Re: '81 CB750C "Rock-It"

Posted by Piute on Nov 01, 2012; 6:10am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/81-CB750C-Rock-It-tp4031001p4031529.html

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Plan is polishing and leaving it bare. I have never liked a clear-coat over aluminum... too easy to get nicks / chips then once the coating is compromised the aluminum starts to oxidize and creep under the clear..no way to repolish it without stripping it all back down.
 Even the rock hard factory coating, whatever the hell it is, had this problem. Take a look at the engine covers or front forks on "well used" bikes.  Powdercoating has the same issue, altough it's much harder to chip or scratch in the first place, once the aluminum starts to oxidize it peels off in small sheets.
 I know I just opened a Big Can-O-Worms, long debate on to clearcoat, what to use, or not. But I personally would rather hit it with Mothers and a coat of car wax every spring and be able to maintain it than have something "maintenance-free" that I can't fix.