Safety/Harm of using Pledge

Pledge damages furniture? I grew up with a family of nine, including my parents. We used pledge on all furniture and guess what? After my parents moved into their new home, us kids got all the furniture. Not garbage furniture, but quality furniture. The furniture still looks great and most of it is forty plus years old. To say Pledge damages fine furniture is ridiculous.
 
Below is the information received back from Johnson & Johnson regarding Pledge:



Thank you for your e-mail regarding PLEDGE® Furniture Polish. We always appreciate hearing from our consumers.



When used according to label directions, PLEDGE® Furniture Polish can be used on vinyl dashboards and sealed leather seats.



None of our products are recommended for exterior vehicle paint. They are not formulated for weather extremes and we have not tested them on these surfaces. Also, furniture products contain no abrasives which are necessary to remove old, oxidized paint.



Please use the product according to label directions as we cannot guarantee how the product will perform for uses or purposes other than those we have tested.
 
Mark Waldron said:
Pledge damages furniture? To say Pledge damages fine furniture is ridiculous.
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Guess I'm just not so quick to call the opinion of experts "ridiculous", especially when there are irreplaceable finishes at stake. As with automotive paint, it's only original once. Some people know more about certain furniture finishes than I know about automotive paint, and well, I'm willing to defer to their opinions and err on the side of caution. I'm not gonna be "the guy who damaged a work of art because he didn't know any better".



As for the Pledge-on-cars, I've seen younger people do it too :rolleyes: Heh heh, the same people who tell me that marring is inevitable....



Patrick- So it's the "over-42ish" folks who are old-timers, huh ;) Heh heh heh....
 
The oils in pledge and the wax buildup it causes is not good for the furniture. Im not an expert, this is just what im told by someone that works with furniture for the last 30 years. After a while, the furniture gets a "sticky" feeling. Some people believe it and some not.
 
I'm strictly going on experience with this matter. I am not a furniture expert, only a guy who's been aroung this stuff my whole life and haven't seen the damage your experts are referring to. We're probably talking about very different finishes on furniture and I'll leave it at that.
 
Eric,



I'm on the south end of Big Cedar Lake in the subdivision Cedar Lake Hills. Are you right in Slinger? We should get together considering we're neighbors!



Mark Waldron
 
I've used it. It's easy and quick, but it's not long lasting. The appearance is good, but there are better.



Since I carry Pledge in the saddle bag of the bike for the windshield, I simply tried it on the tank and chrome. The results were what I wrote above.
 
Buster, many moons ago I worked for a guy who had the contract for the Chicago and Detroit Auto shows and all the show cars back then were wiped down with Pledge engines also. Now none of these cars saw the light of day for the most part, and I wouldn't dare do it to a DD but 15-20 years ago that's what we used. Made the cars POP, Im sure it was terrible for the paint but every night we around wiping the cars down. There weren't many "Quick Detailers" like today.
 
It's not like pledge is inexpensive...if it doesn't do a good job, one may as well use a dedicated detailing product.
 
It's not like pledge is $2 a can...if it doesn't do a good job, one may as well use a dedicated detailing product.
 
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