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14 Mar 2006 12:33 #31096 by pant412
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My son got his first bike last night. A 2002 1100 Honda Shadow Aero (sorry kz'ers)

It has engine bars front and back that have some rust on them plus rust on covers, etc.

What can we use to remove the rust? Light steel wool, something else? Is there anything to treat the equipment with afterwards?
Thanks for the help.

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14 Mar 2006 13:09 #31105 by wireman
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is it surface rust or bad rust?;)

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14 Mar 2006 15:01 #31129 by indykaw77
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For light surface rust (you aint gonna believe this one), soak some fine steel wool overnite in Coca-Cola.
Scrub the rust off with that, (whatever is in the Coke busts surface rust pretty good!), then use Mothers Polish or Semichrome (sp?) paste to really bring out the shine. NevrDull wadding polish is good too.
Heavier-than-light rust on the chrome....hmmm....I never had much chrome, so never hadda deal with that. Perhaps others will chime in.
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15 Mar 2006 07:33 #31313 by pant412
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So far, it seems to be just surface rust on everything. Need to get a better look at things though.

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