Best way to get my frame looking shiny?

Kinetic-UK · Jun 14, 2011

Hi there, just curious how to get my paint on my bike looking spanking new and shiny?

What would be the best products?

T-Cut?

Turtle Wax?

I'm planning on getting this spray job for it too (lugs painted black)

Thanks for any feedback.

Kinetic.

eg2 · Jun 14, 2011

depends on the condition of the paint, some kind of cutting compound if it's in good nick i guess... I use farcela g3 on my car and it's absolutely amazing

Kinetic-UK · Jun 14, 2011

The seller has already got the surface rust off it, I just need to get something good to give it a good clean.

I'll keep that in mind but will it be any different for it as it's steel?

samid · Jun 14, 2011

Nu Finish The Once A Year Car Polish works ok (I'm in Canada; not sure you can get it in the UK but something similar should do fine).

Kinetic-UK · Jun 14, 2011

Nope I just had a google and there is none on sale here. :cry:

Thanks for the feed back though.

lae · Jun 15, 2011

T-Cut is a cutting compound i.e. a very very very fine abrasive. It's for removing fine scratches and making dull paint shiny again. If you over-use it, it rubs through the paint!

Turtle Wax is a protective coating that protects the paint against moisture and UV. It also has a nice shiny finish.

My recommendation would be to T-Cut the frame (use a damp cotton cloth), wash it very well with clean water, dry it out somewhere warm and dry, then put some Turtle Wax on it. Reapply the Turtle Wax every now and then.

AR-CoolC · Jun 15, 2011

There is a product in the car paint treatment world called a clay bar, it's actually a hard putty type material which de-contaminates paint very well indeed.

Use the clay bar and then a good paint cleaner like Autoglym Super Resin Polish. Both available in Halfords.

Then a good quality hard car wax.

This is my other geek area, car detailing

and my prefered suppliers of kit are i4detailing and chemical guys uk

eg2 · Jun 16, 2011

AR-CoolC":3ko8argw said:
This is my other geek area, car detailing and my prefered suppliers of kit are i4detailing and chemical guys uk

ooo yay, another car detailing geek...!

are you on any of the forums?

AR-CoolC · Jun 16, 2011

eg2":33rjmqx2 said:
AR-CoolC":33rjmqx2 said:

This is my other geek area, car detailing and my prefered suppliers of kit are i4detailing and chemical guys uk

Click to expand...

ooo yay, another car detailing geek...! are you on any of the forums?

I'm a member of DW and DP but very rarely post now.

Dead Rats · Jun 18, 2011

strange chain!

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