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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: monkeymoped on January 21, 2016, 12:26 PM
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"help"
I need the guts to my viscount seat polishing and I know there's someone on here who is highly recommended and extremely good . So i'm just wondering who he is so I can ask him for any tips to do it my self or if I can't do it ask him to
cheers guys for helping
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For the amount of work required to polish a seat guts I would just buy a new one...not worth the hassle :daumenhoch:
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you could mixup a small quantity of citric acid dip, but don't leave it long, just till the crap lifts off with scrubbing of a stiff toothbrush, rinse with warm soapy water and dry.
now the sminkee bit, get some mothers metal polish and wank buff it till you can see ya face in it!!! ill bung up a pic of one i just polished without dipping soon....bosh kowabunga!
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Yeah like this.
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I laid the polish cloth on a flat surface and pushed down n rubbed hard wankspeed.
Hope that helps.
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Ooooooh yeah it also gets very hot!
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I laid the polish cloth on a flat surface and pushed down n rubbed hard wankspeed.
Hope that helps.
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Wankspeed -now thats funny!
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wankspeed is a little faster than warpspeed
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Is that relaxing home alone wankspeed or just hearing a key in the door when you're past the point of putting it away wankspeed?
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Could you get any faster than wank speed .... hahaha
thanks for the advice will see what I can rustle up
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Could you get any faster than wank speed .... hahaha
thanks for the advice will see what I can rustle up
Only a humming birds wings are faster than wank speed!
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Could you get any faster than wank speed .... hahaha
thanks for the advice will see what I can rustle up
Only a humming birds wings are faster than wank speed!
Vinegar Strokes - I thought that was the fastest
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Could you get any faster than wank speed .... hahaha
thanks for the advice will see what I can rustle up
Only a humming birds wings are faster than wank speed!
Vinegar Strokes - I thought that was the fastest
vinegar strokes are nothing to do with the speed, more the look on your face when you get to the point of no return. :D
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Is it worth using auto sol to buff it up
and where can I get the citric acid for the dip from??
Cheers
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now you just need to re-learn English Jon :teef:
btw I see US guys always mention Mothers polish as the buffing cream of choice, how does it compare to Peek?
I fooking love Peek - that stuff is just ace, but always good to hear results from other places. Bit reluctant taking advice from FB where people are still recommending that people use tin foil and water on chrome.
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Is it worth using auto sol to buff it up
and where can I get the citric acid for the dip from??
Cheers
Peek is definitely better than autosol, less abrasive
And both are better than Brasso
Until I know more about this Mothers polish Jon's using, would stick with Peek followed by a buffing with a Goddard's Silver cloth
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I put John on to Mothers polish.
Best I've ever used. Rub it on with a bit of rough tissue then leave for about 10 mins. Then polish off and jobs a goodun.
Has worked wonders on my Brum WHEELS Mini which I was convinced required a rechrome before I started.
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The only rust on it now is beneath the original decals, which I was desperate to retain (but it's now driving my OCD mEnTaL)
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Cool I take it mother polish is available from any big supermarket.
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Cool I take it mother polish is available from any big supermarket.
Dunno about that mate but there's stacks of it on ebay. :daumenhoch:
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Got my pot off the Bay... still on my first one and have done 3 frames with it now, as well as countless classic car bumpers and a nickel sink!
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It sounds like proper good stuff
will be polishing my spider after this
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I assume i'll need the mag and aluminium polish rather than the billet polish??
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Yup, Mag and Aluminium.
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So you apply the polish over the surface rust? No need for the citric/oxy bath first?! Great result on Mini.
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Very interesting
Now all we need is Bendy with his electron microscope to compare results!
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Thanks mate
i'm all new to this polishing lark so need as much guidance as possible
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No bath required 8)
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Good just cleaning it up today ready to polish when I get this mothers stuff
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No bath required 8)
Thanks Dinglem. I will give it a go. :daumenhoch:
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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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Just sanding then very fine sanding then polish and buffing on the guts
got an Sr stem coming so will need to get on that next so will need a fine polishing on that when I get it will be a busy boy
it's quite relaxing this polishing malarkey
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Tis indeed. I prefer doing complete frames and I generally limit myself to one frame tube per polishing sesh, otherwise I start skimping and rushing to get the entire thing done. One tube at a time means I spend plenty of time in it. I'm a bugger for doing one bit then wanting to stick the decals on that tube before the rest is polished up though. No patience!
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now you just need to re-learn English Jon :teef:
btw I see US guys always mention Mothers polish as the buffing cream of choice, how does it compare to Peek?
I fooking love Peek - that stuff is just ace, but always good to hear results from other places. Bit reluctant taking advice from FB where people are still recommending that people use tin foil and water on chrome.
Hey Griff for polishing you should try white diamond,ive tried mothers,peek etc was all ok results but the white diamond is the stuff to use was recommended it by spadey top stuff IMO ;)
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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.
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
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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
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^^^ 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: