# Paste car wax **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 12, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649 "2009-03-12T11:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marmaduke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@marmaduke](https://community.cartalk.com/u/marmaduke)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/1 "2009-03-12T11:07:24Z")
I need to find an old style paste car wax. I used to have a can called Vista that was around 50 yrs old. It was great for removing rust on chrome bumpers. The wax now, seems to be more liquid or specifically for the newer paints. Is there a paste wax brand that I can use now for light rust removal? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/2 "2009-03-12T11:16:07Z")
Look for a cleaner way or a clay detailing product. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/3 "2009-03-12T11:32:16Z")
Have You Tried Any Chrome Care Products Like Mother’s? Click this link to their products: [http://www.mothers.com/02\_products/05208.html](http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05208.html) Also, you can stop by an auto body shop and talk to somebody (especially somebody with grey hair). A good shop can recommend something for you. ---
**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/4 "2009-03-12T13:38:34Z")
What’s chrome? (kidding). What was the last car you owned with actual chrome on it? Rocketman ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/5 "2009-03-12T14:11:14Z")
If your’re wanting to clean real chrome, there are plenty of metal cleaners/polishes. Just don’t use them on ‘chrome’ plated plastic, which is all most cars have these days. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/6 "2009-03-12T15:35:53Z")
Today’s waxes don’t have to be a paste to be good. Turtle Wax brand chrome polish is a liquid and works well. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/7 "2009-03-12T15:44:35Z")
The BEST chrome cleaner to remove light rust is Brillo. Rince thoroughly then apply your wax of choice. ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/8 "2009-03-12T18:02:51Z")
tesases suggestion is good. Non-automotive metal cleaners should work. Follow with a good automotive “wax”. Whitey is correct. In independent tests, liquids actually worked better than pastes and you don’t have to spend a lot. Black Magic and Turtle were good. No wax is best for every car. There is a balance between hazing, durability and ease of application. With black paint, you probably don’t want to tolerate any hazing, but you can give up a little on that with white or light colors and gain a little elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deleted\_User111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/a9adbd/32.png) [@\_Deleted\_User111](https://community.cartalk.com/u/_Deleted_User111)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/9 "2009-03-12T19:14:33Z")
there is a product called Rejuvenator that is “for professional use only” that I get from my friendly local NAPA dealer. I gather it is a favorite among detailers. It’s a liquid and pricey, but works well for my black truck, lasting longer with every application. it will clean very light rust off of real chrome, but if the rust is bumpy, you might have to go the steel wool route. Follow with the Rejuvenator and you might be pleasantly surprised ---
**Author:** ![MrPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MrPhil](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MrPhil)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/10 "2009-03-12T21:15:29Z")
Rusteze medicated bumper ointment 🙂 Just had to remind Clank and Clunk of their brilliant movie career… I would hope that no wax tries to remove rust. That’s not its job. Of course, if you have real rust on a plated steel bumper, that means the plating has been perforated and the steel beneath is rusting. Not good news. Maybe you can do something to fight the specks of rust, and keep water and oxygen from getting to the steel, but beyond that, it’s a slow death for that bumper. Maybe what you’re seeing isn’t really rust, but some deterioration of the chrome and nickel platings, or even just dirt? ---
**Author:** ![CavemanDan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@CavemanDan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CavemanDan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paste-car-wax/27649/11 "2009-03-12T21:36:18Z")
I have a few pitted spots in my paint which rust pokes through once in a while. A clay-bar takes it out. Yes I know it should be sanded and sealed properly. I THINK also Flitz might take out rust, but I haven’t tried it. I myself use Mothers carnuba (sp) wax currently. Bad move on my part. Should have used a Zymol or something higher quality. I’ll use something different when I run out of the Mother’s.