Some Vintage Meguiar's Products from my Collection (Lots of pictures)

**jpegs13** · 03-21-2010, 02:12 PM

Very cool collection! I love the refrences to "Turkish Towels". I'll keep my eyes open this summer for antique products for ya. It's getting to be garage sale season in NY, lots of interesting finds.

Mike Phillips · 03-21-2010, 02:40 PM

A comment about pictures of vintage products...

It's one thing to collect these types of older products, it's another thing to invest a little energy, time and effort to take pictures, crop, resize, upload and then create a thread and insert the pictures onto the Internet, usually on a discussion forum like this one.

I know people with cool old products but no one ever gets to see them? Here's my point, if you come across old vintage car waxes and polishes either take some time to do the above to share them or send them to me and I'll do it.

I've seen other people receive cool products in my career and that's really nice, but no one ever gets to see them there's no value or fun in that?. On the other hand, when they find their way to my collection I don't just keep it to myself... I share them with the car enthusiasts like myself that can appreciate the nostalgia...

That's all... just a comment...

Originally Posted by 2003 GMC Denali

What kind of Fabric is a "Turkish Towel" made of ?

Turkish Toweling is a descriptive word for high quality, 100% Cotton, Terry Clot associated with the high quality Spa Quality towels that used to be available from my guess is countries like Turkey. Remember the time frame for these labels.

Don't know if there are any companies in Turkey still manufacturing and selling into the United States Turkish Towels?

The point was and still is today if you're working on older single stage paints by hand, that the nap, that is the little cotton loops could be used for aggressive or gentle action depending upon the passion --> you <-- put behind the towel...

**arkus** · 03-21-2010, 05:13 PM

Did you not see my post ?

**markm** · 03-21-2010, 10:09 PM

Funny how they just recommend a soft cotton cloth and don't even mention micro fiber

Of course I'm just kidding

Mike Phillips · 03-21-2010, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by arkus

Did you not see my post ?

It's Sunday, I've been posting hit and miss when I get a chance. It's my day off. I've been posting today for fun... not as a responsibility. There's plenty of time to get caught up on work starting on Monday.

While the idea of a discussion forum to be instant is a great idea, it's not possible to work online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week although I resemble that description.

Mike Phillips · 03-21-2010, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by arkus

Very nice collection you have there !!!
I have 2 questions for you .
1. Can we still get Meguiar's paste wax # 16

Yes but it's not available for resale in the United States due to the great protection of the environment as regulated by the Government Environmental Protection Agency. I guess that means the rest of the world has less stringent earth-saving, environmental rules? (I don't know, it's just a guess?). M16 was not and is not a product that is going to cause any environmental disaster due its manufacturing and/or use but my guess is the EPA is going above and beyond the call of duty to protect us from ourselves.

I worked at Meguiar's when the decision was made to discontinue M16, in fact you can find a post on MOL where I posted the announcement.

Originally Posted by arkus

2. Can I buy one of those large Meguiar's banners for my garage .?

I don't now what the status is of their availability, maybe check with Customer Service at 1-800-869-3011

Don't worry about me though... I have one...

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, been busy trying to relax just a little today...

**C. Charles Hahn** · 03-22-2010, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

Yes but it's not available for resale in the United States due to the great protection of the environment as regulated by the Government Environmental Protection Agency. I guess that means the rest of the world has less stringent earth-saving, environmental rules? (I don't know, it's just a guess?). M16 was not and is not a product that is going to cause any environmental disaster due its manufacturing and/or use but my guess is the EPA is going above and beyond the call of duty to protect us from ourselves.

I worked at Meguiar's when the decision was made to discontinue M16, in fact you can find a post on MOL where I posted the announcement.

Yes, I remember that announcement well. I also remember clamoring along with several other people at the time to stock up on M16 before distribution channels ran out.

**jpegs13** · 03-22-2010, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, been busy trying to relax just a little today...

You have some nerve. What only an 85 HR week this week?!

**Larry A** · 10-21-2010, 09:25 PM

So is it safe to say that at one time #7 glaze was a LSP product.

Mike Phillips · 10-21-2010, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Larry A

So is it safe to say that at one time #7 glaze was a LSP product.

Still is...

LSP stands for Last Step Product, not Last Step Protectant...

See this article,

LSP - The definition and the story behind the term

Here's an article that talks about using M07 on fresh paint, since it's not recommended to seal fresh paint with a wax or paint sealant, then in a body shop situation, if a body shop kick a car out the door with M07 being the last thing applied to the paint, then M07 is the LSP

Body Shop Safe Glaze on Fresh Paint - #7 Show Car Glaze

This article talks about how a person could stop after the #7 step if that fit their plains for antique paint, if so, then the #7 would be the LSP