Butchers Bowling Alley wax

fatboyflyer

fatboyflyer

What, me worry?
OK, newbie here with some “old school” reminiscence-- I detailed my way through college over 20 years ago. One day an older guy brings me his Model A and insists that I use Butcher’s Bowling Alley wax. I bought some at the local hardware store. It was very hard work. The end result was nice, but no better that any other product I was using at the time—Meguire’s and Turtle Wax. He swore that it would last twice as long as any car wax. I told him I hoped so since it took me three times longer to apply. Anyway, anyone here ever heard of the stuff or used it in any automotive applications?
 
If you really want to find it, look here.
With all the really good products available today, I can't imagine even considering it.

Charles
 
Charles-
Thanks for the link, but I'm not in the market for the stuff. You couldn't pay me enough to use it again. I guess I was just making conversation.
 
Welcome! ya that is a pretty cool tale. I always find it interesting to hear about old school stuff like that. YOu should have just used your normal stuff and see if the customer noticed haha.

Greg
 
fatboyflyer said:
Charles-
Thanks for the link, but I'm not in the market for the stuff. You couldn't pay me enough to use it again. I guess I was just making conversation.
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Hey, conversation is good, too.:)
The difficulty in using it reminds me of the paste Simoniz that my dad used back in the 40's. Once a year is all that he used it. Not necessarily because it lasted that long, but because he only felt like going to that much work once a year. He had a 1941 Ford he bought new and the paint seemed to stay in pretty good shape with just regular washing and annual waxing. The old Ford enamel was hard as a rock.:) Naturally, I had to have one, but mine wasn't new. By the time one was 10 years old, I could afford it.

Charles
 
Welcome to the site....and that link that Charles posted has some intresting products on it....mainly wood care from what I can see
 
GregCavi said:
YOu should have just used your normal stuff and see if the customer noticed haha.

Greg
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Greg-
I can tell you that 20 some years later, I still remember thinking the very same thing. As for the wax, I actually kept it and used it for years as a waterproofer for outdoor gear. It worked great on boots that weren’t watertight. I would work the wax into the seams and it would seal them. The solvents would soften the leather, but not too badly.
 
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