Goose resto stage 2

[Waxintaxin]

Am I polishing a turd, cos thats what i thought when i stripped the paint , i figured i would have a go at getting some life out the original nickel before deciding what colour o would have to powder it, BUT maybe not , its no where near done but it looks promisisng







I will keep going i think and see what many hours polishing cam acomplish

Rich

[CD17]

Looking good, but don't polish those welds away 

[theRuler]

thats coming up nice

[Bigplinky]

keep on rubbin' it looks good from here

[kdw712]

lookin good rich

nickle shines superb
keep at it

[theRuler]

how are you polishing that to make it so shiny?

i have a nickel plated goose frame waiting in the wings. was gonna paint it, but if it will polish  . . .

[Moza]

As the ruler said spill the beans mate, it might save me powdering the GT, afterall i did let you buy the goose lol


Lee

[Waxintaxin]

Lol

Ok , so far i have stripped the paint , and started to polish , the first stage is to clean the crap off , i used a de greaser and then fairy liquid and hot water, this gets all the old crap off.
then give a good clean using autosol , not too much just to get it going , then i used Peek with a dremmel and the polishing attachments that come with it, I also use a bigger polishing mop on a drill , but find it skates and dings the frame. 

once its starting to shine you can see how much plate you have left and decide how harsh a polish you can use , i have a fair bit left so am using autosol to really polish it , with dremmell . this is slowly taking layers of nickel off giving a good shine.

I will then use wonder chrome to clean off the residule as this is a good cleaner and will not remove anymore nckel

I have spent about 5 hours on it so far , and expect twice that to finnish.

I have agreed with myself to leave this one in its original finnish and not get it re nickeled , so i need to keep going to make it a real good  frame and forks, it will have a few bits of bare metal , but that kind of adds to the character i think

Rich

[kdw712]

i used a mop on the drill for mine came up a treat

but what can you do to stop it tarnishing 15mins after you stop polishing

[theRuler]

but what can you do to stop it tarnishing 15mins after you stop polishing

paint

[Waxintaxin]

wonder chrome comes with a sealant, that is supposed to stop tarnish , its not a laquer its a wipe on liquid that seals the surface , apparantly

Rich

[kdw712]

@ RULER 

rich lets us know how that goes then

[theRuler]

that wonder chrome sounds wicked
never seen it for sale anywhere!

is it expensive?

[Waxintaxin]

no mate , its about 9 quid

and you can get it here  http://cnb-host1.clickandbuild.com/cnb/shop/save-and-drive?productID=1477&op=catalogue-product_info-null&prodCategoryID=1628

I got mine froma motor shop , but maybe Halfords do it 

Rich

[theRuler]

nice one
i will buy some of that!

[kdw712]

think i will get some too
looked at my 79 nickle goose and the shines wearing off