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As you may be aware I have got myself an Old 81 Honda XR500 RC
She presents pretty good but some of the plastics have some fading happening from Sun Damage and I think the previous owner has taken to the tank with some kind of scraper and left little marks on it where it has dug in.
My question to the forum is what are peoples views on restoring the old plastics and what procedure do they use. I know Ballards sell a plastic rejuvinator kit,has anyone used this what are the results like?
Also if anyone has an old rear guard to suit this bike I would be very interested,not sure if Honda still stock them or not?
Ollie
AnonymousDick has had some good results with the Ballards kit Dick has also restored a plastic tank that had bad scratches Dick found that sand paper removed the marks then a finer grade was used Dick then used a buffer with cutting compound and finally polish and it came up better then new.Clever Dick
Thanks Dick! So was that a mechanical buffer with a foam pad?
I did try some 280 wet and Dry to start with then finished with 600 wet and dry and a slurry of cutting compound and water seems ok but very laborious
keep em coming!!
AnonymousOllie wrote:
Quote:Thanks Dick! So was that a mechanical buffer with a foam pad?I did try some 280 wet and Dry to start with then finished with 600 wet and dry and a slurry of cutting compound and water seems ok but very laborious
keep em coming!!
Dick used a mechanical buffer naturally with a few lambs wool pads Dick never said it was an easy job :laugh:
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