Dave - practice on someone else's car :-)
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 9:29:26 PM UTC-6, Dave Small wrote: > > Thanks much to everyone who's responded. I love this forum, with its > cumulative knowledge and folks who're willing to take the time to help > others. > > Laing mentioned Youtube, which was a great suggestion that I hadn't > considered. Forty minutes of watching scratch-removal videos convinced me > that the scratches can probably be removed by polishing, or if not removed > then at least diminished to the extent that they won't torment me when I > ride and look down. Responses that followed Laing's confirmed that the > right kind of polishing might do the trick. Many of the Youtube videos > warn about being too aggressive or the possibility of leaving streaks or > fine lines so the solution is not without risk, and each one touts a > different product or slightly different approach that the poster thinks is > the best to avoid those risks. > > I quickly realized that most of the videos were posted by auto detailers. > I'm still nervous about the potential unintended consequences of a novice > like me using the wrong product, or using the right product wrongly, so I'm > going to take it to a local detailer to see if this is an easy fix for > someone with experience. I suspect it is, and it might even be easy for > me, but this frame is too nice for me to risk making worse with my > inexperience. I wish I had a beater bike to practice on but I don't. > > I'll report back and let y'all know what happens. Hopefully there's a > happy ending ahead. > > Dave > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2c613ca3-4906-48f7-89f1-69d57768b0a9%40googlegroups.com.
