Getting polish off the black bits. - SV650.org

19-08-09, 09:04 PM

Through careless polishing I've got quite a bit of polish on the wrong bits, like the mirrors, the black frame, the seat and the plastic infil panels.

Its left white marks that wont clean off.

Any tips?

19-08-09, 09:05 PM

spit.

Spiderman · 19-08-09, 09:09 PM

bepends on the polish i guess. I left a load of Mer on the black bits and it was there for good seeing as i only noticed a couple of days later.

Then at a bike show they had a Mer stand and they sold a product that would remove it. Result. Cant remember what it was called tho as i didnt buy it as i;d sprayed the bits silver by then.

Point is a product does exist and its not back to black or any of those other silicon based things.

Contact Mer perhaps and run it by them, or whoevers polish it is you use of course.

19-08-09, 09:33 PM

Trade secret, try a baby wipe or a hand wipe nudge nudge wink wink

Spiderman · 19-08-09, 10:13 PM

oooh, trade secrets. I love em. Will remember this if i do it again..which knowing me i will, lol.

19-08-09, 10:17 PM

or wd40 on a rag

DarrenSV650S · 19-08-09, 10:24 PM

Don't polish it in the first place. Wipe it with a sponge

Bibio · 20-08-09, 02:50 AM

well you learn something new every day. according to MER you can use the polish as 'wash & wax' by adding a cap or two full when washing the bike.

must try the baby wipes thing the next time.

20-08-09, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

or wd40 on a rag

this is my method

20-08-09, 06:58 AM

This will make you laugh and you probably won't believe it, but peanut butter or ground nut oil is superb at removing polish from Plastic trim.

Rob.

19-08-09, 09:04 PM	#1
Miles Guest Posts: n/a	Getting polish off the black bits. Through careless polishing I've got quite a bit of polish on the wrong bits, like the mirrors, the black frame, the seat and the plastic infil panels. Its left white marks that wont clean off. Any tips?

19-08-09, 09:05 PM	#2
zsv650 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... spit.

19-08-09, 09:09 PM	#3
Spiderman Where the hell am I? Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Swingin' thru the urban jungle Posts: 7,451	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... bepends on the polish i guess. I left a load of Mer on the black bits and it was there for good seeing as i only noticed a couple of days later. Then at a bike show they had a Mer stand and they sold a product that would remove it. Result. Cant remember what it was called tho as i didnt buy it as i;d sprayed the bits silver by then. Point is a product does exist and its not back to black or any of those other silicon based things. Contact Mer perhaps and run it by them, or whoevers polish it is you use of course. __________________ . "Computers are great! Not for communicating tho. They have one fundamental flaw ... they don't have eyebrows." AlpineCarStereo: you win ....... eeerrr ..... ummm ..... my undying support of you, the greatest Mod this forum has ever known. My Leige. davepreston: i bow to your modding godliness. vixis: He's this really cute Persian tea-boy, Im so not giving you his number :P

19-08-09, 09:33 PM	#4
Icanopit Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... Trade secret, try a baby wipe or a hand wipe nudge nudge wink wink

19-08-09, 10:13 PM	#5
Spiderman Where the hell am I? Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Swingin' thru the urban jungle Posts: 7,451	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... oooh, trade secrets. I love em. Will remember this if i do it again..which knowing me i will, lol. __________________ . "Computers are great! Not for communicating tho. They have one fundamental flaw ... they don't have eyebrows." AlpineCarStereo: you win ....... eeerrr ..... ummm ..... my undying support of you, the greatest Mod this forum has ever known. My Leige. davepreston: i bow to your modding godliness. vixis: He's this really cute Persian tea-boy, Im so not giving you his number :P

19-08-09, 10:17 PM	#6
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... or wd40 on a rag

19-08-09, 10:24 PM	#7
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,404	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... Don't polish it in the first place. Wipe it with a sponge

20-08-09, 02:50 AM	#8
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,540	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... well you learn something new every day. according to MER you can use the polish as 'wash & wax' by adding a cap or two full when washing the bike. must try the baby wipes thing the next time.

20-08-09, 06:58 AM	#10
RobH13 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Getting polish off the black bits... This will make you laugh and you probably won't believe it, but peanut butter or ground nut oil is superb at removing polish from Plastic trim. Rob.

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