Hey everyone,
I have been thinking of getting my ninja detailed just to bring her back to life, all the extras other than a standard clean and was wondering if anybody knows of a good place in Sydney? I'm out south west, glenfield to be exact but don't mind traveling for it.
All help appreciated!
Cheers,
Colin.
Motorcycle Detailing (Sydney Area)
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Kermit
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- Joined: Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:35 pm
- Bike: ZX6R
- State: New South Wales
- Location: Sydney
Re: Motorcycle Detailing (Sydney Area)
If your referring to paint cleaning, cut, wax & polish, have you thought about it doing it yourself?
All those products shouldn't cost more than $80 when not on sale and being a bike you should be able to knock it over in less than a few hours.
You'll have ample left over product for repeat use on the bike or car again.
There are specific polishing products for bikes, but I find the car products work better on the bike from testing. As long as it clear coat safe you're right!
Grime cleaner = clay bar and application lubricant, you can buy a fancy lubricant but it will work just as good with normal water. Removes, road tar, bugs, and other minor stuff that's binded to the paint work, restores smoothness to the paint.
Scratch remover = use to remove fine scratches, swirls and oxidation from specific areas (works great on the tank). If you need something deeper as long as its not down to primer you would go for heavier cutting compound, but unless you know what you are doing; I would not use it.
Paint cleaner = Paint cleaner, restores paint and preps for polishing
Canuba wax = Polish
Wheel cleaner = prepsol
Meguairs, mothers & auto glym all supply those waxes & polishes.
Prepsol is pretty generic.
All those products shouldn't cost more than $80 when not on sale and being a bike you should be able to knock it over in less than a few hours.
You'll have ample left over product for repeat use on the bike or car again.
There are specific polishing products for bikes, but I find the car products work better on the bike from testing. As long as it clear coat safe you're right!
Grime cleaner = clay bar and application lubricant, you can buy a fancy lubricant but it will work just as good with normal water. Removes, road tar, bugs, and other minor stuff that's binded to the paint work, restores smoothness to the paint.
Scratch remover = use to remove fine scratches, swirls and oxidation from specific areas (works great on the tank). If you need something deeper as long as its not down to primer you would go for heavier cutting compound, but unless you know what you are doing; I would not use it.
Paint cleaner = Paint cleaner, restores paint and preps for polishing
Canuba wax = Polish
Wheel cleaner = prepsol
Meguairs, mothers & auto glym all supply those waxes & polishes.
Prepsol is pretty generic.
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Stuzrx
- KSRC Member
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- Bike: Z750
- State: New South Wales
- Location: Casino.
Re: Motorcycle Detailing (Sydney Area)
Helluva lot more to "detailing" than a rough cut'n polish.I used to do bike only detailing for a job,and it is surprisingly tedious,finger crunching stuff.
What riders don't really understand is the time that is used up to do the job,what I call,properly.
How good a job do you expect for the money your willing to pay to have it done??. I guarantee it'll be too much for too little.That's
why I don't do it anymore
Answer ....do it yourself,you'll be better off.
What riders don't really understand is the time that is used up to do the job,what I call,properly.
How good a job do you expect for the money your willing to pay to have it done??. I guarantee it'll be too much for too little.That's
why I don't do it anymore
Answer ....do it yourself,you'll be better off.
I luurrve the smell of 2stroke in the mornin'.
'09 Z750 - '77 RD400 - '72 S1 250 Triple - '04 SV650.
'09 Z750 - '77 RD400 - '72 S1 250 Triple - '04 SV650.