That was mine; still wonderful 17 years later (anniversary in April) with paint only scuffed or nicked in a few places.
I never noticed any oddness in the metallic specks; would rather like to see the cluster. On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Grant @ Rivendell <grant6...@gmail.com> wrote: > MCGUIAR'S car wax is the stuff Joe Bell recommends. We've used it now and > then. About 17 years ago a guy got a custom fixie bike, and don't wonder > why, there was no good actual reason, but I put a rare earth magnet on it > for some reason. Maybe to hold a piece of paper on it. That is beside the > point, as people used to say. Anyway, the bike was metallic navy blue, and > the magnet pulled, or seemed to pull, some of the metallic flakes to the > surface, because instead of evenly distributed stars, just under the magnet > there was now a concentration, like a dense galaxy of metallic brightness. > Joe Bell recommended McGuiar's and it worked, and I can't explain why, but > it was our last resort, but the only effective one...logic-defying tho it > may have been. > > On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 8:57:12 AM UTC-8, drew wrote: >> >> I worked a couple of bikes through handlebar swaps and got apparently got >> a little carried away with shellacking, but didn't notice/care for about a >> week. Tried denatured alcohol and it sorts of worked for some thicker >> spots, but the thinner areas are giving me grief. Now it seems like the >> removal process is dulling the paint in the frustrating area. >> >> So what do you use to remove shellac? >> >> Is there a wax or polish that people use to protect or restore paint on >> bikes? >> Also, I do get the beausage thing. Battlescars and stuff I can abide, but >> this is just sloppy work on my part. >> >> -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
