I am riding and restoring a 1980 kawasaki 650 Four F1 motorcycle, and decided to try and polish the aluminum engine side cases due to them being tarnished and corroded beneath the plastic coating due to the age of the machine. Other than sandpaper or steel wool, I was hoping there might be an easier and less obtrusive technique for removing the protective plastic coating from the aluminum parts on my bike?
2006-10-17 21:15:08 · 4 answers · asked by dreamweaver_006 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
get a flame thrower
2006-10-17 21:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Plastic coating? You don't mean paint coating do you? When I polished painted aluminum on my bike I just used paint stripper a wire brush and some steel wool. I let the stripper work for a while brushed it off, used O grade steal wool then OOOO steal wool, then a cloth and some mothers aluminum polish.
2006-10-17 21:27:26 · answer #2 · answered by ITS ME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be clear laquer, actually. So chemical strippers should work to take it off. The reason it is there in the first place is that aluminum will not stay shiny after you polish it without some kind of airtight coating.
That's a lot of polishing... wouldn't it look cool painted black?
2006-10-21 05:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by SLamBob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The aluminum is going to rust a lot faster. To you metallurgists, it will oxidize. It will require constant polishing and waxing. The easiest way to polish aluminum to a shinny luster is with a polishing wheel -
http://www.caswellplating.com/index.htm
Go to - Buffing Polishing
2006-10-18 03:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