Oh god my mate used some of that stuff on his Vectra car and he didn't realise it was taking the laquer off his door and made a real mess of itbikenut2010":2v61ezzn said:
Ian Raleigh":1xciflve said:Oh god my mate used some of that stuff on his Vectra car and he didn't realise it was taking the laquer off his door and made a real mess of itbikenut2010":1xciflve said:
Remember that many old frames are painted in Enamel which is then baked which is like glass and is really hardy and can 'take it' when polishing the paint.
was it a metallic? they do a special t Cut for metallics which are clear over base 2 pack...
bikenut2010":3uo4e1el said:gawd
good place to start is the underside of the BB, that way any probe will be out of sight, I've also used 2000 and soap applied with LOTS of water and wiped off after each pass to examine paint.
ah! I found a bike with one of those cranksets, rare as rocking horse poo , polished with alu foil as seen in pic and sold the crank for 100 squid a collector in Taiwan and used the money to pay for the restorationDoubledee":1w1kzfys said:
result!Yep, foil with vinegar on the rust...if the rust is bad you can also use a copper wool scouring padDoubledee":l3zgjqia said:
then add the colour in the same way until the thickness is built up to the level of surrounding paint. Then 1200 and soap for final polish, add some clear coat and 1200 and soap when well dry ( 48 hrs) then T cut and wax...ker-ching...
