To polish or not to polish b6

[twomorestrokes]

Nice B6! Seeing as the frame paint has already been polished I'd do the rest of the name to match.

 

[2jakes]

Huh??? What the heck is this about?

Perhaps being new & his first post it was an accident.
Or doesn't know about staying on topic.

Although "plastics" has a long history...I first saw them on bikes beginning in
the 60s. But it's just a guess !

Whoops...I went off topic...Sorry ! :o


BTW: I totally agree with the "only polish" camp.

If I had my druthers...I would prefer your bike "as is" original, scratches & all...
over a "repainted" one no matter how good it is...
(my 2¢)

 

[SJ_BIKER]

took that sticky sticker off

Im in a rut here... i pieced together my b6 finally after having a hard time finding a tank....so what i have is a frame and tank that have been polished by previous owner....all else is dull....rims were painted black by a previous owner...any ideas? .....im most likely going to take it apart and clean the dull paint....not sure if i want to polish though....for sure im going remove the black off the wheels and clean the goodrich whitewalls....

Sticky crap gone

 

[SJ_BIKER]

i started polishing the rack and center of fenders....

I'm going to stop right here and disassemble it piece by piece...detach the braces....simply green everything and mask off the pinstriped and darts....polish drenched OOOO steel wool took off surface rust....not much paint came off....before and after....polish revealed dents and dings....gonna polish up the paint so I can roll those out for better results

 

[SJ_BIKER]

its getting there

after pic with the fore wheel drum

 

[2jakes]

To polish or not...

You're doing a great job .

That's a real nice looking B-6....Congratulations !

 

[jd56]

That fricking looks great!!!
So your process was
Simple Green wash
0000 and WD40? Rust removal
Polish compound.....which brand compound and wax did you use?

I really love it when just some major cleaning brings the colors back.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

the process....

The process I used: I found a truck/car compound of polish and wax .....I put a small amount of compound a OOOO steel wool pad.... it took off rust pretty good with light pressure wiping....then lightly wiped off with a clean rag and then applied again I circular motion when surface was free of rus...then wiped with a clean rag....I'll get the name and picture of the product later today....I'm sure there are better methods....however this is what I used.....I still may use wd40 as I still see rust in some areas.....not sure if itll harm the paint though.... as I'd like to clean the guard better but fear the stripes might get ruined....so any pro tips will be appreciated from any caber who has tackled this with successful results