What is best way to polish the blacked out motor parts on my 18 Heritage? I assume it powder coat.
Thanks
SR
What are you trying to do? Remove the black, or just get it looking new again? S100 has a spray on product to get the black looking new.
Pig Snot
Just trying to shine up the black, not trying to remove it.. I will try both.
Thanks a lot
SR
Polishing powder coat is not impossible, but difficult to get any blemishes out. When I do customers bikes with powder coated black parts I use a all purpose cleaner thats safe for powder coating, Backfire, Poorboys, many others. Use a Boars hair brush to agitate and rinse thoroughly.
Bug Slide works well, we used it at the Dealership to detail bikes.
Polishing involves using abrasives, reason I said polishing PC can be done but is very difficult to really get any blemishes out.
The pig stuff does not contain any abrasives so really no polishing going on there. Might clean and maybe, but highly doubt it, fill some small imperfections.
Quote from: sandrooney on February 10, 2019, 03:37:59 PM
Just trying to shine up the black, not trying to remove it.. I will try both.
Thanks a lot
SR
Spray the black engine parts with Armor All and spread it around with a acid brush or similar, don't wipe it off, let it soak in.
Thanks all.
Quote from: guppymech on February 12, 2019, 07:38:40 PM
Quote from: sandrooney on February 10, 2019, 03:37:59 PM
Just trying to shine up the black, not trying to remove it.. I will try both.
Thanks a lot
SR
Spray the black engine parts with Armor All and spread it around with a acid brush or similar, don't wipe it off, let it soak in.
What??? AA is not going to smack into powder coat. It will burn off as soon as the engine gets warm
Please don't do this
S100 engine brightener. Silicone lubricant works too just not as good as S100.
Quote from: phillyfan on February 13, 2019, 09:44:01 AM
Quote from: guppymech on February 12, 2019, 07:38:40 PM
Quote from: sandrooney on February 10, 2019, 03:37:59 PM
Just trying to shine up the black, not trying to remove it.. I will try both.
Thanks a lot
SR
Spray the black engine parts with Armor All and spread it around with a acid brush or similar, don't wipe it off, let it soak in.
What??? AA is not going to smack into powder coat. It will burn off as soon as the engine gets warm
Please don't do this
Been doing this since I bought my new FXLR 31 years ago, it works perfect. To each his own.
WD 40 works pretty good also
I used original bike spirits Spray cleaner/ polish for years.
Are some of you talking about the engine wrinkle black and others talking about glosspowder coat? I can second that you're going to need abrasive to polish gloss PC. I have used Meguairs scratch X by hand to remove blemishes from gloss black powder coat without having to do the whole part. It works pretty damn good for small blems. I've heard WD-40 will bring back some black to faded or dirty wrinkle black engine paint but I wouldn't think armor all or WD-40 would do squat for gloss powder coat. Not saying it won't. Saying I don't think it will.
I am wanting to shine up the gloss powder coat, not the wrinkle black. Thanks.p
Quote from: sandrooney on February 17, 2019, 05:30:29 AM
I am wanting to shine up the gloss powder coat, not the wrinkle black. Thanks.p
Tried to PM you. Your box is full. I'd heed Phillyfan's advice. I know him from Roadglide.org and he knows his detailing. That's not to put anyone else down btw.