Cleaning

[Flyer]

OK, car polish for the plastic and painted bits, chrome cleaner for the cans, but what's best for the aluminium bits like the swing arm to get oil off and to bring them up looking good?

Flyer

 

[Paul G (BHT)]

The Telelever isn't aluminium it's Silver paint, I use thiners or White Spirits.... I kid you not. Don't go mad with it, just 'polish' it with a cloth with it on and then buff it dry.... does the job for me

 

[The Mechanic]

OK, car polish for the plastic and painted bits, chrome cleaner for the cans, but what's best for the aluminium bits like the swing arm to get oil off and to bring them up looking good?

Flyer

Nope sorry, try Johnsons Baby Shampoo (the original stuff) its cheap and very effective. Contains no surfectants so your paint won't get stained and there'll be no tears if you get it in your eyes.

Don't use car polish on plastics, try silicon polish or Mr Sheen far better and less degrading to the plastics, especially the black plastic.

You ought to avoid too much chrome cleaner on the silencers if they are OE instead use good quality liquid wax polish and elbow grease.

For the front pipes ....to remove the bluing...use brown parcel paper and Auto Solvol but take care you may go through the chrome finish, this tip courtesy of BM? w/shop foreman.


WD40 on the 'silver bits' posing as aluminium, fetches most stains off and leaves nice shine....sray it on the rag not the bike or it'll go every where.

Oh and never use paper towels/kitchen roll on the windscreen as paper is a wood product and will leave tiny scratches even if its the softest kind (bog paper). Use soft cloth like the baby's sheets.

Works for me everytime, baby shampoo good on the car as well!

After all this hard work I

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

i only use northern arabian goat lanolin applied with the hind quarters fur of mink fed only on sheeps milk.

( but on the bike i use whatevers free at the time )

Phil

 

[The Mechanic]

Lovely!

i only use northern arabian goat lanolin applied with the hind quarters fur of mink fed only on sheeps milk.

( but on the bike i use whatevers free at the time )

Phil

Yes,yes, but does it leave your hands all nice and soft for breast fondling and stuff. Or does it leave everything 'bid red and ugly'?

 

[Flyer]

Thanks TM.

Flyer

 

[GSbruce]

The best thing you can use for just about every kind of cleaning is WD40 (or GT85 smells better), but as said in a previous post apply to a rag first.
You can buy it in bulk and use it in a hand spray.
Don't use a pressure washer ever.
A light hose down after a wash is much safer, DRY OFF PROPERLY and then apply WD 40/GT85 to all but Disc, wheels and tyres, polish the paintwork if you must. She will stay looking like new.
Always use clean cloths.
One of the best bits of cleaning kit is a 2'' paint brush (good quality), it will get into all those hard to get at places and not damage anything.
Happy cleaning!
I'm not an cleaning addict you know, I could give it up anytime (sniff) I just don't want to thats all.

Now where's my soapy suds: