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Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:42 pm
by alexwitham
My standard exhaust on my nc30 has a few scratches on the protector plate thingy (you know what i mean).
Would Wet'n'Dry + Autosol sort that out? Or very fine emery cloth?

Thanks
Alex

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:15 pm
by duncan
Depends on how bad the scatches/scuff mark is and how much elbow grease you are prepared to apply.Only one way to find out.

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:56 pm
by alexwitham
whatever it takes really. There are a few fairly deep scratches. i would say 0.2mm deep, i dont wanna give it a go and it makes it look worse though! :shock:

Just wondering if anyone on here has tried a DIY at removing scrapes on S/S

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:10 pm
by The Hamster
TBH, i think the wet and dry might be too harsh on the Can, and it will leave an area that looks considerably different to the rest of the can. What you could do is go over the entire can with increasingly fine grades of wet and dry to remove the deep scratches and then use a cheap £8 polishing kit from thepolishingshop.co.uk ( I think) and then re-buff it up perfectly, if not better than what is was before.
You may find that the autosol would do a nice job without the need of the polishing kit, but I do fear it will be nowhere near the same result.

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:14 pm
by viper_biker
The Hamster wrote:TBH, i think the wet and dry might be too harsh on the Can, and it will leave an area that looks considerably different to the rest of the can. What you could do is go over the entire can with increasingly fine grades of wet and dry to remove the deep scratches and then use a cheap £8 polishing kit from thepolishingshop.co.uk ( I think) and then re-buff it up perfectly, if not better than what is was before.
You may find that the autosol would do a nice job without the need of the polishing kit, but I do fear it will be nowhere near the same result.
Good job he only wants to polish the bash-plate ;)

Personally speaking, I'd just leave it as is.

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:16 pm
by alexwitham
Do you think it would be possible to get a piece of S/S made up the exact same size as the current scraped one, chop off the old one, then re-weld a new piece in its place? hmmm...

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:48 pm
by Neosophist
You could ring around a few metal polishers and ask them how much they'll charge for polishing it up (cash in hand if need be)
I've found its sometimes cheaper than buying loads of stuff to find it doesn't give expected results...

Re: Hmm..Wet'n'Dry + Autosol?

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:09 pm
by alexwitham
just rang a polisher near me and they can do it for a tenner.
also they will do it while its on the bike.
May take a trip down there next weekend =)