Tarnished Spokes - What to use ?

7 posts & 6 voices | Started 10 months ago by caledonia | Latest reply from MrOvershoot

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caledonia - Member

Hey all,
My daughter's Merida Dakar is less than 1 year old, and for some reason over the winter (in the shed) the spokes have all tarnished.
Now I know she didn't ride it in the salt, and I've so far tried Muc Off and de-greaser to try and clean them up, but it seems to be a proper infection of the metal.

2 questions,
1) What (if anything) can I use to polish up the tarnished spokes ?
2) Is this likely to cause any weakness in the wheel ? Or is it all cosmetic

Cheers !
Cale.

Posted 10 months ago #
sslowpace - Member

Probably not stainless steel spokes. Cosmetic and can be polished with one of those green plastic pan cleaners.

Posted 10 months ago #
takisawa2 - Member

Wire wool & a bit of car polish to keep them shiny.

Posted 10 months ago #
supertramp - Member

those pan scourers are very abrasive it would clean them up for now, but long term might make them much worse! can you post a close up pic?

Posted 10 months ago #
caledonia - Member

Will try and post up tonight.
Didn't want to try wire wool without seeking advice first !
Cheers for the info so far !

Posted 10 months ago #
Orange Crush - Member

Peek polish - seems to be as near as you can get now to Belgom Alu. Effective and non-abrasive. At my local shoe repair shop.

Posted 10 months ago #
MrOvershoot - Member

Brasso-Duraglit was what I always used years ago on spokes before I had stainless ones.
Polishes up bare aluminium a treat too

Posted 10 months ago #

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