Rust spots on Chrome

To be specific my headlight . Any recommendations for getting rid of these ?

And yes, today I cleaned the bike and hated every moment of it


Will

 

Hello, Will!
You wrote on Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:10:20 +1100:

WS> To be specific my headlight . Any recommendations for getting rid of
WS> these ?

WS> And yes, today I cleaned the bike and hated every moment of it

Depending on how deep the rust goes, try a scourer pad (one of those green dishwashing thingy's). Failing that, take it to a metal polisher (cost you about $5-10) and he'll do a good job.

 

Try Solvol Autosol metal polish.

Boxer

 

Homebrand matte black spraypaint. Mask off at least some of the
headlight lens first. Or don't, hey, it's your bike.

-----sharks

 

Shit Mick would you really do that to your bike ? A scourer is going to
leave shitloads of little scratches and scrub half the metal away

Will, get a tube of autosol, if that doesn't work then consider taking
it to a professional, but elbow grease and autosol can just about
anything shiny

JL

 

Hello, John!
You wrote on Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:57:10 +1100:

JL> MickK wrote:
JL> Shit Mick would you really do that to your bike ? A scourer is going to
JL> leave shitloads of little scratches and scrub half the metal away

lol, that's alot of scrubbing. The plastic green ones to which I was referring don't (plastic doesn't scratch metal). They are also excellent at removing grease from rims (with a little kero added). They will however, scratch your plastics (perspex/fairing) so I wouldn't recommend using them in that area. The scourer you may have been thinking of was probably the rolled up metal type used to scrub pans etc. They would scratch and take half the metal away.

JL> Will, get a tube of autosol, if that doesn't work then consider taking
JL> it to a professional, but elbow grease and autosol can just about
JL> anything shiny

A metal polisher is going to use an abrasive material as well although if he/she is any good, they will only remove the pitted surface material.

 

To get rid of the headlight there are some bolts you have to undo.
When they are undone and you have unplugged the wiring then you have
gotten rid of the headlight.
HTH

 

thx to all

John also suggests autosol so will go and get some now

 

Green scotchbrite, yes it'll scratch chrome, chrome scratches quite
easily imnsho

Of course it does, but there's abrasive and there's abrasive - that's
why they put numbers on sandpaper...

JL