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'Chemicals and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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This year it would have to be Chroma Clear clearcoat from Dupont. I've used it on two projects thus far and that stuff is hard, hard, hard, and VERY glossy. Can't wait to use it on something of MINE! :eek: :o
 
Where do you get that from? I've seen it talked about in numerous magazines but never seen it in the auto parts place.
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In the case of cadmium sulphate, the two products I've seen in Australia are known as "INOX battery conditioner" which you can get in SuperCheap Autos:

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and Projecta BF1000 Battery Fluid, which I once bought in KMart but haven't seen it since:

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They've both got cadmium sulphate in them, but the Projecta product is very dilute (25mg per litre), and you use it to top up your battery instead of distilled water. The INOX is a much stronger 5% solution and you add 15ml to each cell of a car battery, or about 5-10ml to each cell of a motorcycle battery, and that's it: a once-only treatment.

The INOX is said to be able to rescue many (but not all) dead batteries. I've never used it for this, only for prevention. Which is, after all, better than cure. ;)
 
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Since you've no doubt used this stuff, will it really remove pipe bluing ( read cliams on other fourms and on the internet that it would) ?

My exhaust headers look like crap, I'd like to find something to clean them. Not so much the bluing, but they have some rust as well. PO never ever ever cleaned the bike from what i can see.
 
Simple Green, anti-seize compound, PB Blaster, Gunk carb dip, spray brake cleaner, spray carb cleaner, Loctite (red and blue), Maxima chain wax, kerosene, WD-40....


......and my number one GS chemical........


Hylomar gasket dressing.....use it on engine cover gaskets, and your gasket will never leak nor have to be scraped off of a mating surface when being removed.


http://www.hylomar-usa.com/_resources/_html/products.html
 
Since you've no doubt used this stuff, will it really remove pipe bluing ( read cliams on other fourms and on the internet that it would) ?

My exhaust headers look like crap, I'd like to find something to clean them. Not so much the bluing, but they have some rust as well. PO never ever ever cleaned the bike from what i can see.
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AUTOSOL is good gear. It won't entirely remove rust spots that are poking through the chrome (the only cure for that is, after all, re-chroming), but it will remove the bulk of rust stains and definitely improve the appearance by 90% in my opinion.

Like you I've heard that it will remove 'bluing' from exhaust headers, but have never tried this for myself, so can't vouch for it. [Aside: if your header pipes are blue and not just 'straw yellow' then there is the possibility that the carburettion may be a bit on the lean side...]
 
......and my number one GS chemical........

Hylomar gasket dressing.....use it on engine cover gaskets, and your gasket will never leak nor have to be scraped off of a mating surface when being removed.
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Thanks for the tip. I was looking at a small bottle of that the other day, and wondered whether it was any good. Now we know! :cool:
 
tfb said:
[Aside: if your header pipes are blue and not just 'straw yellow' then there is the possibility that the carburettion may be a bit on the lean side...]
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Thanks for the heads-up. All the bluing and rust took place under the previous owners control. I'm just trying to mop up his mess.
 
hampshirehog said:
Petrol - 'cos without it my bike is just an ornament.
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Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding....................

Winner, winner, winner.......:p

If one puts "petrol," "gas," "fuel" in a bike consistantly, changes oil, lubes this and that, and actually rides the machine, not much need for some of those fancy Chemicals.
 
errorcauser said:
Since you've no doubt used this stuff, will it really remove pipe bluing ( read cliams on other fourms and on the internet that it would) ?

My exhaust headers look like crap, I'd like to find something to clean them. Not so much the bluing, but they have some rust as well. PO never ever ever cleaned the bike from what i can see.
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Yes, it will remove a lot of nasty blemishes from shiny metals (chrome, aluminium, brass etc). It's no magic bullet but it's pretty darn good. If you use very, very fine steel wool with it (grade 0000) you will get a very good result and not scratch anything.
 
PB Blaster, I would eat it on toast i love it so much.
also
Purple Power (best cleaner/degreaser ive ever found that doesnt harm my black motor paint)
Kerosene
Gunk Carb Spray (great for cleaning dirt and oil out of hard to reach places on the motor too! Just dont let it sit for too long)
LocTite blue
Alu-Oxide rouge for the buffing wheels
Aluminium Foil (yes! It works great for cleaning chrome..try it!)
McGwuires Wax
White Lithium Grease.

And many many more... Couldnt live without all of that stuff, and have a nice clean well running machine :)
 
TheCafeKid said:
Aluminium Foil (yes! It works great for cleaning chrome..try it!)
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Praise the Lord!!! He spelled it right. :D The English and Australian members of the forum stand and applaud. :clap:




(before you start flaming, I'm just fooling around)
 
Zooks said:
Praise the Lord!!! He spelled it right. :D The English and Australian members of the forum stand and applaud. :clap:




(before you start flaming, I'm just fooling around)
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Hehehe, Actually, I spell alot of things the "Kings English" way. My father and his parents did alot in schooling me to read and write when i was young, and my father was the first generation born in the US. His parents were born in Ireland. My Grandparents spoke Gaelic even. They used to speak in Gaelic whenever they didnt want us to know what they were talking about, or, when they were arguing. Anyway, people have often questioned why I spell things the way i do, such as colour, or cheque, or adding the "u" to a word that is normally not included when spelled over here. Just habbit i suppose. My teachers used to scold me a bit, but technically they couldnt mark it wrong as it really wasnt.
 
So do you have one of these in the shed tinkering with your bikes whilst you're not looking?

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i have a irish girl (leprechaun) and she says she likes riding in me pocket .. A LOT...
 
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