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Title: BRASSO.
Post by: munners on April 23, 2008, 05:09 PM
I have just polished up my GEN 1 as i have got a day off and i am bored.  Also GEN 1's are all the talk on here today so i thought i would treat mine to a polish up.

I have never used Brasso before and have heard people saying it is really good.

Well i can honestly say it is great. Brings the chrome up nice. Dont know if you could use it on a frame that has never gone through the oxalic/coke and then autosol process first but i would recommend it highly for getting the chrome to gleam nice.  NOT SURE IF IT TAKES SMALL SCRATCHES OUT? CANT REALLY TELL.

However.....well impressed.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: CD17 on April 23, 2008, 05:13 PM
Lets see it then  ::)
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: munners on April 23, 2008, 05:17 PM
Waitng for that! :LolLolLolLol:

Tomorrow i will get pics up. Mrs home in a minute and she will do her nut if i got the bikes out! :2gunsfiring_v1:
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: Jt on April 23, 2008, 05:18 PM
I have just polished up my GEN 1 as i have got a day off and i am bored.  Also GEN 1's are all the talk on here today so i thought i would treat mine to a polish up.

I have never used Brasso before and have heard people saying it is really good.

Well i can honestly say it is great. Brings the chrome up nice. Dont know if you could use it on a frame that has never gone through the oxalic/coke and then autosol process first but i would recommend it highly for getting the chrome to gleam nice.  NOT SURE IF IT TAKES SMALL SCRATCHES OUT? CANT REALLY TELL.

However.....well impressed.  :daumenhoch:

it does work on small scratches...should have spent more on a better gen 1.

remember the old addage...you cant polish a turd....

fooks sake, gonna get some rom wrath for that comment :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: munners on April 23, 2008, 05:21 PM
I have just polished up my GEN 1 as i have got a day off and i am bored.  Also GEN 1's are all the talk on here today so i thought i would treat mine to a polish up.

I have never used Brasso before and have heard people saying it is really good.

Well i can honestly say it is great. Brings the chrome up nice. Dont know if you could use it on a frame that has never gone through the oxalic/coke and then autosol process first but i would recommend it highly for getting the chrome to gleam nice.  NOT SURE IF IT TAKES SMALL SCRATCHES OUT? CANT REALLY TELL.

However.....well impressed.  :daumenhoch:

it does work on small scratches...should have spent more on a better gen 1.

remember the old addage...you cant polish a turd....

fooks sake, gonna get some rom wrath for that comment :LolLolLolLol:

The chrome on my GEN 1 is 25 years old i have you know! Its gonna have a few minor little scratches on it! None of that old rechromed  crap!  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: Jt on April 23, 2008, 05:23 PM
didnt know they started making the snides 25 years ago ???

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x164/kal-edd/Tumbleweed.gif)
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: munners on April 23, 2008, 05:25 PM
Not mine mate.
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: Jt on April 23, 2008, 05:29 PM
are you sure :LolLolLolLol:

am sure its a thing of beauty..now stop polishing it and take some pictures  :D

Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: MartyC on April 24, 2008, 02:58 PM
didnt know they started making the snides 25 years ago ???

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x164/kal-edd/Tumbleweed.gif)

I heard a rumour that a well known frame builder in the SouthWest was making fantastic and indistinguishable copies of a lot of top make frame and forks bitd - snides are not a new thing  :LolLolLolLol:.
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: hunterdubber on April 24, 2008, 06:02 PM
didnt know they started making the snides 25 years ago ???

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x164/kal-edd/Tumbleweed.gif)

I heard a rumour that a well known frame builder in the SouthWest was making fantastic and indistinguishable copies of a lot of top make frame and forks bitd - snides are not a new thing  :LolLolLolLol:.

I'll be able to tell  ;)  ;D

I've real ones and  extremely good snide ones  ::)
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: meticulous on April 24, 2008, 06:07 PM
if you buy a rusty one you will know its not a snide, as it will take years to get rusty, unless the snide makers know how to put rust on :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: hunterdubber on April 24, 2008, 06:17 PM
if you buy a rusty one you will know its not a snide, as it will take years to get rusty, unless the snide makers know how to put rust on :daumenhoch:


 :crazy2:

No ,
all the snides were made at the same time as the genuine Gen 1's

So they could be just as rusty

around 3 different companies produced copies of the Gen 1  ;)
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: Gashead on April 25, 2008, 07:00 PM
didnt know they started making the snides 25 years ago ???

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x164/kal-edd/Tumbleweed.gif)

I heard a rumour that a well known frame builder in the SouthWest was making fantastic and indistinguishable copies of a lot of top make frame and forks bitd - snides are not a new thing  :LolLolLolLol:.


That was a secret what I told you  :-X
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: munners on April 25, 2008, 07:10 PM
Dont worry.....mines legit. 100%!!

Won off it US ebay too, so straight outa the states.
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: MartyC on April 25, 2008, 09:10 PM
didnt know they started making the snides 25 years ago ???

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x164/kal-edd/Tumbleweed.gif)

I heard a rumour that a well known frame builder in the SouthWest was making fantastic and indistinguishable copies of a lot of top make frame and forks bitd - snides are not a new thing  :LolLolLolLol:.


That was a secret what I told you  :-X

I have no idea what you are talking about  ;).
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: raidergtt on April 26, 2008, 11:21 AM
A quick tip with brasso - drop a couple of loose bearings in the can & shake well before & regularly during use, it helps mix the 'good stuff' that settles at the bottom of the tin.   :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: BRASSO.
Post by: Waxintaxin on April 26, 2008, 11:58 AM
and remember that brasso takes off the chrome , thats how it works by removing layers of the surface metal you are polishing

go too mad and your down to nickel, best i have used is wonder chrome , it removes dirt without taking the chrome off

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