Bringing back the red

[1817cent]

Have any of you Cabers found a way to treat red and unrusted surfaces of fenders to bring, or help bring, the red back from the current orange? The bike was originally red but has aged to an orange because of age and oxidation. Many thanks for any tips! Jay

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

Have any of you Cabers found a way to treat red and unrusted surfaces of fenders to bring, or help bring, the red back from the current orange? The bike was originally red but has aged to an orange because of age and oxidation. Many thanks for any tips! Jay

What year is the bike? Did you try WD and 0000 steel wool ? I have had some luck with automotive polishing compound and a good waxing.

 

[1817cent]

Its a 51! Thanks for the tip..

 

[frampton]

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[Andrew Gorman]

Automotive rubbing compound or Brasso can work- some kind of relatively mild abrasive. As always, test on an inconspicuous spot first.

 

[GTs58]

Is this the color red you're dealing with? Or the bright red on the Black Phantoms?

 

[1817cent]

Its mostly the brighter red, like a Phantom.

 

[GTs58]

Its mostly the brighter red, like a Phantom.

The paint in the above picture most likely used the red iron oxide as a colorant/pigment and it can be polished out with decent results. The bright red on my 53 Black Phantom has turned colors, red to orangish red and most times that can't be reversed to any great extent. It all depends on what pigmentation was used in the paint. The above was done with Mequiar's fine cut cleaner but I prefer Turtle Wax's liquid Rubbing Compound. I also use that for cleaning up clear polycarbonate.

 

[Boris]

I had good luck with this product on my faded red truck this past year.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

a picture would help. sometimes red just won't come back.