Patina question

[txxs]

Just curious why the rusty surface is on the white but not the green?
(original 71 tank)

 

[mike in idaho]

There are extra layers of paint on the green part.

 

[gggGary]

There are extra layers of paint on the green part.

Yup Yamaha sprayed the white, masked, then the silver and green. Nice tank! I've worked on a tank that looked like that, it's amazing how well that will clean up while retaining original paint/patina. Try a bit of Blue magic see what happens.

 

[txxs]

Thanks Gary for the tip about blue magic.
I suspect there was a batch of green tanks with bad quality control as I've seen this on a few 71 candy green tanks but I haven't seen it this bad on the 71 candy orange tanks

 

[5twins]

I can second Gary's Blue Magic tip. He mentioned it before a few weeks ago and I'm using it on a tank right now. It's doing a wonderful job, amazing really. I first tried the cleaner wax I use but it had little to no effect.

 

[gggGary]

Get some pics? I did a gold 71 tank with blue magic but didn't snap before after pics, darn it.

 

[txxs]

Is this the right one?

 

[5twins]

No, we're actually talking about the metal polish .....

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Magic-400-Polish-Cream/dp/B000BO8Z9I

While it does work very well on metal, turns out it is wonderful for restoring old paint jobs too.

 

[gggGary]

That's a problem, Blue Magic is a US based company I haven't found any other product that works like it. You'll probably just have to keep trying til you find something you like. It's not labeled for paint but I tried it once on really bad paint, and have been sold ever since. Usually by hand with rags maybe a bit of extra water on paint I use it with buffing wheels in drills on aluminum. But if it's not real critical I'll run it on a slow machine buffer on paint too. You can quickly bump the value of an old car by $1,000 with this stuff LOL.

These are real before and after photos....


I did paint the rust holes then buff.

 

[txxs]

Think l found it on Ebay

 

[5twins]

Yep, that's the stuff.

 

[txxs]

Bought one on ebay.
The price was all over the place from $17 + free postage direct from US (but wait 4 or 5 weeks), another one several hundred dollars postage from US.
I settled for the one for $21 and get it in a few days.

 

[gggGary]

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Is this the right one?

Hey that might be good stuff, it's from the same company as the blue magic metal polish. FAIK it might even work better on paint.
http://bluemagicusa.com/index.php/blue_magic/products/91/tr_3_resin_glaze_polish/
Then again it could be the same stuff in a different can. The Blue magic headlight lens restorer seems to have bit coarser grit in the same old goop, LOL

 

[Ipa62]

I’ve used Blue Magic before on metal surfaces, honestly didn’t think it was all that great. Didn’t try it on paint, sounds interesting.
Saw this on Jay Leno’s garage, Quick- Glo, personally thought is was fantastic on chrome and aluminum. Sorry if I’ve digressed a bit from the original subject, but since we’re talking about polish, thought I would throw my 2 cents in.

 

[5twins]

For aluminum, I think the Blue Magic works great, better than Mothers.

 

[Ipa62]

One thing about Quick-Glo, it has grit in it, I think pumice. This is what makes it work relatively fast, and the grit breaks down as you work it, the more you rub the shinier it gets. Worked great in a die grinder with a polishing wheel and slow speed. Another product that’s good is Semichrome, but kind of expensive.

 

[txxs]

Hey that might be good stuff, it's from the same company as the blue magic metal polish. FAIK it might even work better on paint.
http://bluemagicusa.com/index.php/blue_magic/products/91/tr_3_resin_glaze_polish/
Then again it could be the same stuff in a different can. The Blue magic headlight lens restorer seems to have bit coarser grit in the same old goop, LOL

Maybe I should try both the metal polish and the TR3?

 

[CBJamie]

Blue Magic and 0000 steel wool for aluminum, And I took gggarys advise with just a rag and a little water for paint, worked great.

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• CBJamie
• Oct 18, 2017

before

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• CBJamie
• Nov 28, 2017

after

 

[Ipa62]

Hmmmm, looks good! will have to try again using steel wool.

 

[CBJamie]

0000 Steel wool and the Blue Magic and a lot of rubbing, wipe down with clean soft cloth. I put a coat of good wax on after to prevent it from oxidizing again. Seems to be holding up well after 3 months in my damp shed.