 shipping), but it works great and I'm glad I tried it. HOWEVER, this stuff should NOT be used on ANY type of unfinished wood. It is best used on NITROCELLULOSE finishes.

I really don't know if the Turtlewax Liquid Pastewax contains silicone.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue May 13, 2003 12:36 pm

The liquid Turtle Wax (White top, not yellow) does not contain silicone and works great. We use it here in the shop. It's about $3.69 at the discount auto supply so it's cheap too. I've yet to see anything work better at any price.

gary_birkholz · Post by **gary_birkholz** » Tue May 13, 2003 2:24 pm

Thanks for that inside info .... but that is only half the answer to my question ......

Is there a way to check for silicone ??

I have lots of car polishes and guitar polishes and furniture polishes ... many I would like to throw away ... but if I could tell the answer to the question ...I'd sure let people know they were doing more bad than good with their polish .