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From: ottguit on 4 Sep 2007 12:35 My wide did a long trip on her 2004 Honda Shadow, and got the bike muddied and now there's rust on the Exhaust Header. Is there an easy and effective way to get rid of the rust withoyt losing whatever chrome there's left under there, help. Bg
From: Dave on 4 Sep 2007 13:18 "paul c" <toledobythesea(a)oohay.ac> wrote in message news:_4gDi.126476$rX4.41134(a)pd7urf2no... > ottguit(a)hotmail.com wrote: >> My wide did a long trip on her 2004 Honda Shadow, and got the bike >> muddied and now there's rust on the Exhaust Header. >> >> Is there an easy and effective way to get rid of the rust withoyt >> losing whatever chrome there's left under there, help. >> >> Bg >> > > For surface rust on chrome, I start with a clean cloth and some warm > dish-soap water. If that doesn't work, I try a scotch-brite type pad. If > that doesn't get it all, an SOS pad (your wife should know which cupboard > they're in!). Don't use steel wool as a substitute for the SOS pad. If > you press too hard on the SOS pad it might make some faint scratches but > usually you can't see those except from several inches away. Don't use steel wool. Or SOS. You want a soft cloth and a cut/polish compound not a coarse mechanical abrasive such as steel wool. I find a product called "AutoSol" to be the best. Comes in a tube like toothpaste, a little goes a long ways. It polishes, it does not scratch, and it removes surface rust like nothing you've ever seen. Dave S.
From: Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com on 4 Sep 2007 13:22 ottguit(a)hotmail.com wrote: >My wide did a long trip on her 2004 Honda Shadow, and got the bike >muddied and now there's rust on the Exhaust Header. Never tell a woman that she looks "wide", unless you like sleeping on the couch... > >Is there an easy and effective way to get rid of the rust withoyt >losing whatever chrome there's left under there, help. Have you tried Fowler's Black Treacle? http://groups.google.com/group/rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread/fcee24581be4fb8f/058887a082c91a1d?lnk=st&q=%22spagthorpe%22&rnum=10#058887a082c91a1d -- Message posted via MotorcycleKB.com http://www.motorcyclekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/tech/200709/1
From: The Older Gentleman on 4 Sep 2007 13:31 Dave <dspear99ca(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I find a > product called "AutoSol" to be the best. Comes in a tube like toothpaste, a > little goes a long ways. It polishes, it does not scratch, and it removes > surface rust like nothing you've ever seen. What he said. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 CB125 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
From: ottguit on 5 Sep 2007 00:59
Thanks a lot for the ideas, folks. Wifey-poo took her Bike mainly across Canada for the most part, but had to fly back, and left the bike to be trailered for a week, and then it sat for 2 weeks on the trailer until she got it back, so I guess it was damp, as well as very dirty for a coupla weeks, hence the rust. They ran into a fair bit of bad weather in the Rockies, even a hailstorm! Tnanks for the help, and I'll get started on it. Bg |