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[scottrobertson1990]

Morning!

 

During the rebuild of my VX iv'e stripped out all the interior to re-trim. Ive also taken out all the carpet as it looks pretty tatty, I was going to try and get the metal up to a good finish, as iv'e seen it in photos and it looks really good

 

Does anyone have any tips on polishing it up as its currently covered in the residue from all the tape it was stuck on with!

 

Thanks in advance

[fezzasus]

Careful using anything abrasive. The aluminium is anodised and you risk removing the anodisation if you sand the adhesive.

 

search ebay for 'magic sponges' they will help clean off the adhesive, as will goo gone or any other residue remover. If you're still not happy with the condition of the metal I would suggest painting with silver POR15 rather than sanding, this is the approved lotus fix for corroded footwells in the Elise S1 

[p4cks]

It comes up well with Bilt Hamber Surfex HD which is a really good degreaser

[scottrobertson1990]

It comes up well with Bilt Hamber Surfex HD which is a really good degreaser

 

Great, thanks. Do you use an electric polisher or something?

[scottrobertson1990]

Careful using anything abrasive. The aluminium is anodised and you risk removing the anodisation if you sand the adhesive.

 

search ebay for 'magic sponges' they will help clean off the adhesive, as will goo gone or any other residue remover. If you're still not happy with the condition of the metal I would suggest painting with silver POR15 rather than sanding, this is the approved lotus fix for corroded footwells in the Elise S1 

 

 

Thanks thats great info! Glad I checked now!

[Andy_VX]

We sell a[color=rgb(49,46,47);font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size:15px;]luminium [/color]polish at work which might work quite well, never tired it myself as I CBA! 

 

http://www.bhg-marin...tect-4472-p.asp

 

 

[Andyeddie]

Soak some wire wool in T cut and have at it. The anodising will be ok provided you don't go all heavy handed on it. On really sticky bits substitute the T cut fir WD40. "other proprietary paint cutting and water displacement products are also available"

[p4cks]

 

It comes up well with Bilt Hamber Surfex HD which is a really good degreaser

 

Great, thanks. Do you use an electric polisher or something?

 

 

Nope, just a microfibre cloth to wipe it off with.

 

For the grooves on the chassis next to where your seat is I use a brush attachment from a vacuum cleaner (attached to the switched on vacuum cleaner!)

 

Here's a before and after:

[GiGo]

For the groves I used an a wheel cleaning brush I got with a kit, bristles were about 2 inches long and I used alloy wheel cleaner, worked a treat before I covered mine in carpet as I couldn't be arsed to clean it any more.

[Andyeddie]

Brass suede cleaning brush works well