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Bloody Wanker is what you get when you don't do it right!
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Ha ha. I will find out tomorrow. I'm pulling all my plastics to polish with rubbing compound and polishing compound. Using a Mothers adapter for my 19VDC drill. Your right that variable speed helps, a lot. Most important is never let it go dry. TRIED TO GIVE YOU A REP POINTS FOR THE F*#KING WRITE UP (W/PICTURES!).
Actually, it says that your a point slut and your shameless.
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I like scratches! ha ha ha
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Subscribed, unless someone wants to buy a set of black Firebolt plastics that could use some polishing lol.
Good write up Cooter.
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been playing with a spare black airbox cover. Wanted to sand down the whole thing. Removed the Buell labels and thought that I wouldn't have to sand far to get rid of the color change from the sun. Been using #320 3m Scotchbrite pads. Have removed about .010-.015 of entire surface. I can still see the label outline so I'll have to remove a couple of more. Work on it about a hour a night. What I have found interesting is that I have revealed a molding error and exposed a 'grain' in the airbox cover where it translates to the belt-buckle area where a lot of scratches occur from street riding. The defect is from the injected plastic into the mold not having reached operating temperature. It produces a 'grain effect' that visually looks just like the tight rings in a tree stump. The sanding so far hasn't revealed a density difference so the grain is visual only.
Last edited by mrlogix; 05-25-2016 at 01:57 AM.
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That's really interesting, let us know if sanding more makes it better or worse? I haven't run across that issue. yet.
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You wet sanding?
I've gone from 60 grit all the way to 2000 grit and been very successful removing some serious road rash.
I usually finish up with a high quality scratch remover.
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320 grit wet sanding with light to medium hand pressure. Surface is buffing up well, just commenting on what I found. No texture to the grain, just visual. I used to work in the plastics industry and this would have been a defect where I worked. We will see when I get to the rubbing and polishing compound phase. Wish I had a digital camera.
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see how AZmidget's airbox cover has a screen in the area around the gas cap, is that something that only came on XB-R's?
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