An easy and cheap way to refresh your Woodgrain without replacing it

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Hello all you wagon guys and gals with Woodgrain . I had already found that Inox was great for cleaning the whole wagon and making the old woodgrain look good but now i have found that if you soak the woodgrain for a couple of days with Inox and then wipe it down with facial tissues it comes up like new.
I simply used a household spray bottle to wet the woodgrain, left it 2 days and wiped it, how simple is that?
Do not go crazy on the wipe down, don't polish it dry, just wipe it down and like me you will be surprised just how good your woodgrain will look and it does last, not for ever but quite a long time.
I have found that the Inox does not harm the paint in any way, heck I even use it to clean the seats and door trims, brings them up so nice!
Please do not think that something like CRC or WD40 will do the same thing, only Inox does the trick.
Sorry I did not think to take before and after pictures but my woodgrain was getting very faded in some areas and just a bit sad in general ( not any more )
 
Does it work on interior (fake) wood pieces, too? It'd be great if you could post a link to the product. Thx!
 
Never heard of Inox. Not even on Google.
Used car lot trick of the trade: Wiping the wood grain with ATF made it look new again.
What's the longevity of Inox?

You understand, of course, that the "woodgrain" is only a printed image, right?
You can't renew a faded picture.
 
I googled it. Inox Supreme Lubricants - Inox Lubricants Looks like an Australian based product and probably not available in the US.

I'm assuming that it is their M3X lubricant. INOX MX3 Lubricant - Inox Lubricants

A look at the MSDS doesn't tell much other than it's made of "non harmful" stuff. The website says "no silicon, acid, kerosene or dieselene".

I'd be really curious what their main ingredient is.
 
I'd be really curious what their main ingredient is.
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I googled it. Inox Supreme Lubricants - Inox Lubricants Looks like an Australian based product and probably not available in the US.

I'm assuming that it is their M3X lubricant. INOX MX3 Lubricant - Inox Lubricants

A look at the MSDS doesn't tell much other than it's made of "non harmful" stuff. The website says "no silicon, acid, kerosene or dieselene".

I'd be really curious what their main ingredient is.

I have the feeling this could be something similar to Ballistol

Ballistol - Wikipedia

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Even ArmorAll on a soft towel might darken the age woodgrain somewhat. Years ago, I'd purchased some old parts and were cleaning their boxes/tags up. I had an old towel with a bit of ArmorAll on it to help remove the dust from them. It "restored" the tags almost to like new in colors and such. Still, you could tell they were "old", but not invisible anymore.

I used to soak my vinyl roof on the DH43N0D in ArmorAll, deliberately not buffing it off. When it rained, though, the excess ran down the glass and onto the paint. Took some doing to get it off the glass and then to get the paint rid of it.

I Google'd "INOX" and came up with silver polish or a steam vacuum cleaner. Oh well . . .

CBODY67
 
Two Words: Shoe Polish. It works. Better the old solid wax like stuff that you brush on and then buff off. It doesn't last forever and a few good rain storms will wash some of it away but its a cheap fix if you want to make your woodgrain look good for a car show or cruise night.
 
I have the feeling this could be something similar to Ballistol

Ballistol - Wikipedia

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That would make some sense. Ballistol is a mineral oil base and a lot of guys use it for firearms (that's how it's marketed in the US) because it's good for the wood and leather along with acting as a cleaner/protector for the metal.

Makes me wonder if just straight mineral oil would work.
 
Sorry to find out you guys don't have Inox out there but I see you can get it on ebay Australia.
It is not cheap but it is good!
Honestly the only thing it is not great at is cleaning is glass, that is to say it cleans it but leaves a smear ( well it is an oil ) Makes rubber look great, so all you need is Inox and glass cleaner and you are set.
Sorry I don't know the special additives, might be Croc pee or Funnel Web spit for all I know but whatever it is it works great!
I will take get a picture to show how good it looks now even dirty ( I live on a dirt road and it has been raining a lot )
 
INOX MX3 is an OZONE SAFE product containing NO CFC's! This is the only lubricant in the world with the special MX3 Anti-Corrosion, Anti-Moisture Formula for the 21st Century. INOX MX3 contains no silicon, acid, kerosene or dieselene. MX3 will not harm metal points or surfaces, plastics, paints, enamels, fiberglass, formica or neoprene seals. It doesn't dry out, gum up, become gooey or sticky or wash off with water. MX3 is non-conductive, non-static, non-toxic, non-corrosive and non-staining.
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