stumbled upon a good trick

[John@Autopia-Carcare.com]

Not a fan of S100? I`ve only cleaned up a few bikes in my day, for family and friends. Nothing ever really too serious of a detail. For what I needed to do s100 has always worked wonders for me.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Not a fan of S100? I`ve only cleaned up a few bikes in my day, for family and friends. Nothing ever really too serious of a detail. For what I needed to do s100 has always worked wonders for me.

S100`s engine detailer is pretty good, I`ll agree. Its biggest downfall is that it is EXPENSIVE compared to other products in its category.

[johnnys]

I also found that teh Magic Erasers are great on the seats in my boat.

I am not a pro detailer, just a guy who wants to keep his Harley looking nice.

So I had a problem which is why I sought out this forum. The bike has chrome parts on the engine, and it has black parts. The black parts are a real rough textured flat black.

There are places where chrome parts bolt on to black parts. You don`t want to spread chrome plish onto the black parts. I had this happen and tried to wipe it off. I thought I had it off, but it only thinned it and what was left was invisible until it dried. Anyway, I didn`t know this was happenning and rode the bike and got it hot so the white residue basically baked onto the black finish on the engine part.

Tooth brush and various liquid cleaners were useless. I thought it was permanent until I had this brain flash. Why not try one of those magic erasers my wife keeps around the house?

It worked! Perfectly. There are probably other detailing application these little abrasive sponges are good for. Anyway, thought I would share that for anyone else who smears white polish onto their rough black engine parts.
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[Beemerboy]

I also found that teh Magic Erasers are great on the seats in my boat.

Those Magic Erasers are pretty strong and CAN take color off some vinyls. I would be very careful what you use them on

[Lyfer]

Go to the bike shop and get some engine brightener. That should do the trick.

[rzatch]

Walmart sells Pig Spit for textured paint. Sometimes you can get it for around 6 bucks a can.

[tropicsteve]

+1 for the cd2 engine detailer and it is a little cheaper than the s100 engine brightener.

[holland_patrick]

I wouldn`t use those magic erasures

[Parrothead]

I use engine brightner or pig spit. Both do the job well.I heard Ballistol is also good but I have not tried yet.

[Sleper]

Thanks for the tip those erasers work wonders