Using Pledge Floor Care Tile & Vinyl Floor Finish with Future Shine

[Big John]

Thanks for the feedback Mike.  Yes, some of the old decals can just fall apart after the years.  Perhaps a foam brush applicator will give a thinner coat.  I was wondering if the future would smear home printed decal sheets.  Thanks again!

[Irv]

Total newbie to the finishing part of the hobby. With the lack of any find of Future-related product on store shelves in my area, I'm wondering about stuff called "Rejuvenate." It looks to me like it might work well, but, then, I'm a newbie. Any thoughts?

[Pete J.]

15 hours ago, Irv said:

Total newbie to the finishing part of the hobby. With the lack of any find of Future-related product on store shelves in my area, I'm wondering about stuff called "Rejuvenate." It looks to me like it might work well, but, then, I'm a newbie. Any thoughts?

Future has had a number of different names but the formula is pretty consistent with each iteration.  I believe it is currently Pledge Multi-Surface Floor Finish  You can still find a bottle of the original on the internet but they are expensive. 

[Irv]

9 hours ago, Pete J. said:

Future has had a number of different names but the formula is pretty consistent with each iteration.  I believe it is currently Pledge Multi-Surface Floor Finish  You can still find a bottle of the original on the internet but they are expensive. 

Yes. So the question is, might this Rejuvenate product be an acceptable and affordable substitute?

[ewetwo]

I will say I find it isn’t great with enamel paints. Tends to craze after a while. I use it. Lacquers seems to be fine. But enamels no matter how old. Seems to always emit some sort of gas or something. 

[Pete J.]

6 hours ago, Irv said:

Yes. So the question is, might this Rejuvenate product be an acceptable and affordable substitute?

Don't know.  The Pledge multi-surface floor finish is currently available in retail stores or amazon.  Why would you mess with something else. 

[Bugatti Fan]

Holloway House.   Quick Shine Multi Purpose Floor Finish.      In the green carton.   A USA product.

It looks as though this would be an equivalent to Klear and subsequently named similar Johnson's products.

Have any of you guys got or tried the Holloway House product?   Any feed back would be welcome.

The Rejuvenate mentioned in a previous post is marketed as a 'cleaner', not just a finishing product. This product's chemicals might be very different to the Klear/Future formula so it might be a good idea to test it first.

Edited October 31, 2022 by Bugatti Fan

[thatz4u]

Holloway House.   Quick Shine Multi Purpose Floor Finish. ..HPIGUY has a video on this now....

[Bugatti Fan]

Al, thanks for the reply. Is it possible to put the HPIGUY's video on here?

Alternatively, I guess it might probably be on Youtube so I will have a look on there.  

Edited October 31, 2022 by Bugatti Fan

[Theo]

Here it is

 

[Bugatti Fan]

Thanks for putting the video on here Theo.

[Keef]

Just bought these 2 bottles of Quick Shine at my local Walmart market today. Have yet to try them out but I’ve always wanted to try the Future.

Edited December 11, 2022 by Keef
Fat fingers

[peteski]

Interesting,  Why both?  Looks like the same stuff in both bottles. If I was going to try it, I would have just bought the small bottle. If it doesn't work out, I would be only out 7 bucks.   If you look for the manufacturer on the back of the bottle, is it made by one of the large companies (like Johnson & Johnson), or by some small company we never heard of?

[Bugatti Fan]

The smaller Holloway House one is about £16 over here in the UK. I still have some Kleer left from ages ago and it was a lot less expensive.

Even at £16 the Holloway House product is still a lot less expensive per milli litre than many dedicated modelling products that do the same thing

Looking at the US Wal-Mart price, you Americans get it dead cheap to try out !

Edited March 3, 2024 by Bugatti Fan

[ewetwo]

I've used the Revive It for years. One thing I noticed was it not good to use over spray can enamel paints as enamal takes forever to cure. 

Edited March 4, 2024 by ewetwo

[o-man]

I just tried the Quick Shine.  Seems to work ok.  Not quite as shiny as I would've liked, but I think that has something to do with first time using an airbrush.  Will continue to use.

[Bugatti Fan]

David. Using Acrylic based products over enamel might not be a good idea long term. Enamel takes ages to dry out thoroughly and although it looks and feels dry its solvent can still be leaching out into the atmosphere for a long time after you think it is dry. Acrylics effectively form a plastic airtight seal so there just might be a chance of blistering. This might be the cause of the curing problem you have been experiencing.

Edited March 4, 2024 by Bugatti Fan

[ewetwo]

7 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said:

David. Using Acrylic based products over enamel might not be a good idea long term. Enamel takes ages to dry out thoroughly and although it looks and feels dry its solvent can still be leaching out into the atmosphere for a long time after you think it is dry. Acrylics effectively form a plastic airtight seal so there just might be a chance of blistering. This might be the cause of the curing problem you have been experiencing.

That's why I don't do it on enamels anymore.

[Bugatti Fan]

We live and learn all the time, and I have had a few disasters along the way in that learning process.

I wish I had a pound or a dollar for each of my previous cock ups.       It would buy me a Tamiya kit !

[rattle can man]

I tried Bona floor polish as a clear coat. Brushed over Krylon sprayed 2-3 months ago and decals from two days ago.  No reaction after a day.  Long term, we will see what happens. It has a decent shine (good enough to represent a fifties daily driver, home built hot rod), maybe polishing or waxing would help.

[Bugatti Fan]

For British modellers. I have been looking at Rustins finishing products on line. They appear to have something similar in their range that might be worth checking out.

[stitchdup]

you could make friends with an airprt or supermarket cleaner. the polish they use in the floor machines is very similar to pledge with one key difference. it dries with a slightly satin finish but handling and rubbing with soft cloths brings out the shine. this is due to its designed use as large floors take a long time to shine, while this stuff is just applied and gets shiny from being walked on. just a half cup added to a litre of water is enough to do a 60m x 75m floor so it would do hundreds of models. it can probably be found in janitorial or industrial equipment suppliers, or older non chain corner shops