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Originally Posted by Ron1000
Also has anybody went the harpic and pickling paste route?
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If you're aiming to clean off that original brown/bronze finish, Ron, then whatever you use, you'll need to add a fair bit of elbow grease to get the desired result.
When I did mine, I didn't want the full shiny chrome look, just smooth, clean and silver rather than rough, brown and always dirty-looking.
I used some 600 wet and dry (wet) then a stainless wire brush in a drill, then a brass brush, then Scotchbrite pads, then Solvol blueing remover, then finally Autosol and a buffing wheel.
Once done, a light bronzing starts to reappear after a few hundred miles, but that's easily and quickly removed with either blueing remover or Harpic, which is what I use now.
Have a look here for more info.
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ad.php?t=56466