Paint cleaning/renovating

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mac
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Paint cleaning/renovating

Post by mac » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:41 pm

Not for the car, I've bought a bike and the red paint is looking quite dull and faded on the plastic fairings (the same red on the tank seems fine)

I've done the usual - a bit of claybar, some T Cut, even a little rubbing compound by hand, followed by a bunch of megaiurs stuff and whilst it's looking better it's still lacking clarity.

Any ideas?

Do any of our valeting guys do bikes - I'm sure we could get enough to cover a full day?

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Re: Paint cleaning/renovating

Post by Mikie711 » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:47 pm

Bikes are a pain to do, not sure if it's because the process or paint is different but had this problem in the past. No help I know but might just be that the fairing is plastic and the tank metal.
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Re: Paint cleaning/renovating

Post by allyrennie » Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:20 pm

Same principles apply to plastics sir as metal, just different compounds and pads, less heat and less speed!!!

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