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Mamodman123
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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: TE1a Clean up |
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Started out with this:
Finished with something a lot like this:
I have a bottomless box to it too....Think I may pop her on ebay and see what she does  . Although its difficult to part with it when I spent a good few hours cleaning 
Ok don't talk yourself out of this one... too late? 
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Les
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Cor, she scrubbed up well.
She has cleaned up very well indeed. 
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Mamodman123
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Les Marsh wrote: | Cor, she scrubbed up well.
She has cleaned up very well indeed. |
Bit of TLC, thats all she needed
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johnreid
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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I might have a Roller for sale soon that would take some restoring 
You did a real fine job. My SR1A has the dull wheels not the shiny ones. I wonder if a real nice shiny one gets that much more than a run of the mill one though. You might choose it to display.
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Mamodman123
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| johnreid wrote: | I might have a Roller for sale soon that would take some restoring
You did a real fine job. My SR1A has the dull wheels not the shiny ones. I wonder if a real nice shiny one gets that much more than a run of the mill one though. You might choose it to display. |
It does John! Polish the wheels, they'll come up good and wack it on ebay and people go nuts for them! Don't want to get their own hands dirty
All you need is a bit of wet and dry for the stubborn bits, brasso and a cloth
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Sandman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful job MM. 
That one will make it's money should you choose to flog it.
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Nick
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Look at those rear wheels! 
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MTA
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You have done a superb clean up job there MM.
Why can't I get mine to look like that
Do you use brasso on the firebox as well or do you use chrome polish?
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Minor1PJG
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Wow that's come up so well
I'm off to try the wet & dry on a dull flywheel.....
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | You have done a superb clean up job there MM.
Why can't I get mine to look like that
Do you use brasso on the firebox as well or do you use chrome polish? |
Just brasso, it won't work miracles its got to be good to start with!
Wheels should always come up, the only way I could get that any better is by skimming like 0.5mm off it
The roller wheels don't come up as good as the TE's unfortunately 
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I havent tried Semichrome on my Rollers wheels yet. If you have not tried that stuff you are missing out. Semichrome is in a class of its own for polishing.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| johnreid wrote: | | I havent tried Semichrome on my Rollers wheels yet. If you have not tried that stuff you are missing out. Semichrome is in a class of its own for polishing. |
Don't forget the same stuff in a different package, MAAS. |
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| wow that looks much better! |
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Steve_S
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Great job MM... it's gleaming! It should do very well on eBay. |
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