Patfatenough's build & restoration thread.

ha! that's situation that would get the blood movin'.

I put up a thread on Mechanics & Fixin' and Mr_B gave me a little advice.

I was wondering if Meguiars Deep Cyrstal Cleaner would damage the paint.

''That product actually describes itself as 'non-abrasive' so perhaps test it on a less critical area, under the BB shell for example.
I doubt there will be any chemicals in a Meguiar's polish that will react badly with your paint.

I was told that polishing could damage the clear coat of the original paintwork.

That's precisely how most proper car polish works. It finely scratches through dull flattened clearcoat to reveal a pristine layer beneath. Different grades of polish will have more or less aggressive 'cutting' power. It's very easy to apply too much pressure or use too coarse a polish and burn through the clearcoat to the paint, particularly on non-flat surfaces such as bicycle frame tubes.''

I was reading up also on another website(Mytenspeed) an I got@

''Be very careful with paint work, particularly near painted edges. Painted edges are most common around the frame set's lug work. Too much rubbing or polishing in these very delicate areas can cause the paint to disappear all together. So be careful. And when it comes to the art work, be ten times as careful!''