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swing arm

tlg1100

tlg1100

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Just bought a swing arm for 25.00 bucks for my 81 gs 1100e,down side is it has rust color streaks probably from battery vent and lots of what looks like road tar, I have tried everything I have at home to clean it up with no luck,has anyone tried sandblasting,and will it ruin finish.Can I buff it out after???
 
AIrcraft stripper, then sandpaper, then a buffing wheel... it will look like chrome when you're done..or you cna just shoot it alu silver again..
 
I had one that was pretty bad...stained with battery acid and bad corrosion. I used the aircraft stripper and then sanded....alot! I actually used a D/A sander where I could at first, then progressed up to finer grits finishing off with 2000 grit wet sanding by hand. Then I polished it with a buff in my hand drill. I have since obtained a proper bench polisher, but it turned out fine the way I did it.

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OK Bruce, quit showing off; That is the pic that convinced me I just can't compete :(; What a relief there are bigger GS nuts than me ; can I go back to the garage now? :D

I know that was alot of work. :lol:

The bottom line with aluminum is with time you can make it sparkle. You just don't know how long it is going to take yet. :eek:
 
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