One of mine came like this.. i used a my air compressed 'dremel' with a polishing pad and took about 15 mins to buff out entirely. Autosol'd for a nice finish.
Must say, not quite that far gone.
As the link jimjenco showed you mine are like it too, but not that bad so I have let it be. Yam changed it to paint which is easier to look after but I think the brushed polish looks much better than the dull silver paint.
Once you have got the clear lacquer off l am not sure how well the paint would stick to the surface and would easily chip I think, unless you did so much prep work to the surface - in which case stripping the clear lacquer and re shinning with a fine wet and dry and then a new coat of lacquer would look better and be quicker. They are not polished underneath but have a brush texture.
But then of course you start all over again with a chip in the lacquer letting in water and the white fuz spreading under the lacquer that you can not get too. Ahhhh
Is there such a thing as clear powder coating that will be stronger than spray lacquer.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
Thanks everyone for all the help and advice. There seems to be many different ways to sort this issue out. What I'm wondering now really is what is the best thing to do?
The idea of painting them black is appealing because it's easier.
But they would look nice as well if they were just cleaned up with Autosol and a lot of hard work - But how long would this take? is it even possible by hand?
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