Subject: RE: Chrome ????'s
Author: Rich Zink
Date: Oct 4, 2001, 12:11 PM
Post ID: 1708478982
Another trick I use that some seem to think is crazy but works for
me. Go buy a bag of 0000 steel wool and a tub of Mother's or Semichrome
polishing paste. Using a liberal amount of paste on a wool pad start to work
it in to the aluminum in ONE direction. After a while the whole part turns
black with compound, keep going. When done wipe down with a clean soft
cloth. Then use another wool pad w/o the compound and polish to a gleaming
shine. This gets the last little bit of compound off, that if you don't
leaves the surface a little dull looking after just the cloth. Best to use
some surgical gloves while doing this as it is pretty messy but not hard.
The results are worth it. I find without the steel wool you sometimes just
can't cut through the surface enough with just the paste. Try it before you
pay someone.
Rich
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From: John Sutton [SMTP:jsutt-@hotmail.com]
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Subject: RE: Chrome ????'s
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Rich,
Thanks for the info. I guess you figured out that I am getting
frustrated
with polishing out mine. I can't ever seem to get the same results
by hand
that a buffing wheel can get and I can't pay $100.00 every time I
want a
professional shine.
May send them off after this riding season.
See Ya:
John S.
73.5 Eldo Civ.
>From: Rich Zink <rzi-@co.alameda.ca.us
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>Subject: RE: Chrome ????'s
>Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:03:51 -0700
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> My '71 Ambo I bought from it's second owner. It has chrome
valve and
>generator belt covers (both are in just ok shape) that he claims
the
>original owner told him he bought the bike from the dealer that
way. But
>the
>original owner had also bought the bike new from the dealer with
matching
>Wixom Ranger bags and top case, a Windjammer II fairing and Fiam
air horns
>that I have taken off. So I don't know, maybe a US dealer option
(or this
>dealer specific option)
>Hey! You don't have to polish them!
> Rich
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> I have met several loopframe riders in the last several
months that
>had
> chrome-plated valve covers. One eldo and one ambo. Two of
the riders
>claimed
> that these bikes "came that way" from the factory. My
question is to
>verify
> if Guzzi ever manufactured loopframe bikes with
chrome-plated valve
>covers?
> I know that they did polish the aluminum covers on ambos but
I never
>knew if
> they actually did chrome plate them. Can anyone verify this?
> Thanks:
> John S.
> 73.5 Eldo Civ.
>
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