Chee, Just last year I was faced with the same dilemma. I had a bottle of DC Polish and DC Paint Cleaner gathering dust at the back of a shelf. Not wanting to throw them out, I decided to use them on the wife's Pewter colored Volvo 850 GLT. Because the finish was already in good shape, I applied both by hand via MF applicators. I was pleasantly surprised at the additional gloss added by the polish. Meguiar's describes the DC Polish product as a "pure polish". I can attest that I noticed very little (if any) abrasive characteristics. Though I have several other boutique and Meg's pro polishes, I still wouldn't hesitate to break out this "lowly" consumer product if a vehicles finish just need a bit of boost to the gloss factor.