paint/leather/chrome cleaning products

[timebombprod]

anyone recommend a good bang for your buck cleaning product for my bike, i dont mean a cheap product i just dont want to get something overpriced for a little more of a shine, just looking for quality

[rphillips]

Lucas Slick Mist, they call it wax, but I just use it for everything, Spray it on & wipe it off. Paint, chrome exhaust, face shields, windshields, seats, wheels. That's just me.

[Nessism]

Turtle wax chrome cleaner is good. The wax is fine too although it's not as durable as more modern sealant products. There are some nice clear wax type products that are nice. Wash your bike with soap and water and then spray on the clear stuff while the bike is wet followed by towel drying. Works great.

[Gorminrider]

..recently, I've been using a "simple" hair shampoo to wash the bike.

Autosol($$$ but still the best metal polish...), plain ol' Turtle wax applied by hand to paint and wherever, Simoniz Plastic Restorer for the black plastic bits and gauges at handlebars and the rear fender plastic, Novus for plexi and polycarbonate ("Lexan,Lucite etc.) clear windshields...vinyl seats are still an open question for me: these don't want to end up slippery! so cleaning them with shampoo and water and protecting from strong sunlight is the first thing...any protectant is coming off onto your pants.

There are substitutes that work ok but need a bit od research as to what they might "attack...as in "Pledge" is also useful but as above, not on seats...Brasso, even as a cheapo.

Not much survives the frontal attack of road dirt, the beating uv of strong sun and general useage overall...(hot exhaust chrome) so it's ongoing. Be aware the backside of chrome fenders is being ravaged by whatever the tires fling...

[LAB3]

I'll agree with the turtle wax chrome cleaner, $2 a bottle at Wally world. If I had a newer bike with pristine chrome maybe I'd go with something a bit less agressive grit wise but it does a great job on my bike. As to washing I use Pine Sol, the same thing I use as a degreaser. It's cheap and does everything I want it to do. As to wax, whatever's on the shelf at the surplus store works fine. There's no fancy clear coat to worry about and anything you find there is going to be a newer formulation than anything that was available when the bike was new.