Cleaning and polishing techniques
northcliff66
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For my refurb project I need to clean up an old Cinelli stem and a Campag seat post.
Someone told me wire wool and T Cut (I assume as a two stage process).
Seems a bit aggressive.
Any recommendation for the best way to remove light scratches, dullness and to get back that "as new" shine?
Thanks.
Someone told me wire wool and T Cut (I assume as a two stage process).
Seems a bit aggressive.
Any recommendation for the best way to remove light scratches, dullness and to get back that "as new" shine?
Thanks.
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Solvol and elbow grease.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Autosol and elbow grease for all BARE metals
Avoid using wire wool or t-cut on a bike!
if you need to restore paint to a shine use a cheap car polish this has milder cutting properties than t-cut
oxalic acid for chrome. (Found naturally in spinach, dock leaves, sorrel, rhubarb leaves etc )
Don't use anything other than 'mr Pledge' on anodized aluminium parts like cranks or brakes or you will strip the anodize coating.
Aluminum has a grain, polish with the grain.my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
Autosol and lots of clean rags and elbow grease. For round things like stems, cut the cloth into strips so you can pull them back and forth. A Dremel with the little felt polishing wheels can speed things up a bit on the fiddly areas; just be aware that it can also fling black crap where you might not want it to go.0
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Thanks folks. I shall get going with the Autosol.0
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Remember to use different rags for putting on and taking off.
And yes, to get perfect results it's a long, laborious boring task, so lots of red wine and good film always helps - Hell of the North original on You Tube will do the job.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Seat post looking quite good after an hour or so work. The are some quite deep insertion scratches which will show as I need to have the post out to the max.
Tough call. A new C-Record aero post is about £150.
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