Originally Posted by
VintageSteelEU
Overall, all these parts would polish very nicely, if you have the patience. I am more lazy these days than I used to be and use rotary tool for that and then Peek polishing paste and microfibre cloth. Looks decent enough. Few years back I would have done it by hand, finishing at 5000 grit sandpaper and then the polishing paste, but it was too time consuming.
I wish I had enough hours in my days off to give them that sort of attention. Usually I strip the frame all the way down and clean all metal parts with mineral spirits then all aluminum gets hand polished with Mother's Mag. Chrome gets 0000 steel wool. That's enough elbow grease for me, thank you!