Winter is coming. Hold the garage door.

[NINJA]

@Minia said in Winter is coming. Hold the garage door.:

then it will be time to get the white vinegar out and clean everything until the towels keep their original colour!

How does that work???

[Minia]

@NINJA White vinegar and salt removes rust. Just need to be careful of the concentration or it'll remove protective layers on some metals like aluminium. Most of my bolts are rusty, so I'm going to soak them up then brush the rust off.

[NINJA]

@Minia Which is the best concentration mix you use/recommend please???

[Minia]

@NINJA Never tried it before I've got a 5 litre bucket, I'll just dump the bolts and screws in there and throw in maybe 2-3 spoons of salt. See how it goes.

[NINJA]

@Minia LOL OK let us know how you get on???

[Minia]

@NINJA Sure Worth a go mate. Maybe I'll only do a couple first, see how it goes.

[NINJA]

@Minia :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone:

[Minia]

Getting there... slowly.

Think I'm going to be taking it all apart, more annoyances appearing. Notably one of the bolts holding the tach and headlamp mount from the top has shredded, going to be tough to get out.

Once everything I need is off, removing rust and painting will take place

[Minia]

Getting there... still.

Found a local guy who can gritblast the engine and powdercoat motorcycle frames so I'll probably do that to give it a really good clean underneath. The rest I can manage with some elbow grease.

I'll be in France for a bit to work on the country home and hopefully I'll find a WR250 that'll appear, once again the one I was looking at sold ;( If I can't find anything, I'll just bring another DT back up and sell it.

[Nottsbiker]

Looks like good progress mate

I'm off to Normandy in June if Brexit don't balls it up - I always take my dog on my travels even this year for the 75th anniversary celebrations