Cleaning up 'dem oxidized forks!

[OutofFaze]

Hi guys,


I am new to the forum and you can read my intro here: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,7626.0.html

I bought a Fazer just over a week ago and polished it up to look rather respectable, but wasn't satisfied with the oxidization on the forks. They looked like this before:



Yesterday I put 3+ hours of elbow grease into them with a combination of:

-metal dish scourer
-scotchbrite pad
-autosol

They look a lot better now. Not perfect, but I think i'd need to dismount them and get some machine assistance for a better finish. They are at least "glancebly good" now, and definitely acceptable for this summer!



Thanks for the guys on the intro thread for the info about this!

James

[unfazed]

Very hard to beat the ould elbow grease.
Great result.
 I found the best way to keep them like that is lightly soak a rag in WD40 or the like and wipe them with it.
 
 

[His Dudeness]

Nice job! I did the same with mine but I used a few different grades of wet and dry sandpaper and then lacquered them and they came up well. Even managed to get the factory style brushed finish 

[OutofFaze]

Wow dudeness!

That sounds like real dedication to the cause! I think that sounds like a good winter project :-)

James

[unfazed]

Hi dudness any chance of a picture of the your finished product 

[His Dudeness]

Can't get one up atm as I'm not near the bike but I'll get one up during the week. Took most of a day to do and its a boring job but not difficult. What I did was sand it with 320 grit to get the old lacquer off, then 600 and then 800. Then went back to 600 grit and sanded in straight horizontal lines to get the brushed look like the original. Then lacquered over them. It's not perfect but it looks better than it did when it was pitted