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griff:

--- Quote from: dinglem on January 28, 2016, 03:19 AM ---For the really stubborn rusty areas have a go with some scrunched up tinfoil afterwards. I have been truly amazed by the results on several of my frames now.

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Have a look at bendy's polishing thread if you want to see what tinfoil can do close up
I'll see if I can find the link

griff:
Here you go

Citric or OA is great for the first bit, but some really good close up pics here which put me off ever using tin foil
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,153492.0.html

dinglem:
^^^ That's a great thread griff... thanks for that link.

I only really use tin foil on the welds as I quite enjoy the Mothers polish method I use on one frame tube section a day. That generally leaves the welds until the end and I use the tinfoil as a quick clean up. Luckily the tubes are always polished up by that point, but after seeing that i'll make sure not to ever use it on the frame tubes in future.

The other good thing of course is that the WHEELS frames I am polishing have lovely smooth brazing so no gnarly deep weld undulations to hold the rust in   :coolsmiley:

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