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Old 07-29-16 | 07:00 AM
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Bikes: 2020 Masi Giramondo 700c; 2013 Lynskey Peloton; 1992 Giant Rincon; 1989 Dawes needs parts; 1985 Trek 660; 1985 Fuji Club; 1984 Schwinn Voyager; 1984 Miyata 612; 1977 Raleigh Competition GS

No because I think Lucas products are mostly snake oil products!

All you have to use is just regular non abrasive non cleaning liquid car wax. I own several classic cars and I use Meguiar's products and like the results vs much more expensive classic car guru crap, and some people I know use Mothers products which also works really good. Bike specific wax is simply repackaged car wax that charges you a lot more for. Meguiar's NXT Generation Tech liquid wax works really well. The only time you should ever use a scratch reducer wax is if the paint is pretty well scratched up and you want to reduce the look of the fine scratches for selling the bike, otherwise using it constantly will weaken the paint over time, the same is true with any cleaner wax or a wax that says it removes fine swirls, this stuff is fine if used once if you have problems with your paint as long as you don't rub on the paint like an insane ape, but then follow it immediately with a liquid wax to prevent more swirls and to smooth and shine the paint. Bicycle paint is quite a bit thinner than car paint so care has to be taken not to use anything abrasive on it; even most CF bikes today have a clear coat, but that coat is very thin, and on CF clear coat I wouldn't use a fine scratch and or swirl remover of any kind. I have recently gone to waxing my nude titanium frame instead of using WD40 like all the sites I've read about caring for TI say to do, and I like the results better with using a non abrasive wax.
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