Meguiar`s M80 Discontinued. Recommendations for Replacement.

Sonic Mustang

Sonic Mustang

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I`ve been using Meguiar`s M80, 82 and 83 for eleven years and just found out M80 is no more. What`s the closest comparable product currently available. I use a PC with 5.5" Lake Country CSS pads and like how M80 finishes out with an orange pad. I think the diminishing abrasives let me go from M80 to LSP. Additionally, I love how M80 washes out from my pads.

Do newer products like M205 finish out as nicely as M80? I`m looking for the same cut and the ability to go straight to an LSP.
 
The Guz said:
M205 is quite versatile. It will suit your needs.
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Thanks. Does it finnish out as well as M80?

I never noticed a perfectly detailed Pontiac while I was living next door in Gardena and Hawthorne. I bet your car really sticks out in Lawndale. How`s El Pollo Inka doing?
 
Sonic Mustang said:
Thanks. Does it finnish out as well as M80?

I never noticed a perfectly detailed Pontiac while I was living next door in Gardena and Hawthorne. I bet your car really sticks out in Lawndale. How`s El Pollo Inka doing?
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I never used M80 but M205 finishes out really well.

El Pollo Inka must be doing ok. I still see it in business. I haven`t eaten there in years.
 
I always liked M80 (still have some..), in part because it left behind some fresh paint-friendly protection. Haven`t used it since forever though. Never thought it left a *great* level of gloss but it was OK for what I used it for.

Isn`t there some newfangled Meguiar`s product...maybe ?M305?...that is similar in this regard? Does it have similar (mild) cut compared to M80?

I found the heavy dose of Trade Secret Oils in M205 to be a PIA compared to my other Finishing Polishes (still kinda wish somebody`d buy my last ~gallon of the stuff). Also, it doesn`t quite finish out the way I`d like (even on hard paint), which might be user-error but is still a reason for me to prefer other Finishing Polishes. Eh, I know...most people love the stuff and most would probably say it finishes out fine.
 
I have and use both M80 and M205. I`m down to my last quart or so of M80, so that`s being saved for any single-stage paint restorations I have in the future. On a BC/CC finish, I`m happy with the results I get from 205. You can vary the cut and finish quality with pad choice. I have other old-school polishes, such as M02, M03 and M09 on my shelves, but I just find 205 faster and easier to work with on modern finishes.

Bill
 
Billy Jack- Before too long only a few of us will even remember those products! Come to think of it, I bet 90% of my M80 (and M03/5/7/9/81) use was on old single-stage. Great stuff for that IMO.

Heh he, M02 had some cut! Good chemical cleaners too, at least back in the day (I thought I heard that they reformulated it though).
 
Accumulator said:
Billy Jack- Before too long only a few of us will even remember those products! Come to think of it, I bet 90% of my M80 (and M03/5/7/9/81) use was on old single-stage. Great stuff for that IMO.

Heh he, M02 had some cut! Good chemical cleaners too, at least back in the day (I thought I heard that they reformulated it though).
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As I mentioned, I still have some of the old stuff around. With the oil content of those products, the shelf life was about as good as Twinkies-forever. Here`s a pic I took years ago for a thread about old Meg`s stuff. I think I bought the jugs about 1987, when I was rebuilding a theft-recovery `86 Regal for my wife. Had a jug of M09 also, but it wasn`t in the pic.
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Bill
 
I still have a jug of m85 sitting around, haven`t used it lately but I`m thinking of pulling it out for an older work truck in a few weeks that a customer wants to look better and have dog claw marks removed
 
Billy Jack said:
I have and use both M80 and M205. I`m down to my last quart or so of M80, so that`s being saved for any single-stage paint restorations I have in the future. On a BC/CC finish, I`m happy with the results I get from 205. You can vary the cut and finish quality with pad choice. I have other old-school polishes, such as M02, M03 and M09 on my shelves, but I just find 205 faster and easier to work with on modern finishes.

