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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: retrorb on October 26, 2006, 01:43 PM

Title: Cleaning up seat guts
Post by: retrorb on October 26, 2006, 01:43 PM

I have just bought a NOS Kashimax Seat but the guts are tarnished (are they steel??) and wondering what best to use to clean these up if they will clean up at all.
wetndry/buffing/autosol? etc.

Thanks
Rob

Title: Re: Cleaning up seat guts
Post by: mightynimrod on October 26, 2006, 01:48 PM

Quote from: retrorb on October 26, 2006, 01:43 PM

I have just bought a NOS Kashimax Seat but the guts are tarnished (are they steel??) and wondering what best to use to clean these up if they will clean up at all.
wetndry/buffing/autosol? etc.

Thanks
Rob

I would've thought some wire wool would sort them out  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning up seat guts
Post by: Waxintaxin on October 26, 2006, 02:01 PM

plated steel, be carefull as the tarnish may be missing plate, i would use autosol carefully to see whats what, and take it from there. you dont want to compound the problem with wet and dry or wire wool untill you know its just dull plating and not the steel showing through

Rich

Title: Re: Cleaning up seat guts
Post by: duncan on October 27, 2006, 02:34 PM

I renovated my old Kashi Aero recently, the metal parts polished up like new with Autosol.

The back of the seat's pretty scuffed up because of that ridiculous trick where you turn the bike upside down.
I don't know whether to buff out the scratches or just leave it, there was a thread here recently where someone did a sterling job.

Title: Re: Cleaning up seat guts
Post by: FuNMoNsTeR on October 29, 2006, 01:04 PM

I use my lapidary/dremmel polisher with a soft brass disk mandrel and autosol.  ;)