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How the Goose was cooked / polishing thread - cup of tea read

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Spen69:
Cheers Chris, I'm get myself some chemical assistance and have a crack at these bad boys then (and I don't mean the chemical assistance Frank Gallagher gets with a pint at the Jockey either!)

Sounds like I need a couple of buckets of patience too ;-D

griff:
went to sainsbury and got some dishcloths but no dr beckmanns there
so have a choice of mr muscle & lidl oven cleaner or cillit bang for stage 1

might try a selection and see what shifts the crud off my latest project best

gonna look for some peek later too  :daumenhoch:

griff:
cruddy frame has been outside for best part of an hour covered in oven cleaning foam - gonna pop outside in a minute and rinse it off

fingers crossed some of the muck has shifted...

Skid:
I used one of these instead of the Stanley blade



The different shape and size blades allow you reach some places easier than the Stanley

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
don't forget that a oven cleaner is surposed not to harm chrome and metals - so should leave the frame good - any holes of rust may allow the chemical to get under the chrome - so be carefull and don't leave it too long

certain cleaners just do one type of job - desolving grease - braking down deposits - softning plastics - scrating surfaces to brake up some thing stuck on

always try it on some thing you don't mind destroying if it's not right for the job

and never dig too hard against some thing if it is not ready to come away - and when using a razor/ stanley blade ~ go easy - they can cut fingers like a hot knife through butter  ???

also just reading this back a little - spen the peek will bring it up again

but you have to remember - the hard and more you polish the morte it will shine - so if you only want it up a little ~ don't press too hard and use a soft wet/damp cloth to ease it over the frame/forks

you could breing it up to a mirror/chrome look with hard work - car polishing cloth and time and elbow grease

hope this helps all

cheers B  ;)

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