I have been collecting vintage wax cans for garage art. Bob K has some very interesting stories about the polish business as he worked for Leverniers custom. One of their big competitors was Dr Dorner and his "liquid glass" polish. I guess he could not prove there was actually glass in it and he was forced to change the name to liquid 1st class Dorner owned the Larocket custom built by Metz and it was on the front of the cans Some of them have wonderful graphics I was at a swap meet with Guffey last fall and the subject came up and he sold me a case of new old stock glitter glaze cans 252 pcs!!! I lined up about a hundred of em behind the boat Anyone else collect these? Or am I the only goof ball?
I saw a really nice one at a swap meet the other day, It was a red, white and blue gallon tin with 50's style font on it. In like new condition but I can't for the life of me remember the brand name.
I don't collect them, but whenever I run across them I enjoy seeing them. That's a pretty cool collection you've got there!
Pulled a few out of an old garage awhile ago. Probly nothing special, I'm no collector. Does this mean I can resurrect my rattle can marble thread? Got lots of those
I worked in a chrome shop in the 70s and 80s and we used the pink can Glass Wax for cleaning / polishing the chrome. I have never found anything as good to polish chrome plating. I think they still make it but the changed the formula.
The price on all of those are going to go up now that everyone knows that Moriarty thinks they are cool. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Didn't see any Blue Coral in your collection. Did it only come in bottles and not cans? That was the stuff to use here in the Midwest.
I like to learn something new everyday, and today, this is it. I had no idea they even made polish back in the dark ages!
That is the beauty of the HAMB, we get to share stuff we like with others. I'll post some more tonight. Bob
Yes indeed, this is the reason he had to change the name from liquid glass to liquid first class. he could not prove there was glass in it! I wonder if anyone believed the claim of glass dissolved by xray? sounds pretty far fetched....
Only Mike, would have 252 cans of Glitter Glaze laying around. The guy never ceases to amaze me! I love to shoot the crap with him for hours and always count on learning something new.
Mark: Doc Dorner was not a competitor, he was our biggest customer, we made Liquid Glass and Liquid First Class and it was the same formula as Custom, Custom was brown and Dorner's was pink. He had a pyramid scheme and that was the reason the feds went after him. BB
One day I would love to tour the Moriarity museum! Now I'm gonna spend the day digging out wax cans....
Not exactly a collection, just the junk in the trunk of the '53 Henry J I dragged out of a garage after 38 years in storage. The Henry J is in the hands of a fellow HAMBer now, but the can of Liquid Kleener is still on a shelf in my garage...
I have one sad little pink can of glass wax by gold seal....marked 1969....so it's not trad..sniff..sniff..lol.
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