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Road bike is clean, but the paint seems to have dulled a bit, could do with some polish.
Any recommendations?
Toothpaste. Seriously. It's a very fine abrasive/polish
Plus it will smell minty fresh 🙂
Polish is to make things look shiny. Toothpaste is for your teeth.
http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=HD
is where it's at.
[b]fourbanger[/b] has it spot on, I bought a frame off here that looked like it needed a respray, now it has been mistaken for new. It's good stuff.
Having tried both autoglym and toothpaste on paint, the results are indistinguishable. Autoglym for metal though.
see also T-cut, Farecla etc...
If you're seriously sitting there trying to sell the world the virtues of a tooth cleaning product for polishing bicycles, then I won't spend any more time squaring the ends of my fingers off arguing. However, Autoglym is £12.50 a litre and toothpaste is about £30 a litre. Your call!
and i just found some autoglym in the cupboard.
However, Autoglym is £12.50 a litre and toothpaste is about £30 a litre. Your call!
Autoglym. Does exactly what it says on the tin. ([i]"Induce vomiting if swallowed"[/i] unfortunately) Will stick with toothpaste.
Lol. Just on the basis that you don't need a lot and if it's a one off you've almost certainly got toothpaste already. Fwiw I have autoglym for exactly what it's for...