[Tracerboy]

Anyone have any thoughts on what to use to get the spots that develop on the polished Spider frames after a while from sweat, mud, rain etc. I have tried blue magic and it helps a little. Maybe I need to give it some more muscle and/or time?

 

[Hecubus]

Thats the problem with polished aluminum. Looks like crap after a while. Clear coating it is the easiest way to keep the shine. I think you'll need metal polishing compund and a lot of work to keep it looking new.

 

[tom schoonveld]

spots on frame

There is a polish called" never dull" it is a wadding polish. You can find it in automotive stores,hardware,maybe even Home depot. It works pretty well. Its used to polish aluminum wheels. Hope that helps.

 

[yewweng]

What about the existing clearcoat on the frame?

Wouldn't these polishing agents scrub away the existing clear coat on the ball burnished frame and cause more raw metal to be exposed?

 

[Quattro]

Anyone have any thoughts on what to use to get the spots that develop on the polished Spider frames after a while from sweat, mud, rain etc. I have tried blue magic and it helps a little. Maybe I need to give it some more muscle and/or time?

I have a Tracer. It came as "ball burnished", not smooth as polished frames. I took the frame apart and polished it on a wheel and polished out the rough ball burnished surface.Ball burnishing makes the surface harder and makes it resistant to scratches. After a while aluminum gets dull. If you have either finish, it will dull out. You can buy some liquid polish(metal) at a grocery store. It chemically polishes the surface and removes the "dull" look right away. Scratches can be removed with polishing or rubbing compound (auto paint finish). I touch up my frame with the liquid polish and it looks new again. If I really wanted to take it apart again, I could polish it up like new(it takes about a day) on a polishing wheel and polishing compound. The touch up method works fine. On the comment on clear finishing. I tried clear coat(spray) on a polished fork and it dulled and looked bad after a while(you can't repolish it). I also had a powder coat clear on a frame, and it dulled with no way to repolish it.

 

[Gman086]

Mutha's

There is no overlay coating on the aluminum frames so feel free to polish away. Nevr-Dull works good for quick touch ups but the KING of aluminum polish is Mother's Metal Polish available at any automotive store. Ask any metal worker - it RULES!

Rock and ROLL!

G MAN

 

[TT.]

I like mine blonde