"Magic Wash - Alternative to Pledge Multi Surface Polish (UK)" Topic

Hi.

For many years I've used Future/Klear then Pledge Multi-Surface Polish as a carrier for 'Magic Wash' however it's now disappeared from the shelves in the UK at Robert Dyas, ASDA, Sainsbury's etc.

Looked at Johnson & Johnson manufacturers website and it's no longer listed as a product.

You can still pick it up on Ebay and Amazon but the price is creeping up, no doubt due to it becoming obsolete.

Any idea of a replacement/similar product?

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It is still for sale, on WalMart.com. Not suggesting you order it from Wal-Mart, just saying it is not discontinued in the USA, yet…

No mention of it being discontinued on the USA Pledge web site, either. It is still available on Amazon.co.uk, as well. Cheers!

I do not have a formula for you, but you could start with acrylic media, add water, a flow agent (like Jet-Dry), and make something like Future.

Here are some links to a few TMP threads about Magic Wash:
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I am in the USA, so I can not say what Future is called in the UK right now. But check out the "Complete Future" which does list many alternative names.

It was called Pledge Multi-Surface Polish, but that's gone or going now.

> I am in the USA, so I can not say what Future is called in the UK right now.

Even here in the US it is hard to tell – the stuff has changed names every time I've bought it.

I agree with Dynaman:

It is beastly difficult to keep up with the name changes. The good thing is that one bottle lasts a very long time, and has never gone bad for me, despite years of storage.

The best in-store clue is the amazing transparency of the product. Regardless of the name they have made the bottle see-through with the instruction printed on the inside of the front label. Like:

Still available at Walmart, in US, for the time being at least. I picked up a spare bottle yesterday for about $7 USD with tax.