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WheelyNealy

In: Near Driffield
Posts: 2751

whats the best way to get a nice clean finnish to a black engine ? it does'nt matter what I use it allways comes out with a film of dirt like dust on my engine cases as its a fairly old bike i put it down to that but there must be some way of getting a nice shine back into early 90's triumph engines any Ideas

Message posted by WheelyNealy on 17 July 2011 at 23:05

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WheelyNealy @ 17/07/2011 23:05:25

Deleted Member

In: NA
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Wash it dry then cloth wd40 and then wipe all excess off, nothing will stay clean for long

Message posted by Deleted Member on 17 July 2011 at 23:44

Deleted Member @ 17/07/2011 23:44:36

In: Birmingham
Posts: 11141

The film of dirt is the soap that still on it make sure the motor is cold and the water is very hot when you wash it over if you have a compressor dry off with air gun then as JTB says WD4O on a cloth or just spray on and dab off then polish any alloy casings with solvo autosol if you get any polish on the black just use old tooth brush with wd40

Message posted by JP on 18 July 2011 at 03:20

JP @ 18/07/2011 03:20:15

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I just douse mine with Scottoiler FS365 - works miracles!

Message posted by Deleted Member on 18 July 2011 at 07:19

Deleted Member @ 18/07/2011 07:19:56

In: Birmingham
Posts: 11141

Sorry forgot to say lots of hard work there is no easy option

Message posted by JP on 18 July 2011 at 16:06

JP @ 18/07/2011 16:06:19

Greg62

In: Chesterfield
Posts: 17

Hide it behind a full fairing Smile

Message posted by Greg62 on 18 July 2011 at 18:49

Greg62 @ 18/07/2011 18:49:09

WheelyNealy

In: Near Driffield
Posts: 2751

thanks for the input guys Ive tried the wd40 trick it just dries and leaves a dull white film of dirt ! what about silicon spray has anyone used that ?

Message posted by WheelyNealy on 19 July 2011 at 08:42

WheelyNealy @ 19/07/2011 08:42:06

mickyd

In: chester
Posts: 65

Hi Wheely , I have a tiger and i use SDOC 100 Black and Shine , works for me !
kev

Message posted by mickyd on 28 July 2011 at 20:12

mickyd @ 28/07/2011 20:12:37

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