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Title: cork method
Post by: oldsnow on February 03, 2010, 08:30 AM

anyone heard or used the cork method to clean/polish spokes ? i used to BITD but havent heard of anyone on here using it !
basically you cut a groove along the length of a cork stopper (must be cork not rubber) SQUEEEZE autosol into it, place over spoke and rub up and down.
always worked for me and still does ! :angel:

Title: Re: cork method
Post by: dordymush on February 03, 2010, 10:30 AM

deffo worth a try as thats one job i hate doing.

Title: Re: cork method
Post by: bobafett on February 03, 2010, 10:38 AM

Used foil on spokes before and it p!sses me off !  >:(

Might give this a try  :)

Title: Re: cork method
Post by: snav69 on February 03, 2010, 03:17 PM

I use wire wool  :daumenhoch:

 :coolsmiley:

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Post by: Glynnyboy on February 03, 2010, 05:25 PM

Sounds like a good idea, i can definitely see me getting me cork out for a bit of up and down motion in the future 8)

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Post by: HUTCHMAN on February 03, 2010, 06:19 PM

had too look twice,mis read the title first time round.  the cork idea is a good un.

Title: Re: cork method
Post by: ozone on February 04, 2010, 10:57 AM

Would be great on radial spoked rims but it would be a bit of a pain on a 4-cross pattern - that said maybe 75% of the length of a spoke is uncrossed so you could do the majority of the wheel with your cork. :-\ 

The only way I could ever get in those tight angles where the spokes cross was by pulling a thin strip of cloth back and forth.