| Author | Message | ||
     Bikerrides |
My polished swingarm and PM wheels have some surface scratches from my swingarm stand, tire changes, etc. and I'd like to polish them back out. What's the best way to do that? Saw something in the knowledge vault about Mequiar's aluminum buffing compound. Is that the ticket or will something else work better? | ||
| Hootowl |
Buell recommends Mothers aluminum polish. It's in the owners manual. | ||
| Hootowl |
If they're deep, your best bet is several grades of sandpaper, wet, and then polish with mother's. | ||
| Bikerrides |
Hootowl, Yeah, the scratches won't come off w/polish; I have used Wenol on the scratches, which really makes the aluminum shine. I need something that will remove the scratches, assuming they can be gotten off. | ||
| Hootowl |
Wet sanding might be your best bet. If you polished your own swing arm, you should be familiar with that process. | ||
| Bikerrides |
I bought it newly polished, so I have no experience w/the process. Just curious if there was some kind of compound or relatively easy and straight forward way to remove the scratches. Scratches aren't deep or gouges. | ||
| Hootowl |
If they're not deep, you can polish them out, but you may have to use a coarser grade of polish or rubbing compound, probably with a mechanical buffing wheel or disk. It's tough to say what will work best without understanding how bad the scratches are. I've found that wet sanding works pretty well. You can get a mirror shine with progressively finer grades followed by polish. If we're talking about nicks on the edges from tire tools, sanding may be your only option. |
