woodsdesign

I have lacquer paint on the 65 and I've been told that the best wax for it is Liquid Ebony. Does anyone know where I can get some or if it is even still available.

paulywannafly

I think I have about 5 never opened bottles

Hitch

Does that mean you like it or you bought 6 and never used anymore?

BLee

I've buffed lacquer with rubbing compound and then finished it off with a foam pad and Liquid Ebony....at the time that was the ultimate shine. That was what most people used 25 years ago before the new generation of products were developed.

BL

1snake

It is a swirl remover/glazing compound. Not a wax. I gives no protection to the paint. I have about 1/2 qt. from back in the 70's. It was good then, outdated now. There are many, many products out there today that are far superior.

Jim

paulywannafly

Bingo never used it anymore !!!

Sky65

That is great stuff for swirl removal! When I ran out I never bought anything else to try. What is better now?

paulywannafly
Want to sell a couple bottles?

woodsdesign

I have heard so much about it. The old timers talk about how good it is (was). If you want to sell a bottle please PM me as I would just like to try some to say I did. Most paint stores are speechless when you say you have lacquer paint. They don't know what to do. They don't understand how high maintenance lacquer paint is. I am sure that there are better more modern products out there today but they are all made for modern base coat / clear coat paints.

1snake

It was the only thing available in the old days for swirl removal. It MUST be used with a buffer which can do lots of damage if you are not skilled using one. Today's products are far superior and it doesn't matter which type of paint you use them on. Personally, I wouldn't waste my time looking for some liquid ebony.

Jim

woodsdesign

Thank you for the info. Having never used it I am happy to get this feedback. It is like a lot of the things from the old days, folk lore.

al89

any modern glase or swirl remover will work great on lac. i've been painting black lac for 40 years still use it with great results . all the modern compounds and pollish work well . i have tried pretty much everything from all suppliers . i will add nothing lays down as flat as lac.or as deep.

Chuck Gongloff

Brings back memories. Liquid Ebony was the hot lick years ago. I still have 1/2 a bottle of it on the shelf. Must be 15 years old.

It is/was designed for "buffer" use, not hand application.

Around the same time 3M made a pink colored stuff..also a glaze/swirl remover. Can't remember the name of that product.

Chuck

ejboyd5

3M product was Part No. 05990, Imperial Hand Glaze.

Chuck Gongloff

That's it.

Couldn't remember the name. Back in the late 60's and early to mid 70's, that was the hot lick for hand application.

Used to have some of that around too.

Chuck

Sky65

I never knew it was for machine application. I got mine from a guy that did hand painted pin striping. I used it to polish small spots out by hand all the time. Mostly on the tank of my bike. It would get out small scratches from the tank bag. Best thing I ever used.

firstgear

wow....brings back memories.....I worked in the summer during college at an Oldsmobile dealership and prepped new cars. We used liquid ebony on everything with a buffer.....it would take a black car and make it look like it was car show ready!

Great stuff in the day......

JohnZ

In the Viper plant (where "show paint" was the paint appearance standard), we final-polished and swirl-removed with 3M "Finesse-It".

paulywannafly

Chuck
It was called fill n glaze

paulywannafly

Pm replied to

Grey Ghost

Still in use at the Corvette plant