This may not be the route you are looking for, but it worked for me. I have been cleaning up my 83' 650 and have had to clean up all of the metal engine covers as well as the forks. That varnish they put on the metal was starting to corrode. I used an automotive scuff pad made by 3M. I will have to check because I do not remember the exact name right now. It took a lot of patience, but I just dipped the scuff pad in water and started to scrub. Have to keep the pad wet to keep it from scratching too much. This took all of the old varnish off the aluminum. Then I went back with a metal polish made by Harley Davidson and polished it up. Not as shiny as a brand new piece with fresh varnish, but it does shine. These will now require a lot more attention than they would with the coating on them, but they look a lot better. Again, the coating on yours may still be in good shape. Mine was clearly starting to corrode in certain spots and looked terrible. This route is also very hard on the fingers! =)
On May 13, 6:18 pm, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > Best bet is use aluminum wool. Never use steel wool on aluminum, if you were > thinking of it. It may make it shine really bright, but it leaves bits of > steel in the surface and they will corrode later, and I don't think any > finish you can apply to allow the shine to show will protect against the > corrosion that will follow, unless you wax very regularly.... > > Stanley > > ________________________________ > From: prophetic_joe <[email protected]> > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:31:25 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Tips for cleaning the aluminum. > > Front forks and other aluminum parts are a little corroded, looking to > polish them up a bit. I have used a dremel to polish items in the past > and it has worked well. I tried some neverdull earlier today and it > didn't leave me with the results I wanted. My question really is > whether or not using a power tool to polish will take off any > protective coating or anything on the aluminum and leave me worse off > than I already am. Any ideas guys? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
