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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: munners on April 23, 2008, 05:09 PM
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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:
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Lets see it then ::)
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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:
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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:
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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:
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didnt know they started making the snides 25 years ago ???
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x164/kal-edd/Tumbleweed.gif)
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Not mine mate.
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are you sure :LolLolLolLol:
am sure its a thing of beauty..now stop polishing it and take some pictures :D
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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:.
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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 ::)
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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:
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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:
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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 ;)
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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
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Dont worry.....mines legit. 100%!!
Won off it US ebay too, so straight outa the states.
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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 ;).
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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:
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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