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

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Pooch:
Good thread and nice work, but you missed a bit ;)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
you can polish most stuff, but have to remember !

Sanded chrome - some marks can be too deep to polish out and so will always show - the more the lighter lines get buffed out, the deeper one's will show up more - light reflects off the chrome and the more you polish, the more it looks like mirror - the trouble is deep lines throw light out at a different angle - so to get down and flatten a line out, you are taking away the layer of chrome and may remove it in places !
So you have to work out if you can live with certain lines and just accept that it has history and been used
light marks can be taken out / buffed up flat - but it looks as your has been keyed for paint to stick - you may give it a try and see what comes up and how it looks - it will take time and elbow grease
But you may think about a re-chrome or more paint if it doesn't come how you would like  :'(

hope this helps a bit - other may have a different view on what can be done - so best to get all the info you need to get near the right answer, before starting work on it  ;)

cheers B  ;)

ratty67vw:
Cheers for that bendy  :daumenhoch:.
it was keyed for paint but it didnt work. i had the paint chipped of in about half an hour . i wll give polishing it a go and if it doesnt work then it will be painted .

brass monkey!:
Thanks for sharing that,  :coolsmiley:

Great work, i will have to try that on a pair of survivor Torker Pro T Bars i have got.

jT Racing:

--- Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on July 04, 2012, 12:38 AM ---brasso is too harsh and can dull more than it shines on chrome  ;)

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complete and utter bollocks

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