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| LRmud Member Since: 22 Oct 2014 Location: IV12 Highland Posts: 198   
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Should do, but it sounds like a cheaper grade of stainless steel to me, maybe 304 grade? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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29th Feb 2016 11:29pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971  
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If you wire brush them, use a stainless steel wire brush. A mild steel wire brush will leave little bits of steel behind which will then start to rust and you'll be back to square one.
Most rusty stainless I see here is because it's been contaminated with non-stainless, although it's usually cosmetic rather than structural. |
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1st Mar 2016 7:45am |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363
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This.... http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-clean...olish-75ml 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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1st Mar 2016 8:46am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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I like Autosol - used the generic stuff from Halfords for many years, but recently I've purchased some of their other products that are not so widely advertised:
http://www.autosol.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1817 This might be the product for you: 
I've got some aluminium polish and the anodized aluminium polish - just waiting for the nice weather to give them a go. Bought both from here: http://thepolishingshop.co.uk/acatalog/Bike_Cleaning-p1.html |
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1st Mar 2016 9:33am |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6324  
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tis great stuff that autosol - been using it for 25 year
one example Click image to enlarge |
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1st Mar 2016 9:36am |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2302 
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Hello jonno1968
If Stainless Steel then lightly 'polish' out and keep on top of it. If Chrome Plated (brushed) Steel then you will just chase the problem until they are switched to Stainless. As with everything Stainless Steel come in a wide range of qualities so if it displays a tendency to rust it is almost certainly due to a lower quality base material being used, even the quality of the TIG welding used will make a difference. Stainless Steel generally contains elements such as Nickel and Manganese, but the main corrosion resistance is provided by its chromium content. For example 18/8 means that this Stainless Steel contains 18% Chromium and 8% Nickel. 18/10 is 18% Chromium and 10% Nickel. The higher the numbers the more corrosion resistant the material. (trying not to give a metallurgy lesson here...  )
From where you are try to use the least abrasive method to remove the rust, a wire brush can be very aggressive, very quickly, unless you scale it right down to a Dremel Good luck... SKIP
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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1st Mar 2016 10:04am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2535 
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I'm indebted to Supacat for introducing me to Autosol Stainless Steel Polish. I've been using some of their other products for years but my polished stainless exhaust will certainly be having some SS polish treatment from now on.
Defender 90XS SW
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1st Mar 2016 11:17am |
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