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20th July 2013, 08:18
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Polishing stainless steel four branch
Any suggestions on what to use, as I want to bring the shine up a bit as its dulled a little but beings as its already polished I don't want to use any abrasive on it as it will ruin the look if u get me
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20th July 2013, 08:42
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How old is it, after a couple 1000miles they are hard to bring back up by hand.
SolvoAutosol is my favorite polish, if that wont work without serious effort, you can take it off and have a company machine polish it and it will come up like chrome, then dont let it get into the same state.
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20th July 2013, 08:51
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It's not bad it's only been on about 3 month
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20th July 2013, 11:49
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pick up some autosol, halfrauds have it if you're lazy.
could also try some simple brasso if you're feeling cheap
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20th July 2013, 12:28
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Got autosol but its an abrasive , tried it on a bit and it took the shine off!
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20th July 2013, 12:36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wobby82
Got autosol but its an abrasive , tried it on a bit and it took the shine off!
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yeah of course it's abrasive, polish more to break it down more, the shine will come I've used it on loads of chrome exhausts
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20th July 2013, 12:43
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+1 for autosol... thats what its for lol
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20th July 2013, 13:00
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I polish all sorts with solvo, its not going to dull anything, it takes a lot of buffing off though.
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20th July 2013, 16:24
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Hi I've tried again and it's worked a bit of dumbness on my part , thanks for the replys
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20th July 2013, 16:31
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Cant really do that much. They all go a dark colour anyway esp the cheapo ones..
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20th July 2013, 16:44
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Mines come up lovely now,
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20th July 2013, 18:39
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I bought a Raceland 4-2-1 a few months back and used APC, wire wool, Britemax Twins (two bottles - one polish, one sealant) and a LOT of elbow grease. It's come up quite nicely, but as above, it's a ballache after a few thousand miles to get it looking as new.
I quite like it tbh as it's still got that nice, natural purply tinge to it that just shows it's been run - little things n'all that 
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21st July 2013, 21:19
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21st July 2013, 22:02
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What did you use on your cam covers and inltet dude?
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22nd July 2013, 19:00
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Tyre shine
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24th July 2013, 23:20
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24 hours in a oven pride bag then use "00" gauge wire wool with some autosol or ammonia. then use a microfiber for the final polish with autosol or silvo.
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