My 1st attempt at fender polishing

[Latty]

I have a 1983 Suzuki ALT50. I bought a used fender off eBay that was dull, faded with a few strained marks but not cracked. After reading the tutorials from a couple of the fender gurus on here I decided to give it a try and have to say that I was pleasantly surprised! It took a lot of work and it's still not perfect but very usable. No Armor All or polish.
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[tripledog]

Very nice. The fenders look like new!

[Latty]

I just applied the decals and set a seat on it to see what it'll look like:) This seat actually goes on my LT50 but I'm waiting on a new seat cover and mud flaps for my ALT50. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/19/853a29b8dfd9fc6f2fa08c89de69b422.jpg


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[Onetrackmind]

Wow...that looks great! What method did you use....you said no polish, right?

[Latty]

I used basically the sanding/buffing method that Darius posted on here in a tutorial. I did used a compound and polish when buffing. When I said "no polish" I meant no shining type of polish like Armor All or anything was added afterwards to give it that shine. The shine in the pictures is a dry shine achieved by the sanding and buffing, it will not wipe off:) I hope that wasn't confusing.


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[Onetrackmind]

Thanks for clearing that up...I'm not the sharpest tool in the box [emoji2]
It looks great...I need to do the same on mine. I attacked my plastic R tank for several hours trying to remove oxidation, but it still doesn't look as good as my fenders (which don't look that good either).

[MPDano]

I used basically the sanding/buffing method that Darius posted on here in a tutorial. I did used a compound and polish when buffing. When I said "no polish" I meant no shining type of polish like Armor All or anything was added afterwards to give it that shine. The shine in the pictures is a dry shine achieved by the sanding and buffing, it will not wipe off:) I hope that wasn't confusing.


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Wow, that looks very nice. Care to share the link to the Darius tutorial?

[Latty]

I'm not real computer savvy so hopefully this is right:)

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php?t=171685


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[Dirtweed]

That looks really good. I have to try this on my KLT160 Fenders. It's tooooo cold here to work outside, I wonder if the wife will let me do wet sanding in the tub....

[atc007]

That looks really good. I have to try this on my KLT160 Fenders. It's tooooo cold here to work outside, I wonder if the wife will let me do wet sanding in the tub....

If you tell her how much fun it is,,,she may even jump in and help you ;)

[MPDano]

I'm not real computer savvy so hopefully this is right:)

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php?t=171685


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Thanks for posting that.

Leo

[Latty]

Finished the tank today. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/20/e379393c29a7615d95edd12758e8ece8.jpg


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[effort=results]

VVVVeeerrry nice work man. that tank is ssooooooo cuuuuutttteeeee!

[Darius1502]

I have a 1983 Suzuki ALT50. I bought a used fender off eBay that was dull, faded with a few strained marks but not cracked. After reading the tutorials from a couple of the fender gurus on here I decided to give it a try and have to say that I was pleasantly surprised! It took a lot of work and it's still not perfect but very usable. No Armor All or polish.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/18/1b3dc72c43b9c2c34f7aa27320a5f2cf.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/18/0a3e17dd10f11c3ad3d5e191a4664e34.jpg


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All I can say is none of my fenders looked like that BEFORE. And none look that good AFTER! You've SURPASSED me brother! Amazing JOB! Truly spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its so exciting that we can do this and save so many of these great machines!

The hardest part is plastic...paint is easy! Stellar work!

[Darius1502]

I used basically the sanding/buffing method that Darius posted on here in a tutorial. I did used a compound and polish when buffing. When I said "no polish" I meant no shining type of polish like Armor All or anything was added afterwards to give it that shine. The shine in the pictures is a dry shine achieved by the sanding and buffing, it will not wipe off:) I hope that wasn't confusing.


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And that's the best shine there is! Its funny (and you know this) that if you added Amor All to this it would look WORSE! The best shine is a dry shine!

I've noticed that Novus 2 on a buffing pad will give them a crazy good sheen too... You can refresh them from time to time!

[Latty]

Darius I appreciate the compliments from you as well as everyone else. I definitely don't think I've surpassed you since you have done several sets and they all look great. I am just glad that I joined 3WW or I would have never thought to try it. I have learned so much on here in just a few months and look forward to learning more and sharing any experiences I have that might help someone else. Thanks again!!!


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[Latty]

I finally finished the project that these fenders went on!

I posted a complete rebuild thread in the new member section if you want to check it out:)
http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php?t=173227



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