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i'm lost as to what i should do with myself for the coming weeks.
i'm meant to be guiding but had a stupid fall and twisted my knee resulting in a stretched tendon soi'm out for two weeks at least. hopefully i can drive the luggage van around, but still, no riding for me.
so i was wondering if i could kill a few lonely hours in the evening by trying to bring my Alpine back to its former royal purple glory.
for that instant "ooohh" i've got silicone spray, but it wears off after a ride.
can i t-cut or polish the paint so that it shines once more like it used to?
on another note, i can't believe i even considered selling the frame two years ago. it's awesome.
fanks
J
polish then wax, yep.
T-Cut leaves a dull finish in my experience, so you need T-Cut, then a finer polish like Autoglym, then a wax to keep it looking swish. I did this to repair scuffing on my old frame and it came out looking lurverly.
ETA: This was on regular paint, not powder coat.
Anyone done polish/wax on rims? Got some DT Swiss 5.1s which are looking a bit tired 😛
Anyone done polish/wax on rims
you can polish my rim
very, very fine wet and dry and washing up liquid and water would get it really shiny. You need P1200 or P2500. Try it on an inside bit first. You may need to cut some areas without or only a little bit of water 1st if they are badly scratched.
The guy who powder coated a frame for me said t-cut would polish out any minor imperfections and blemishes. Wouldn't touch it with wet and dry. T-Cut followed by some wax perhaps?
Could try using a clay bar like they do on car body work. Keep it really wet and should be fine. I use it on the sides of the car where all the grime and brake pad particles embed ino the paint and it lifts it out easily. Needs polishing afterwards though.
We use one of the high end car polishing / cutting compunds to take out surfaces scratches from powder coat at work, works fine.
Wouldn't T-cut it. As mentioned above, a compound is what you should look at. Something like 3M Finesse-it followed by a cleaning polish/wax to protect again.
Check out http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/ for kit.
What is T-Cut if its not some mild abasive polishing compound??