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02-08-09, 11:22 AM

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Doohickie

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Originally Posted by Saintly Loser

Any tips on bringing it back to life? Mine has rust on some of the painted bits, especially the fenders. I noticed you'd managed to clean that up pretty well on yours. Did you do anything special? Use any special cleaners?

Any tips much appreciated.

I used WD-40 as a solvent on a rag to clean it up, then waxed it with carnuba car wax. I think I'm just lucky in that there wasn't too much rust on it; the worst is the leading edge of the front fender but since it's painted dark and the rust is dark brown it doesn't really jump out at you.

I hear that this wasn't the best of ideas, but to clean the chrome I used WD-40 and 0000 steel wool. I hear brass wool is better for the finish.

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