Messed up metal with degreaser...is it fixable?
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Messed up metal with degreaser...is it fixable?
Hello, well I have never done something so stupid. I have used simple green before and didn't see anything happen with it before. I went o wally world and was going to buy some simple green but found another all purpose cleaner that was more for the money.
Ok so I have a ton of caked on black crap on swing arm and under body. I thought if I used some decent cleaner I can get it off.
Well I am so upset realizing I think I ruined the aluminum with this cleaner. The aluminum is all discolored now and the only thing I can think of is powder-coating or what not but I cannot afford this right now. I thought when I was putting on my new brake lines I got some oil on the aluminum and it seemed it cleaned it up like it dried it out or something. So I oiled it all up and it looked good again....
BUT NOPE, washed th bike and its all back. Attached is a pic....please help my loser self.
You can see how the metal is all discolored and near the shock it is also looking very dry. I messed up huh.
Ok so I have a ton of caked on black crap on swing arm and under body. I thought if I used some decent cleaner I can get it off.
Well I am so upset realizing I think I ruined the aluminum with this cleaner. The aluminum is all discolored now and the only thing I can think of is powder-coating or what not but I cannot afford this right now. I thought when I was putting on my new brake lines I got some oil on the aluminum and it seemed it cleaned it up like it dried it out or something. So I oiled it all up and it looked good again....
BUT NOPE, washed th bike and its all back. Attached is a pic....please help my loser self.
You can see how the metal is all discolored and near the shock it is also looking very dry. I messed up huh.
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You should be able to polish it. When it turns black it's oxidizing... in other words turning to rust, but we all know aluminum doesn't rust. A REALLY fine grit sand paper.. think 3000 or finer can get the black off if polish doesn't work itself.. then just polish it up. It may be a 'you always have to polish it now' kinda thing.
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I just recently used brake parts cleaner to clean my swingarm and some other parts of the frame because I was installing LED lights and it did a good job.
The metal polish should work to restore the clean metal look, but try a little brake parts cleaner in the future to get rid of dirt spots.
It helped me!
The metal polish should work to restore the clean metal look, but try a little brake parts cleaner in the future to get rid of dirt spots.
It helped me!
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Roger, Got it...brake parts cleaner to clean...polish and pray to get good look back. I was also thinking since I drilled holes for spools and picked a bad area (hole in exhaust) and this metal problem....swingarms arent expensive on ebay but I am sure they are a pain in the **** to install huh....I saw some black ones that were nice.
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You should be able to polish it. When it turns black it's oxidizing... in other words turning to rust, but we all know aluminum doesn't rust. A REALLY fine grit sand paper.. think 3000 or finer can get the black off if polish doesn't work itself.. then just polish it up. It may be a 'you always have to polish it now' kinda thing.
If you do have to sand it, wet sand with 2000grit. In fact I will go sand my slip on with some 2000 and polish it back to greatness Ill take some before during and after pictures
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600rr swingarm conversion? Whats the difference? What will it benefit me? I was thinking since I messed up on spool hole placements also I saw some on ebay for like 55 bucks or so and are black ones. I like the black ones better.....ANYONE have one to sell? WHERE IS THIS 600rr swingarm haha
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