videojetman
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Removing surface rust.
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I use a brass brush, it does leave some fine marks to the chrome though, but Autosol helps buff it up again.
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I use a brass brush, it does leave some fine marks to the chrome though, but Autosol helps buff it up again.
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PeterPerfect
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Get some 0000 grade steel wool. Soak it in WD 40. Try and keep it loose and gently rub the area. Don't get the drips on anything as it will stain. It looks to me like some of those rust spots may have eaten past the finish but I may be wrong. Dry with a soft damp cloth and then polish. Works a treat.
I'd be tempted to go a bit further on those forks. Get rid of as much rust if not all, treat, prime and paint. If you want to keep the chrome, I'd go at them first with some metal polish to tidy them up a bit and you should then be able to see the extent of the worse bits and decide on a coarse of action for those from the options above.
videojetman
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Thanks for the ideas.
I will see how they look once I have removed the surface rust.
But these are only for the wife's bike so they don't have to be perfect.
I will see how they look once I have removed the surface rust.
But these are only for the wife's bike so they don't have to be perfect.
bartsince1975
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If the rust has damaged the chrome but you want to keep it this way, use some zinc coating on the bare metal to prevent more rusting. You will see the difference in finnish, but it won't rust. Downside: if you don't like the difference you'l have to sand it of to get rid of it, so if you try work carefully with a small pencil and apply just a thin layer.
If the rust has damaged the chrome but you want to keep it this way, use some zinc coating on the bare metal to prevent more rusting. You will see the difference in finnish, but it won't rust. Downside: if you don't like the difference you'l have to sand it of to get rid of it, so if you try work carefully with a small pencil and apply just a thin layer.
Gaddmeister
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Blimey! Your brave! If I dared say it's only the wife's bike it doesn't have to be perfect, I'd be strung up by the ball sack!videojetman":16zkyldh said:
