Cleaning polished alloy bullbar

Brasso has stuff called something like Silvo.. it works.

The other way is Mothers Brand of polish, all the harley hardheads use it back home.

There is no really easy way.. it will take work.

Yep, ditch the alloy and get a steel bar! First thing i did to my 80 when I bought it....looked like far too much hard work.
I used to use Autosol on the alloy crankcases of my Ducati's....comes up awesome, but a lot of elbow required....could get a mirror (almost) finish after a while.

Soap and a Curly Girl...no, its a wire scourer!! It polishes a treat but there is no easy way.

Cheers,
Willem

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There’s no need to keep having to continually polish an alloy bullbar.
Just polish it the once and then spray it with a clear lacquer . You can buy this in a spray can from any place that sells automative paint, it’s a clear top coat used for sealing metalic paints.
If for any reason in the future you want to remove the clear coat, it’s easily removed using paint stripper.

I just give my ARB steel bar a wipe over after every trip to remove the bugs and after 5 years still looks like new,

Gday John
If you dont want to be tied down to cleaning this bar, a good way is to take it off and have it powdercoated. There are a few nice hamertone colours aswell as the straight finishes available.
Otherwise, hire a buffer and polish it up. This wont last that long, so try some Mr sheen to protect the finish :-)
Andrewwheredayathinkwer mike?

John,

You can buy alloy/aluminium polish from most auto stores (even Big W etc). Small pot for under $10 lasts for months. Idea is to rub it on, then rub off doing a small area at a time. I've been using this stuff for years and find it very effective - brings the bar back to mirror perfection and will also remove minor scratches and blemishes.

If your bullbar hasn't been done before it'll probably take a fair bit of elbow grease the first couple of times to get it back to mint condition but its worth the effort. A trick I use is to use very fine grade of steel wool (the non-soapy stuff from the supermarket is OK) to lightly rub in the polish but start on an inconspicuous spot first to make sure it doesn't adversely effect your particular bar and until you get your technique/pressure right. A metal polisher I know put me onto this trick and I've found it takes a lot of the hard work out of it.

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John,

I used to be an interstate truck driver. I found the best way to clean alloy fuel tanks and bullbar was with an electric buffer and a number 2 car polish. Brings them up like new.

Regards,
Radar.

John,

Try the magic paste called "Gumption" - we buy it at the supermarket and have used it for years. Comes in a white plastic tub with a yellow top. Seems to be able to take anything off anything easily. We use it to clean the glass in our combustion heater, and anything else that has deep stains - like bird crap on the poly outdoor furniture. It hasn't scratched the glass or the plastic.

Alternatively, you could get some of that European 4wd cleaner called sprayonmud. Available from Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo, VW etc...

gday john.
with out sounding like a smarty.
go pay an alloy cleaner this time.
get it right up to scratch might cost you $100(ive no idea)
then in future it wont be nearly that hard to clean.you reckon your cute
richard(eskimo)
but im a lot cuter

I've obviously been doing the wrong thing - had my alloy bar for 10 years (not quite straight now) and have never polished it. Please someone tell me why on earth you want to polish a bull bar. rgds

This reminds me of Ted Bullpitt - "Yer not takin' the Cruiser!! I just Armoralled the bullbar!!!"

JMFAAH*

Cheers

(For the acronymically challenged, "Just My Feeble Attempt At Humour")

Was talking to a metal polisher in a factory bay up from me the other day asked him your question.

He said their was only one product he would use neamed Reflection

He dropped me in a tube today and we tried it on the GQ which I guarantee has not been touched since new.

WELLLL. Talk about bring up a shine. It will take a bit of elbow grease but the results from just one speck on a rag was amazing.

The product is Reflection Metal Polish "the polish that turns metal into mirrors"

Its in a 130 g tube and the manufaturer of the pack is Ferro Finishing Pty Ltd 3 Larkin Street PO Box 245) Riverwoos 2210 Sydney Tel 02-95341155

Sorry didn't get time to ask is it in any of the stores and NO I don't have any link to the company but rest assured I will be doing the rest of the bar because if I don't its going to look out of place.

Hope this helps

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