May 15, 201412 yr Author comment_682766 I'll be getting rid of them - you'll be the first to know... Report
May 19, 201412 yr Author comment_682914 Just paid for some metal bars. I love rare shit. Can't wait for them to get here! Report
May 19, 201412 yr Author comment_682917 Yep! Just had to get the finances in order to grab them! Going to look awesome! Report
May 20, 201412 yr Author comment_682945 Day off today - started attempting to clean up the MA wheels that I have - I've put in around 4 hours work in to them and made almost no progress. Cleaning the inside of the barrels is near impossible - 30 years of break dust and crap is caked on and the face has the occaional spots that need 30 minutes of cleaning to remove a spot. Is there a product that I could use other than heavy duty degreaser etc that would work better? Or could I have them blasted or would this damage the wheels? Report
May 20, 201412 yr comment_682949 Head to Bunnings and get $30 worth of the sisal/buffing wheels and compounds they sell for metal polishing. Grab a $20 corded drill while you're there. About 40 minutes work per wheel gets you this from this; If you like, hit them with some 400 grit paper first, to get rid of the stubborn stains. But the sisal wheel really takes most gunk off. In hindsight some 80-120 grit around the edges would've taken the harshness off that gutter rash but after a few pints I wasn't getting too fussy about them. Maybe if I ever strip the tyres off I'd give them another hit. For the inside of the wheel I found a wire brush attachment cleaned them up but then it became too much like hard work for little gain. Edited May 20, 201412 yr by Mechanical Sympathy Report
May 20, 201412 yr Author comment_682952 My alternator is fried - https://www.youtube....h?v=4rEOrlM1Znw I'll look in to those drill attachments - I've always done my polishing by hand with polishing steel wool! I do want to get the inner barrels clean though. So far... Took bloody ages just to get to this. 5 minute test with steel wool and polish compound. Would definitely be easy with power tools involved. Edited May 20, 201412 yr by B-Lugg Report
May 20, 201412 yr comment_682954 Oh for sure - a sisal wheel would take all that off in a jiffy. Report
May 21, 201412 yr comment_683008 Find a friend with a blasting cabinet. I de-greased pressure washed with heated gun, then blasted. Simple. Polishing from this state will work well too if fine sand is used. mine looked terrible when I started. Report
May 21, 201412 yr Author comment_683017 Sisal + a quality cutting compound. I can't wait to see how they go when completely cut and polished. Find a friend with a blasting cabinet. I de-greased pressure washed with heated gun, then blasted. Simple. Polishing from this state will work well too if fine sand is used. mine looked terrible when I started. I'll post up on local forums to see if someone will lend me a hand for a six pack... Looks like it worked a treat. If not I'll just continue doing it manually. Edited May 21, 201412 yr by B-Lugg Report
May 21, 201412 yr comment_683019 That is indeed the shit. Did you cut with Autosol? I hadn't considered that as I just got the Josco compounds. Autosol certainly appears to be effective. Edited May 21, 201412 yr by Mechanical Sympathy Report
May 21, 201412 yr Author comment_683030 Autosol is great when it isn't on the built up stuff - you need to use a whole lot of it when doing so. I switched to cutting with Kitten Cutting Compound, it's working an absolute treat! Report
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