How the Goose was cooked / polishing thread - cup of tea read

[Spen69]

Cheers Chris, I'm get myself some chemical assistance and have a crack at these bad boys then (and I don't mean the chemical assistance Frank Gallagher gets with a pint at the Jockey either!)

Sounds like I need a couple of buckets of patience too ;-D

[griff]

went to sainsbury and got some dishcloths but no dr beckmanns there
so have a choice of mr muscle & lidl oven cleaner or cillit bang for stage 1

might try a selection and see what shifts the crud off my latest project best

gonna look for some peek later too 

[griff]

cruddy frame has been outside for best part of an hour covered in oven cleaning foam - gonna pop outside in a minute and rinse it off

fingers crossed some of the muck has shifted...

[Skid]

I used one of these instead of the Stanley blade



The different shape and size blades allow you reach some places easier than the Stanley

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

don't forget that a oven cleaner is surposed not to harm chrome and metals - so should leave the frame good - any holes of rust may allow the chemical to get under the chrome - so be carefull and don't leave it too long

certain cleaners just do one type of job - desolving grease - braking down deposits - softning plastics - scrating surfaces to brake up some thing stuck on

always try it on some thing you don't mind destroying if it's not right for the job

and never dig too hard against some thing if it is not ready to come away - and when using a razor/ stanley blade ~ go easy - they can cut fingers like a hot knife through butter 

also just reading this back a little - spen the peek will bring it up again

but you have to remember - the hard and more you polish the morte it will shine - so if you only want it up a little ~ don't press too hard and use a soft wet/damp cloth to ease it over the frame/forks

you could breing it up to a mirror/chrome look with hard work - car polishing cloth and time and elbow grease

hope this helps all

cheers B 

[CustardLips]

Great Work. Got a few bits that need sorting. Need to get crackin'. 

[Mamba]

Excellent work mate, at the end of the day if you do want the high polish finish you can't beat elbow grease and plenty of patience!

I never used knife blades to cut the worst parts before, may try that. In all honesty I did use Brillo/Soap pads to cut the worst off and then fine grade wire wool with Autosol for bad chrome. Worked a treat on a '78 Daimler Rad Grille.

The silvercloth makes perfect sense too, I never used that. Will defo give that a go for the final very fine polishing. Cheers for the tips>

[jT Racing]

If you buy a thing of super fine wire wool and a big thing of wd40 you will get the job done quick and well, finish off with a proper rub and buff with brasso and it will gleam like a gleaming thing.

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

brasso is too harsh and can dull more than it shines on chrome 

[ratty67vw]

nice work bendy  .
what do you reckon my chances are of makeing this shine again

 

its the centurion that i got off evil bay the frame was chrome but has been sanded down and painted blue .i stripped off the paint but the sander marks are quite deep
and it looks like the chrome has been polished through in places

 
 

its a pitty they painted it as the frame is in great conditon no rust or pitting at all

 

[Pooch]

Good thread and nice work, but you missed a bit

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

you can polish most stuff, but have to remember !

Sanded chrome - some marks can be too deep to polish out and so will always show - the more the lighter lines get buffed out, the deeper one's will show up more - light reflects off the chrome and the more you polish, the more it looks like mirror - the trouble is deep lines throw light out at a different angle - so to get down and flatten a line out, you are taking away the layer of chrome and may remove it in places !
So you have to work out if you can live with certain lines and just accept that it has history and been used
light marks can be taken out / buffed up flat - but it looks as your has been keyed for paint to stick - you may give it a try and see what comes up and how it looks - it will take time and elbow grease
But you may think about a re-chrome or more paint if it doesn't come how you would like  

hope this helps a bit - other may have a different view on what can be done - so best to get all the info you need to get near the right answer, before starting work on it  

cheers B  

[ratty67vw]

Cheers for that bendy  .
it was keyed for paint but it didnt work. i had the paint chipped of in about half an hour . i wll give polishing it a go and if it doesnt work then it will be painted .

[brass monkey!]

Thanks for sharing that, 

Great work, i will have to try that on a pair of survivor Torker Pro T Bars i have got.

[jT Racing]

brasso is too harsh and can dull more than it shines on chrome 

complete and utter bollocks

[hunterdubber]

brasso is too harsh and can dull more than it shines on chrome 

complete and utter bollocks

 

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

well let other try it and see