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Post by px166bajaj on Sept 12, 2006 3:54:55 GMT
Anyone heard of any product for protecting alloy from going manky? There used to be a laquer product available which you could paint onto alloy parts to protect them, but I haven't seen it advertised for years.
While I'm on the subject of cleaning, I found a tube of this brilliant product called "Stahldur" in an ols cupboard. Its a detergent which is for cleaning stainless steel sinks, without scratching them. You just wipe it on with a damp cloth and then rise off with a wet cloth. It works really well on chrome etc.
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Post by enu06 on Sept 12, 2006 7:54:45 GMT
Stahldur is marketed by a company in Norway called VIDCOM, google either and you will find it. They make all sorts of cleaning stuff, and its good, we get it up here as Norway is one of our neighbours.
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Post by px166bajaj on Sept 12, 2006 17:51:24 GMT
Thanks, the hunt begins............
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Post by jialing on Oct 3, 2006 14:40:33 GMT
years ago when chrome was the order of the day on bikes as well as cars there used to be a product on the market called Solvol autosol, it was brilliant for cleaning chrome. I dont know how it would be be for alloys though.
I feel sure that some companies such as Holts might put out a special alloy cleaner that people use for cleaning alloy wheels on cars. Might be worth you while doing a search on that one while your surfing. You never know what you might find on the WWW.
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Post by hodgeyboy on Oct 3, 2006 17:09:04 GMT
Last week saw a programme on Discovery Channel that, oddly enough, as neither about Sharks OR Nazis...
It's called 'Myth Busters' and they do various 'Kitchen Sink' science experiments to test out commonly held views or....'myths'
They found that coca cola was excellent for cleaning chrome - Go Figure!
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Post by enu06 on Oct 3, 2006 17:46:20 GMT
Solvo is still widely avaliable, but I found it made ali go black and bloody hard work to get the shine back after. Duraglit does the same too, but I use this stuff that looks like an old bar of soap that profesional polishers use on machines, get a bar of the and you wont need any more for life. The best paint polish I've found is called BOSUN, you might find it at a market stall, car/bike event or on TV, you put it on a wet sponge while the bikeor car is still wet and wipe it on, then wipe it off. Brilliant, hard shine easy as anything. Not tried Cillit Bang yet though!
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Post by px166bajaj on Oct 3, 2006 18:46:04 GMT
I read an article in "Scootering" magazine about a chroming company. The guy said that the best thing for chrome was to wash it regularly with washing up liquid. Solvol works by removing a microscopic layer of chrome. Eventually, you will end up with no chrome!
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Post by larry8 on Oct 4, 2006 13:16:04 GMT
Best way for cleaning alloy is to have it bead blasted.
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Post by enu06 on Oct 4, 2006 15:11:02 GMT
A word on lacquers, think back to the 70's I had several Suzuki, Honda etc, they sprayed the ali castings with a clear lacquer, it cracked and water got underneath and it looked awful and you cant get it off. Same happens with car wheels, I think I will stick to elbow grease.
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Post by larry8 on Oct 7, 2006 23:52:56 GMT
You could paint it.
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Post by peter on Oct 10, 2006 8:03:29 GMT
Watcha,
Washing up liquid contains salt - bad !
I always used Solvol its good for alloy and ok for chrome, but like the guy said, will eventualy remove the chrome if used to often. I always used to get my alloy stuff professionaly poilished. Comes up like chrome, and as long as you clean it with Solvol, will keep looking cool for a long time.
Cheers
Pete
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