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Clubroom => Tech Talk => Topic started by: kdx Geoff on June 02, 2013, 06:05:36 pm
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Hi,
lve been cleaning my guards and thought l would post on how l did it with pictures this time.
(http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag23/kdxGeoff/polish%20guard/IMAG0382_zpse0df93a1.jpg) (http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/kdxGeoff/media/polish%20guard/IMAG0382_zpse0df93a1.jpg.html)
This is the front guard off my parts bike, looks like its had a hard life.
First into the laundry trough for a good scrubb in hot water with washing powder (becouse its next to the trough) and a good scrubb with some fine grade steel wool (becouse thats what was in the shed)
(http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag23/kdxGeoff/polish%20guard/IMAG0384_zpsa6eab024.jpg) (http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/kdxGeoff/media/polish%20guard/IMAG0384_zpsa6eab024.jpg.html)
All the oxide has come off where lve cleaned and as lm not using it lm only doing the front for photos
Next l used paint cutters to polish it up a bit and get the areas l missed with the steel wool.
(http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag23/kdxGeoff/polish%20guard/IMAG0385_zps45a29801.jpg) (http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/kdxGeoff/media/polish%20guard/IMAG0385_zps45a29801.jpg.html)
The green on the towel is from the cutters, it happens to be green too.
Then a polish by hand with a fine polish and off to the buff in a vice with a wooly pad, gently as to not burn or melt the plastic.
Not as good as the one on the bike but a vast difference from what l started with.
(http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag23/kdxGeoff/polish%20guard/IMAG0390_zps7ddf670c.jpg) (http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/kdxGeoff/media/polish%20guard/IMAG0390_zps7ddf670c.jpg.html)
Geoff