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Old Jan 28th, 2018, 16:31   #24
Army
marches on his stomach
 

Last Online: Feb 11th, 2022 04:15
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Netherlands
Default With a little more elbow grease =>

Started to clean up the bumpers today.



^^^^ It nearly always looks worse than it is!



^^^^ After a bit of hand polishing with old fashioned (automotive) metal polish (Not Brasso household stuff or equivalent - I think it was Autoglym)

There's still quite a rough surface where the rust has pitted the surface. Feels like sandpaper. Not nice.

I'm going to try and reduce that sandpaper effect by using this rust eating stuff =>

http://www.rustyco.co.uk/10/0/Removing_rust

(I'm using this because it is easiest to find in Holland. I think Evaporust is similar stuff found elsewhere on the globe)

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Please note I could have taken the fake news shot and pretended all was well!



(Classic car selling tactics - in a certain light - squinting of the eyes - once owned by a Nun - only went to church on Sundays etc etc)
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