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Greetings!

I've been away for way too long! A 3 year old and a 3 month old tends to kill the time for truck stuff...

I worked at GM dealerships in long ago years, using what was Magic Mirror polish which became Mirror 2000 (I think) before they quit selling it. I was told someone else picked it up and still sells it. Does anyone know who picked up this magical pink stuff that was sooo good at bringing back weathered finsihes? This was the pre-clearcoat formula, by the way.

Thanks!

Jake

I think there might be confusion with names. This site from Hemmings talks about an early 70s musclecar that had "Magic Mirror" paint:

Back in 1970, GM used Magic Mirror acrylic lacquer with no clearcoat. This paint, while easy to polish and wax, was prone to damage from extended time in the sun and acid rain.

I'm thinking that you used a product that was a polish for "Magic Mirror" paint, not "Magic Mirror Paint Polish", if you get my distinction.

It is possible (and I don't mean this in in a negative way, just meaning that technology changes over time) that the reason the polish was so good at bringing back the shine was because paints back then tended to fade so quickly!

I can't find anything out there called "Mirror 2000" polish.

Bill

I worked for a Caddy dealership in 1991. I'm pretty sure it was called magic mirror then. It was a liquid polishing compound that we used on every used car we took in. (nice union contract...) I bought some in 2002 or 2003 and it was called something else like mirror 2000. It worked real nice on the acrylic enamels of the day. Was told it might be Maguiars or someone else that still makes it.

I machine polished my chalky 81 ford with it and was thrilled with the results. Now I have a 50 1/2 ton that looks that way and wanted to try it out again. Any common experience or advice will be greatly apppreiciated.