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gary123:
Is that the one I sent? Looks fantastic, glad I cleaned it for you. ;)

Laverdaroo:
Use the black or as Ken suggests, the abrasive ones. Just got steady and get all the shit off but try to use at least a couple of inches in your movement then you at least keep the surface, deeply scratched or not, uniform. Bit like a sanding coat of splatter on a new car panel once filled and smoothed, you know.

The the dings and scratches really show up and at least you get half a chance at finding the small ones.
The finer you go, the more you find, and things appear

Back a grade, do it again

Just go steady with it Ted, 30mins is spot on, sadly addictive………………until hour 6!
That’s completely dry from start to finish……30 mins is alright Ted, imagine getting that far with wet n dry


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Laverdaroo:
Yup Gary, you did a fab job, at daaaa!


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Oddjob:
Black??? Dark Grey???

No idea what you're referring to Roo. There are no dark grey abrasive discs, dark green as you say is quite abrasive, it has it's uses and I use that colour a LOT. However it can really scrub up the surface. If you got that to shine with a purple you're doing well young grasshopper.

Done a decent job of it Roo, it should shine up nice, the better the surface the quicker it shines up and the better it looks, it's all in the prep, get that right and the rest just falls into place. At this rate I'm going to have some competition. 

Looking at Teds pic, not sure what he's used, marked the surface and it looks like a wire wheel with the swirl marks. Word of advice Ted, remove the brake arm pivot pin and the torque arm bolt at the bottom before you go any further. If they are stuck in (and a lot are, and yours looks like it going to be) you're going to need to work on the plate and you don't want to do that after you've been detailing it.

I've asked max if he can make me a stainless steel torque arm bolt as pictured in your pic, just in case you damage it. They ain't available anywhere so be careful.

The brake is actually missing a small section on the edge, near the rivets.

Sesman:
Some great tips Ken. Can you recommend some products for buffing the small crooks and crannies? I’ve seen a few products on Amazon?

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