Bill
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Wow. You don`t hear much anymore about M9. I think I still have a bottle next to my M7.


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Billy Jack said:
As I mentioned, I still have some of the old stuff around. With the oil content of those products, the shelf life was about as good as Twinkies-forever. Here`s a pic I took years ago for a thread about old Meg`s stuff. ...
Bill
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hehe...Twinkies *do* last forever! (well, they would, if I didn`t eat them so fast).

Nice collection!!!!
 
Billy Jack said:
As I mentioned, I still have some of the old stuff around. With the oil content of those products, the shelf life was about as good as Twinkies-forever. Here`s a pic I took years ago for a thread about old Meg`s stuff. I think I bought the jugs about 1987, when I was rebuilding a theft-recovery `86 Regal for my wife. Had a jug of M09 also, but it wasn`t in the pic.
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Bill
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That`s a pretty awesome picture!
 
Billy Jack- I always like seeing the old clear cylindrical bottles, takes me back. Though (at the risk of dating myself) I actually preferred the old names rather than the numbers (M07 = "Sealer and Reseal Glaze"). And yeah, infinite shelf-life.

Pats300zx said:
Wow. You don`t hear much anymore about M9. I think I still have a bottle next to my M7.
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Still great stuff for concealing flaws on single stange, better than M07 IMO. The two products are more similar than some might think and the abrasives in M09 are so minimal as to barely be worth mentioning.
 
Accumulator said:
Still great stuff for concealing flaws on single stage, better than M07 IMO. The two products are more similar than some might think and the abrasives in M09 are so minimal as to barely be worth mentioning.
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At least you could use a machine with M02, M03 and M09, as opposed to the arm-wrenching chore of rubbing M07 on a typical 70`s barge. I credit this old stuff with preventing full deterioration of the OEM lacquer of my Camino for 20 years. I`d polish once a year or so with M03 or M09, using a first generation Meg`s yellow pad on my rotary. Maintenance was M07 by hand, then M26 or NXT wax. Not exactly AGO-OCD quality, but better than most of the stuff you learned back then from the volume-oriented used car detailers I knew from my years in the dealership business.

Bill
 
Billy Jack said:
As I mentioned, I still have some of the old stuff around. With the oil content of those products, the shelf life was about as good as Twinkies-forever. Here`s a pic I took years ago for a thread about old Meg`s stuff. I think I bought the jugs about 1987, when I was rebuilding a theft-recovery `86 Regal for my wife. Had a jug of M09 also, but it wasn`t in the pic.
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Bill
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LOL @ "Twinkies shelf life"!
 
Alfisti- But the Ultimate Polish doesn`t have that Fresh-Paint-Safe protection that the M80 had, does it? I never thought it lasted all that long, but back in the day at least it was *something*. Always thought Meguiar`s should`ve offered it in some nonabrasive version as the seemingly gentle M80 wasn`t always gentle enough on fresh paint. (Oh man am I dating myself with this post..)
 
Accumulator said:
Billy Jack- Before too long only a few of us will even remember those products! Come to think of it, I bet 90% of my M80 (and M03/5/7/9/81) use was on old single-stage. Great stuff for that IMO.

Heh he, M02 had some cut! Good chemical cleaners too, at least back in the day (I thought I heard that they reformulated it though).
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Yeah, good ol M02 isn`t quite what it used to be. Smells like they dumped some M07 in it.

Still works great, even on a r/o though.
 
Accumulator said:
Alfisti- But the Ultimate Polish doesn`t have that Fresh-Paint-Safe protection that the M80 had, does it? I never thought it lasted all that long, but back in the day at least it was *something*. Always thought Meguiar`s should`ve offered it in some nonabrasive version as the seemingly gentle M80 wasn`t always gentle enough on fresh paint. (Oh man am I dating myself with this post..)
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I`m with you on the M305. Probably the most direct "replacement" for M80.

I still have most of a gallon of M80, but I don`t think it`s any good anymore. :(

I`ll put it to use next week to see how it performs.

I used to LOVE M80.
 
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