TECH TIP, even the 'ol lady can do it !

Back in the days when ya wanted to clean,
THE chrome or the paint on ya car,
bike, motorcicle, whatever.
We were pretty limited here in Europe.
Besides washing it with water and regular soap,
we didn't had not so much "swell" products to help us.

Soap & water

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We had " brasso " polish, intended for pots and pans.
" Commandant" to polish your paint and chrome, with crude abrasive in it :-(
I finally found a solution in a steam cleaner,
which could be rented for a guilder ( € 0,40) for 5 minutes, pretty nearby.
After utilizing the cleaner, drove the 10min. drive back home to dry the bike.
There i had a mix of petroleum and engine oil, waiting.
Yeah, i know sounds pretty historic doesn't ?
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With a piece of cloth soaked in that mix,
I covered all the chrome, aluminum and paint.
Let it sit for a while, and with devoted elbow grease,
rubbed everything shiny clean. Yep, worked pretty good.
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Only if ya looked at all those shinny cicles in the " Easyriders",
there was a difference.  They must have, better chrome !
Do they ever drive those machines ?
Their 'ol ladies are more devoted polishers,

The Cleaning crew

daytime the bike, and at night ya shifting rod ? .... ( ha ha, ya DIG ! ).
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First change in our downlands (+/- 1980 )
came thru with, Belgom ALU !
Wauw that made, that aluminum really shine !
Special when ya sanded those rough Harley-davidsons castings down,
and treated it afterwards w. that "Belgom ALU "!
Still never found something similar again.
What ya think? Of course I sell it !
Have to make money somewhere to drive my scoot !
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1984 started w. importing Harley parts & stuff.
Along with came those "wauw" polish things,
out of the fabeltastic good 'ol USA !
Products I never heard about.
Silk soft polishing wax with carnauba wax, for your paint !?
Man that stuff worked like wonders and smelled,
sooo sweat like candy ( yummy, yummy !).
Or " blue away " to get rid of the blueish heated parts on your shotgun pipes.
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What really struck me was, a small tin can.
Contained impregnated cotton.
Ya had to take a piece out of it, and clean your chrome.
Indeed your chrome came home like it was factory new !
Really, not fooling ! Even big wraths of rust vanished !
That magic blue tin can, was called simply " NEVR DULL " !
And my bike was NEVR DULL again, after a cleaning job.
Yeah, of course i sell NEVR DULL !
It's a great product, for a small price. Only €8 !
You should have it on your shelf !
If ya reading this in Spain, Norway, or in the bushes of Germany.
Ya probably can find it there somewhere too.
Tell 'em, Alexander from "Kiwidog Bones" told ya so !
Now this was a special tech tip, without wrenches.
Even the misses can do it ;-)
Now time to sit back and enjoy the shine with a beer !

CHEERS !