I think you did the right thing by taking it to a professional and I'm glad it turned out well. It was a learning experience for some of us, too. After reading about it on this thread I went out and bought some Meguir's Ultimate Compound. Never would have known about it had you not brought up the issue with your frame on this blog.
On Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 2:08:03 PM UTC-6, Dave Small wrote: > > Hi all, > > The story has a happy ending thanks for a local auto detailer. I took it > to him yesterday and said "can you fix this?" He thumbed it and said "I > think so, but my nail is catching one of the scratches so it may not come > out completely." I said that's fine, even if it's just greatly diminished > I could live with it. He put a dollop of liquid goop on a rag and polished > for a minute, reloaded his rag and polished for a minute more, said "I'm > gonna switch to something lighter," disappeared in back for a minute, came > back with a dollop of something else on the rag, polished for a minute, > inspected it, and said "can you still see it?" I looked and said "nope, > you're a genius." > > It took him about 6 minutes to fix the problem, which says a lot for > relying on experience. And I got to watch him, so I'll be comfortable > doing it myself next time if there *is* a next time. I brought it home, > put a coat of wax on top, and took it over to my mechanic a while ago. He > won't finish it before I leave town later this week, but he'll have it done > by the time I return in a month. I'm looking forward to seeing the > finished bike. > > Thanks again to all those who chimed in. > > 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/59603f29-aa07-4818-a998-05b637d9e5cd%40googlegroups.com.
