Projects At Home During Lockdown

[sidecar bob]

RS125 frame.
Didnt look like that earlier.

[russd7]

RS125 frame.
Didnt look like that earlier.

that looks good, what did you use to polish it?

[swarfie]

RS125 frame.
Didnt look like that earlier.

You've been busy with the Autosol...

[sidecar bob]

that looks good, what did you use to polish it?

A couple of years ago Spyda (jelly) had Alloy Fantastic at Eastern Creek. It had been shipped & left out in a shower & looked bloody horrific.
Spyda was like a one armed paper hanger, so i borrowed a bottle of this stuff off my Aussie mate Don that owns the two CR750's we run alongside.
The results were instant & effortless.
I came home & bought some online from a truck place in Palmy.

[F5 Dave]

Hmm. Might try some of that


https://automotivetruckparts.co.nz/p...e-metal-polish

[jellywrestler]

A couple of years ago Spyda (jelly) had Alloy Fantastic at Eastern Creek. It had been shipped & left out in a shower & looked bloody horrific.
Spyda was like a one armed paper hanger, so i borrowed a bottle of this stuff off my Aussie mate Don that owns the two CR750's we run alongside.
The results were instant & effortless.
I came home & bought some online from a truck place in Palmy.

yip and i brought some and told a antique dealer about, he was so happy he rung me and said he now longer had tennis elbow from rubbing things, now if only i could help my partners gynaecoligist/ cunt mechanic, with his tunnel vision

[Gearup]

The reason for all the rules is because ya can't fix stupid, this is a person who i have to keep reminding to wear a mask while using the sanders, we sand a lot of rimu and shell, both very nasty dust and yes we do have local extraction as well, this is a person who i have to remind not to have the blade set higher than necessary on the table saw, (we have already lost one thumb in my time there, no not mine), this is a middle aged person who has not long completed a pretrade at polytech as well as gone through in house training on how to use the gear safely and efficiently.

it is these people why we have to guard the shit out of machinery

Unfortunately, these type of people also operate vehicles on our roads.

[Gearup]

RS125 frame.
Didnt look like that earlier.

Wow, and I thought Autosol was the bee's knees.

[sidecar bob]

Wow, and I thought Autosol was the bee's knees.

It think it probably was in 1963.
Its still good, but things move on.

[Gearup]

It think it probably was in 1963.
Its still good, but things move on.

Heh, that's true but I'd think more than just good would apply to it.

[caspernz]

Wow, and I thought Autosol was the bee's knees.

There's a relatively easy way to bring alloy/brass stuff back from dull to shiny.

If the tarnish is savage, use soapy steelo and lots of soapy water.

For mild tarnish, 0000 steel wool and soapy water.

If surface is merely dull, my approach is Trucker's Pride Cut, then Trucker's Pride Finish.

You can cheat by using buffing wheels/balls, the finer corners/edges, no substitute for doing a bit of hand rubbing.

Autosol was the go-to product for polishing, but that's a long time ago. Purple is good, but stopped using that over 5 years ago. Info sharing is wonderful isn't it?

If you've got Autosol left to use up, add a splash of kero to it, makes it much easier to use.

[FJRider]

Unfortunately, these type of people also operate vehicles on our roads.

And breed ...

[sidecar bob]

There's a relatively easy way to bring alloy/brass stuff back from dull to shiny.

If the tarnish is savage, use soapy steelo and lots of soapy water.

For mild tarnish, 0000 steel wool and soapy water.

If surface is merely dull, my approach is Trucker's Pride Cut, then Trucker's Pride Finish.

You can cheat by using buffing wheels/balls, the finer corners/edges, no substitute for doing a bit of hand rubbing.

Autosol was the go-to product for polishing, but that's a long time ago. Purple is good, but stopped using that over 5 years ago. Info sharing is wonderful isn't it?

If you've got Autosol left to use up, add a splash of kero to it, makes it much easier to use.

I've got truckers pride, but its nowhere near as good as I was led to believe, now I discover theres two types.
I think I must have "finish" because it hard work.
I'm a huge fan of soapy steel pads. I used them on the MV & BMW mufflers with fantastic results, finishing with PMP.
And they can be got from the local dairy under level 4, I know this for a fact.

[Bonez]

went into the workshop of the airforce museum a few weeks ago as i've mates in there, they were talking guards, the subject of the guard on a drill press in case some left a chuck key in there paticularly. they asked why, chcuk key was only reason and then said why do we have them on drills with keyless chucks, no answer as to why but they must still have them fitted...

At basic eng. at Woodbourn if you left anything chuck key in anything and fired it up you went around the hanger a few times with a huge wooden chuck key.

[caspernz]

I've got truckers pride, but its nowhere near as good as I was led to believe, now I discover theres two types.
I think I must have "finish" because it hard work.
I'm a huge fan of soapy steel pads. I used them on the MV & BMW mufflers with fantastic results, finishing with PMP.
And they can be got from the local dairy under level 4, I know this for a fact.

Yeah the fact that some cutting/polishing compounds are to be used in stages is lost along the way. Alcoa has a polishing kit that works the same way, a cut, then a finish compound.
When you try and do serious polishing with the finish compound it'll need loads of elbow grease

In fairness, after the soapy steelo, we use a lot of 0000 steel wool with soapy water, as this gives a near mirror finish.
Quick rub with Trucker's Pride Cut, then the Trucker's Pride Finish and stuff gleams.

Truckers and shiny stuff aye? Bit like some bikers