Hey Billy,any update on this?
How is the shine holding up after a washing?
I have one to do this weekend and wanted to know if the shine will be long term?
Hey Billy,any update on this?
How is the shine holding up after a washing?
I have one to do this weekend and wanted to know if the shine will be long term?
1981 ATC 70
1978 ATC 90
1985 ATC 250R
1993 modded Banshee."Sounds like an Indy car on crack"
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I have a 200e plastic tank that has faded white just like yours. Thanks for the idea. Already have a new can of mothers.
Tammy I haven't had the tank on a bike but its sat in the shop and still looks very good. I will say though that after this amount of time, its easier to tell I spent more time working the left side then the right. The left side were I started and spent the most time does still look awesome, better then new probably. The right side, I started using the scour pad more as a quicker way to clean off the oxidation vs the red shop rags, and it didn't come out quite as well. Its more time consuming to use the red shop rags, and then the yellow terry cloths but that will be the best results IMO. Use lots, and lots of polish.
Ok cool.
Lotsa polish,like a golfball size wad to start?
1981 ATC 70
1978 ATC 90
1985 ATC 250R
1993 modded Banshee."Sounds like an Indy car on crack"
www.cosmicquads.com
Maybe not that big but you'll have to re-apply it frequently. The main thing is, make sure you have enough that the friction stays low. When it starts to get harder to polish, ya need more.
Ok thanks for the tips.I will try to get some progress pics as I go.
1981 ATC 70
1978 ATC 90
1985 ATC 250R
1993 modded Banshee."Sounds like an Indy car on crack"
www.cosmicquads.com
Bump on this again.
Mrs,Mosh weasled out of doing this for me.
So yesterday I took Billy's tips,and wow.I cant believe how easy it was.My tank was not trashed,but pretty ugly,dry cracking,black stains ETC.
Now it looks very nice.I spent maybe 1-2 hours on it.
I will post some pics later today.Thanks Billy,again
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billy try usign tooth paste it has tiny bits fo abrasive in it and worked wellfor alot of the bikes i have done before
ok here goes, 85 atc70,2 84 atc70's 83 alt50,83 atc110 , 70 us 90 parot green, 85/86 350x garage queen, stock rider 85 350x, project 85 350x 85 250r drag bike, 2 85 250sx's, alt185, , scat tracker?99blaster,85 250r rider,85 250r ice racer project ,93 kx500,99 xr200r, 91 dr250s ,89 lt500 quadzilla,88 lt250quadracer, 88 trx250r race full on race quad,, 01 yamahakodiak400, kawaki kd100,lt50 for my doughters,93 300ex, 230 quadsport, lt185, lt250 quadrunner,84200s, is that enough?
I did not get any before pics.But it was ugly.Here is a finished pic.Thanks Billy!
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Awesome! like brand freakin new!
Great idea on this new forum. I'm going to give this a try on my red Tecate tank. It looks no where near as bad as what you started with so hopefully it shapes up nicely. It looks a lot better than the green Tecate tanks as well. Just some slight "whiting". My front and rear fenders are nice other than some scratches (no cracks) so this will make it it fairly sharp bike with some new decals.
08 Outlaw 525s
07 CRF70
04 Harley FLHRCI
04 TRX90
03 XR650R
03 400EX- XR650R engine
02 XR100R
01 Banshee
00 XR50R
00 XR70R
99 PW50
99 JR50
96,95 Sportsman 400
95 Xplorer 400
94 Indy XLT
87 Trail Boss
86,86,86,86,86 Scrambler
86 TRX70 x2
85 ATC350X
85,84 ATC250R
85 Red Tecate
85 LT50 x2
84 XR500R
84,84,84,84,83,82,80,79 ATC70
82,79 XL500R
83 ALT50
79,78,77,77,76 XT/TT500
76,75,74 XL70
72,71,71,71 SL70
72 Harley FX
72,71,70,70,70,70,70 CT70H
72 SL100
70,69 Z50
I'm going to try this on a sun damaged headlight bucket that I have. I will post before and afters.
Rob
Anybody try doing it with a buffing wheel? I am wondering if the speed you buff will have anything to do with it. I polish my rims with a drill and buffing pad attachments, I can definately see some of the real fine pads working and speeding up the process as well.
I have to ask, Did it brighten the color back to it's original red? Mine seems as if it has discolored. I have been searching for a solution. It just looks weird. check it out.......
This is the lates picture with the new Maier shrouds
But this one really shows the color fade or darkness. It has the old shrouds on in this pic, but the problem is as pronounced as this from different angles. Thanks for any info or suggestions ahead of time.
1986 ATC250r
1984 ATC70
Use the red shop towels more, it'll sort of "scrub" that discoloration off as your using the mothers polishing compound. The fine yellow terry cloths are for the final "shine" buff.
I've not used an electric one and can't really offer any guidance on it.
Your the man there Bill, Ive started to do it to my other 85 R and its tits!
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