At that moment you will enter Google and type " how to remove rust from a motorcycle " or " best method to clean a motorcycle " and you will discover that there are thousands of miraculous products, each one better and with more followers, which will magically remove everything the mud and rust on your bike and will leave it brand new and ready for an exhibition. From the "universal deoxidizer" Coca-Cola, to vinegar, caustic soda or oxalic acid, not forgetting the smelly liquids of bright colors, there are thousands of products that can remove rust from a metal.
These miraculous products, which are indeed miraculous and I will not be the one to say otherwise, (well ... except for Coca-Cola, which you will do better to drink while you try the rest of the products), have two problems, which you have to consider before using them:
They are extremely toxic: always wear a mask, gloves and eye protection.
They systematically remove all metal protection, so if you don't apply additional protection later, the metal will rust again in a matter of days.
For these reasons, at Donkey Motorbikes we prefer to use the products of a lifetime and we are going to explain how to create your own homemade scourer disc.
The best thing about this method is that it is infinitely cheap, easily found under the sink of any house and very effective.
We talked at the entrance " How to remove rust from a mot or " that the best method to remove a metal oxide is used steel wool 000 , along with some lubricant. We remain convinced of this and we highly recommend this method, its results are simply spectacular.
The only problem with this method is that we will leave our skin and hands rubbing each piece, and that it will be difficult for us to access pieces with many nooks and crannies. Being a job that we will do "by hand" it will take a long time to deoxidize each piece.
When what we want is to carry out a “less fine” job, with larger pieces or with many irregularities, our triple pad with scourer is a very good solution.
There are many types of scourers, more or less abrasive, so it is mandatory to do a test with the material before using the disc , to check that the scourer does not scratch the piece. We, for example, do not use a scourer on aluminum parts or with exhaust pipes, unless we intend to polish them later. However, it is the best method to clean spokes or engine blades, or parts that we intend to polish later.
The best thing about this method is that it is infinitely cheap, easily found under the sink of any house and very effective. Go for it!
2. In our case, we are going to use the discs both flat, with the velcro tool for drilling , and with the drill, to be able to access all the parts.
3. We draw with a marker the outline of the disk. We have used our velcro disc as a template.
4. We cut and drill holes.
5. We will need a long screw, two washers and two screws. The second screw is very important, as it must act as a locknut to prevent it from loosening with the movement of the disc.
6. We press well and we already have our low cost scourer disc.
We leave you a video-tutorial so you can see how it works.
In summary, there are many methods to clean rust and dirt, they all have their positives and their negatives, to us, the scourer disc, it seems to us a magnificent method due to its low cost, the ease of obtaining it and its good results . Take heart with cleaning!
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