I've polished my bike for the first time today and there was orange coming off on the cloth, is this normal for a new bike,
yep, as said carl its a known issue with the repsol wheels.....rumour has it Honda purposely placed a transferable orange coating on them to remind all those repsol owners out there that they should be out there riding and not polishing.
Ha, I can't speak anyway I haven't had a proper ride out for about 5 weeks now. Last time I did the heavens opened and I fled home like a spanked cat to dry her down!
Yes you should treat yourself to some microfibres.....lol. They all do that in the end the yellow undercoat shows through, my advice is only use gentle wash soaps and wax, that or get some gold OZ racing wheels....
Bloody typical innit? Mine must be the only ones that dont 'fade'.....and I WANT them to so they match my cheap chinese fairings that arent proper colour matched. Oh FFS......
some of my mates wheels do it real bad, I put it down to solvent and petroleum based cleaners like Autoglym etc...
I am fairly OCD when it comes to car and bike detailing. All '' polishes '' virtually have some kind of mild cutting action, and this can take off colour from wheels that do not have a clearcoat (aka like bike and car body panels). I would recommend a pure polish (not to be found in Hellfords !). I use (amongst others) Meguires, they have a pure hand polish with has no abbrasives in it at all. I would then seal that in with a hard wax. No colour should come off using this method..... and for all out there, never ever never use T -Cut.... its the devils spawn !
Me too, Zymol or Super Natrual or any pure un scented wax as for washing PH neutral washes and micro fibre cloths I too seal with red mist etc... I love cleaning but then I do own a Repsol....lol
Agree, most folks don't known the difference between a cutting paste, polish and a wax/sealant. You have BOTTLES with a label saying polish when in fact it will contain some aggressive cutting compounds. I also have an orbital and random orbital machine polishers and all manner of cutting compounds and pastes. But due to bike paints being so thin and the clearcoat being even thinner you have to be very careful when putting any '' polish '' on it, especially the wheels. Just go onto a detailing website and you will get lots of advice on what compounds to buy, just don't put all your eggs into the '' Halfords '' basket.
Nah fuck it, use a jet washer and then some low grade sand paper. Seal with some industrial thinners, and then go a buy yourself a proper black one!
