Cleaning a Silver King

[bricycle]

I usually buy turds..... everyone knows you can't polish a turd.

 

[Dan the bike man]

I bought a silver king last week. Not bad looking but can't decide if I should shine it up or leave it. Any new info. on the subject in the last 4 years?

 

[TR6SC]

I bought a silver king last week. Not bad looking but can't decide if I should shine it up or leave it. Any new info. on the subject in the last 4 years?

2013 was a while ago. I wonder if merkaba ended up polishing. If he did, the patina is probably starting to creep in. When I first read this thread I didn't realize it wasn't current, and I was going to offer him a fully polished identical SK in trade. Perhaps that would help him decide.

I find the polished SKs have a big head turning effect on the general public. People think it is a chrome bike. Now that I've commited to the polish, it makes the upkeep a nightmare. I think I wouldn't polish if I found one complete and clean. I find myself resurrecting Bastárds though. A frame that needs repair doesn't look so good, when the welds are left like scars upon loveliness.
This damage on a Flo-Cycle has gotta go.

Going.

Gone.

So Dan, let's see your bike.

 

[Dan the bike man]

2013 was a while ago. I wonder if merkaba ended up polishing. If he did, the patina is probably starting to creep in. When I first read this thread I didn't realize it wasn't current, and I was going to offer him a fully polished identical SK in trade. Perhaps that would help him decide.
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I find the polished SKs have a big head turning effect on the general public. People think it is a chrome bike. Now that I've commited to the polish, it makes the upkeep a nightmare. I think I wouldn't polish if I found one complete and clean. I find myself resurrecting Bastárds though. A frame that needs repair doesn't look so good, when the welds are left like scars upon loveliness.
This damage on a Flo-Cycle has gotta go.
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Going.
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Gone.
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So Dan, let's see your bike.

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I think I'll leave it alone. You're correct general public will like, but upkeep is a lot of work, and might blind me!

 

[TR6SC]

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I think I'll leave it alone. You're correct general public will like, but upkeep is a lot of work, and might blind me!

Or possibly you could part it out. PM sent on the fenders!

 

[Dan the bike man]

Not parting.

 

[gkeep]

"PM sent on the fenders". Mike you are the worst mercenary leg puller in this nuthouse.!!! Dan, your lucky to be 2000 mile east cause nothing on the Pacific Coast is safe from TR6SC. Hide your bikes, hide your daughters, wives and grandmas, hide the milk and cookies too.