Polished alloy bars
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:00
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Digsydog
how do i revitalise my polished alloy bull bar from my mazda
Reply By: Hairy (NT) - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:38
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:38
Autosol and elbow grease....
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Follow Up By: Member - Niss42 - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 14:17
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 14:17
Daily (never again)
Barry
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Reply By: Digsydog - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:59
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:59
thanks for that - i was afraid that was the best option
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Follow Up By: Hairy (NT) - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:29
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:29
you could but an electric buff, but you will still need elbow grease.
Cheers
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Reply By: Dust-Devil - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 13:17
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 13:17
Purple Polish
You can get it at Burson's and other Auto type stores.
DD
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Follow Up By: Member Andys Adventures - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 19:47
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 19:47
Agree, Purple polish have used it on my camping pod and works
well only you do need elbow grease.
Andy
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Reply By: Member - bbuzz (NSW) - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 13:42
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 13:42
I borrowed the buffer from my smash repair and used the Purple Polish and another one that is a white bottle. (not
home so can't tell the name). They seem to be a pair so if you find one the other will be close by!
I had hardly any elbow grease as the buffer did the job for me. Just a bit of final hand polishing with the white bottle stuff. Came up a treat and taught me a lesson to not let it get so far gone before polishing!
bill
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Reply By: Alloy c/t - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 14:13
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 14:13
Take it off and get it powder coated , never need to polish again !
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 19:39
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 19:39
I clean my alloy bull bar occasionally with CT-18 truck-wash and it removes all bugs, etc. that adhere to it.
I have no idea what condition your alloy bar is in. If it is severely affected nothing short of elbow grease and one of the products already mentioned would be required, but the CT-18 product works for me, including all the "bug crud" I occasionally get from a long run.
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Reply By: Mick O - Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 20:42
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 at 20:42
Mate try a product called "Brite Shine". It's a cotton wadding impregnated with a polishing agent. It comes in a yellow tin. Works a treat on alloy bullbars but will require a little elbow grease if your barwork is quite old and faded. The results are remarkable. I got
mine from Repco from memory. Produced by Kenco Car Care (Australian Company). Cannot recall the cost, may have been $10- 14 dollars.
Also great on anything metal in the house including silverware and stainless.
Cheers Mick
(I just did a google search on it and turned up quite a few entries)
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Reply By: Member - Wamuranman - Friday, Jan 11, 2013 at 18:12
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 at 18:12
If you live in SEQ take it to a professional polisher like TNT Bullbar Polishing at Narangba and after they do it, it will easier to keep looking good in the future.
Cheers
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