Need help cleaning my frame.

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Edited Date/Time 12/15/2014 3:44am
Allright guys,
I'm busy with cleaning my frame !
I have tried red scotch brite and wd40 and that gave me a scratchy finish..

Today i bought green scotch brite but also a brown and a white one wich are softer and less aggresive.
Green gave me again a scratchy finish, At least the white schotch brite gave me almost none scratches but giving me again a polished mirror finish wich i don't want

What result i trying to get is a nice grey finish, without a glossy polished effect.
Like the bottom of my frame.

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Paw Paw 271 12/1/2014 9:14am
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Use a buffing wheel and metal polish.

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mxBryan 12/1/2014 9:33am
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Paw Paw 271 wrote:
Use a buffing wheel and metal polish.

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But that will give me a mirror shine finish ??
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bigboar 12/1/2014 11:40am
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have a look in my thread and you can see how I did mine in a brushed finish. If you want just dull without the brushed finish all you need to do is spray it down with aluma-bright and then rinse it and it will look like your lower rails....

http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Race-Shop,42/Anybody-from-FMF-I-need-help…

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bigboar 12/1/2014 11:43am
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Here is a pic of the brushed finish...


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Kawirider 12/1/2014 3:09pm
12/1/2014 3:09pm
Go with the frame rails not across like seen above
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mxBryan 12/1/2014 3:21pm
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I'm building a Ricky Carmichael MXoN 2001 replica, I want to get the same finish as his bike had.

I don't think this bike had a brushed finish ? Kinda hard to see..
Matt Fisher 12/1/2014 10:11pm
12/1/2014 10:11pm
Green scotchbrite pad with contact cleaner.
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mxtech1 12/2/2014 10:13am
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Green and brown all the way
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Slosh 112 12/4/2014 3:13pm
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Also go with the grain of the frame tubes. long continuous strokes. that will give you less prominent swirly scratches. I started with a 600 grit wet and dry and went down to 2000 grit to get a nice smooth finish and then i finished it off with brown and then white scotch brite. The 09 CRF frame I'm doing for a friend has come up like new with only about 4 hrs of elbow grease.
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mxBryan 12/13/2014 8:01am
12/13/2014 8:01am Edited Date/Time 12/13/2014 8:03am
Ok guys thanks for the tips, They were useful ! I decided to go with a lightly brushed finish..
I started with cleaning the frame with a aluminum wheel cleaner.



Then i used green scotchbrite and WD40 (this time i used scotchbrite of 3M which felt alot different of the one i tried before).
I did the long continuous strokes method like Slosh said.


And 2 hours off elbow grease later, I wiped the frame with brake cleaner and then rinsed her of with degreaser and water.

I only need to finish it off a last time with white scotchbrite or again with green, Because i think i can get a little better result then what i now have..

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jhansen510 12/14/2014 10:16am
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Much better! I have learned to research before trying. Results are much closer to what you want when you first ask someone that knows what they are doing!
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rmartin517 12/14/2014 10:49am
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This stuff works wonders if you have a Napa in your area.



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mxBryan 12/15/2014 3:44am
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rmartin517 wrote:
This stuff works wonders if you have a Napa in your area. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/12/14/73807/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
This stuff works wonders if you have a Napa in your area.



I had to use alloy wheel cleaner, Bought a agressive one for a good clean result !
Here in Belgium we don't have NAPA products, Neither we have that wonderful polish stuff of mothers polish. Would lik to have one of these.

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