Dan22644
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I'm a huge fan of spray cleaners for cleaning all painted surfaces, I love how fast they clean and how you don't have to spray the bike with water. For years this has been my only way of cleaning my motorcycles (unless super dirty), but I never had a bike with so much chrome and polished aluminum before, so I have been looking for a fast way to clean the chrome and aluminum. All the spray cleaners I tried would streak and smear pretty badly, they just aren't made to clean polished aluminum and chrome.
I don't think the previous owner ever cleaned the wheels on my Bulldog, so I was looking for the right tools to make this not too bad of a chore. I went to AutoZone to grab some Adam's polish, but they didn't carry it, so I decided to try Blue Magic metal polish cream. While browsing I noticed a can of Blue Magic Quick Shine metal polish! I was excited to give it a try and finally have a spray cleaner for chrome and aluminum. I grabbed it as well as some nifty looking polishing rags.
The can of Protect All is what I use on paint, picked it up at Cycle Gear. I like it because it has real carnuba wax in it, not just silicone. Works great but will streak and smear on chrome.
This is what I started with...
I had to use some 3M 3000 grit sandpaper I also found at AutoZone or Advanced Auto, great stuff, it's like a sponge with some super fine grit, almost like a really aggressive magic eraser. Then I used the Blue Magic cream and the rags.
Much better!
I used the spray cleaner to clean up everything else. It works great, cleaning with no streaking. It won't polish, but it will do a great job of cleaning. My forward controls were pretty grimy, just spray it on, let it sit for a minute, then wipe it clean. Just wanted to pass it on....
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I don't think the previous owner ever cleaned the wheels on my Bulldog, so I was looking for the right tools to make this not too bad of a chore. I went to AutoZone to grab some Adam's polish, but they didn't carry it, so I decided to try Blue Magic metal polish cream. While browsing I noticed a can of Blue Magic Quick Shine metal polish! I was excited to give it a try and finally have a spray cleaner for chrome and aluminum. I grabbed it as well as some nifty looking polishing rags.
The can of Protect All is what I use on paint, picked it up at Cycle Gear. I like it because it has real carnuba wax in it, not just silicone. Works great but will streak and smear on chrome.
This is what I started with...
I had to use some 3M 3000 grit sandpaper I also found at AutoZone or Advanced Auto, great stuff, it's like a sponge with some super fine grit, almost like a really aggressive magic eraser. Then I used the Blue Magic cream and the rags.
Much better!
I used the spray cleaner to clean up everything else. It works great, cleaning with no streaking. It won't polish, but it will do a great job of cleaning. My forward controls were pretty grimy, just spray it on, let it sit for a minute, then wipe it clean. Just wanted to pass it on....
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