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Message started by newsavageguy on 06/01/13 at 21:04:21

Title: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by newsavageguy on 06/01/13 at 21:04:21

Anyone have any sugestions on cleaning the blued header? Tryed the tin foil thing it kinda worked but not well.

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by Serowbot on 06/01/13 at 23:45:14

Buy some Bluejob and rub the crap out of it,... or get used to it...

I got used to it... :-?...

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by apache snow on 06/02/13 at 05:14:26

BlueJob works but you got do a lot of rubbing. The blue don't come off easy. :-?

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/02/13 at 10:07:54

Mu Guzzi blued them in less than 20 miles, looked good. The Suzy didnt do it till I sat in the drive & gunned it a few times to listen to the valves.
Almost 5,000 miles & still shiny new lookin,, chapped my BUTT,, but, I got used to it,, now, it just looks like a bike thats been ridden.. not worth the effort, ride it,,

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by sbrice54 on 06/02/13 at 17:10:03

I call it "character"...

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by old_rider on 06/02/13 at 20:42:32

My header ain't blue, but the call me a "character".... mine is kinda golden looking.

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by Dave on 06/03/13 at 05:05:16

My experience with Blue Job....is that it works....but it is not easy. The best results come from using it as a damp paste - but not a we paste that looks like white shoe polish. You must also push as hard as you can and rub as fast as you can. I had a pipe that was not mounted on the bike, and I placed a piece of carpet on the floor. I put the pipe between my knees, and used the fleshy heel of my hand to push on the rag and wiped very hard and fast.....the rag got hot under my hand I was rubbing so hard.. The blue came off much faster than it does if you mix the Blue Job powder too wet, or just rubbed lightly.

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by arteacher on 06/03/13 at 06:27:03

Anyone ever use some kind of polisher? Seems to me it would be easier to let a tool do the work. I had also thought about mixing it with a fine oil so it wouldn't dry out so fast.

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by 00savage on 06/03/13 at 06:32:29

There is a youtube video for blue job. If I remember correctly they used a polisher and it worked real quick.

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by old_rider on 06/03/13 at 07:12:55

YouTube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ta7KvVBfUYw

Title: Re: Suggestions on Cleaning Blued Header?
Post by sbrice54 on 06/04/13 at 13:41:44

Okay, you go through the hoops to remove the blue. Isn't it gonna come back anyway?