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Arty Dodger YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48 Shreveport, LA Gender:	What is this and how do I get it off!! 12/06/16 at 17:36:45 What is this and how do I get this off? I've tried steel wool, polishing and rubbing compound, buffing with drill, and scrubbing. Anything I'm forgetting?
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Arty Dodger YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48 Shreveport, LA Gender:	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #1 - 12/06/16 at 17:46:32 By the way, that's after I scrubbed with all the above.
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Arty Dodger YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48 Shreveport, LA Gender:	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #2 - 12/06/16 at 17:54:17 Please tell me that's not the clear coat. That means I'll have to strip it down to bare metal and polish. That could take a while...oh well I guess I needed a long term project.
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1163 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #3 - 12/06/16 at 17:55:55 That looks like the clear coat or the aluminium is pitted. I remember a thread about this. Search the forum with those keywords. I prefer the Google and adding site:suzukisavage.com
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v-pilot Senior Member Offline Loud bikes rule! Posts: 257 Rexford NY Gender:	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #4 - 12/06/16 at 18:01:38 Yep, that's clear coat and there is corrosion forming underneath
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Arty Dodger YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48 Shreveport, LA Gender:	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #5 - 12/06/16 at 18:27:17 v-pilot wrote on 12/06/16 at 18:01:38: Yep, that's clear coat and there is corrosion forming underneath _______________________ FML. Not fun
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #6 - 12/07/16 at 04:25:25 And.....the corrosion gets pretty deep when you see the white turn to black. Do you live near the ocean and salt air? If you strip the clear coat, and then polish....you will have to polish it regularly to keep it from corroding again - especially if the bike gets wet often.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2773	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #7 - 12/07/16 at 04:47:35 Anyone ever strip, steel wool and clear coat stuff like this to restore the factory finish?
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Reply #8 - 12/07/16 at 06:04:50

ohiomoto wrote on 12/07/16 at 04:47:35:

Anyone ever strip, steel wool and clear coat stuff like this to restore the factory finish?

Yes. I did just that to the left side(stator) cover on my bike. It looked pretty bad when I bought the bike. Lot of black spiderwebs under the clear coat.

I used VHT brand Strip Fast, polished the cover with Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish. and then resprayed it with VHT clear Engine enamel. That was a couple of years ago and it still looks fine.

The most time consuming part was the polishing because I did it by hand. A little buffing wheel would probably have worked and been faster but I don't have one.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #9 - 12/07/16 at 08:06:34 I used a small orbital sander and 3M Green Scrubby pads and a spray bottle of water on the engine side covers.. worked great.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2773	Re: What is this and how do I get it off!! Reply #10 - 12/07/16 at 08:34:20 Thanks for the tips guys. I might have a need for a "factory like finish" on my project.
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Reply #11 - 12/07/16 at 09:01:29

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/07/16 at 08:06:34:

I used a small orbital sander and 3M Green Scrubby pads and a spray bottle of water on the engine side covers.. worked great.

I shot clear on it. Looked great.
If you have a small orbital, hit something with it and look at the pattern. You might be happier with a chemical strip.
Cheap, rattle can clear isn't the same as automotive.
Some guys here can point you right. Not me..

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Reply #12 - 12/07/16 at 10:19:21

Dave wrote on 12/07/16 at 04:25:25:

And.....the corrosion gets pretty deep when you see the white turn to black.

Do you live near the ocean and salt air?

If you strip the clear coat, and then polish....you will have to polish it regularly to keep it from corroding again - especially if the bike gets wet often.

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I don't live anywhere close to the ocean or salt air. I was thinking of maybe getting them powder coated.

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Reply #13 - 12/07/16 at 10:20:14

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/07/16 at 09:01:29:

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/07/16 at 08:06:34:

I used a small orbital sander and 3M Green Scrubby pads and a spray bottle of water on the engine side covers.. worked great.

I shot clear on it. Looked great.
If you have a small orbital, hit something with it and look at the pattern. You might be happier with a chemical strip.
Cheap, rattle can clear isn't the same as automotive.
Some guys here can point you right. Not me..

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Where in East Texas are you? I'm in Shreveport. Practically the same place.

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Reply #14 - 12/07/16 at 11:15:55

I tell people Longview, but I have a Gilmer address, but, I can be to the Longview mall in half the time it takes to get to Gilmer, and once In Gilmer, you pretty much need to go to Longview if you want more than groceries, hardware or a veterinarian.
I went to Shreveport the Saturday the time changed. Played some Beer Pong, maybe the world's most unsanitary publicly played game.

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