Acf50

I just completely soak a soft polish cloth in it and rub it all around the metal parts and it sticks on okay, many different answers appear they will...

 

Get your fingers in there Mate

 

I had the same problem. I bought a cheap spray gun for my compressor. Haven't tried it yet but that's how the pro bike valeters do it. Supposed to get a mist in everywhere without absolutely saturating everything and wasting the stuff.

 

Misto olive oil sprayer. Gives allyearbiker effect with 1/6 cost

Misto Oil Sprayer in basters and misters at Lakeland

Ps. Put acf50 in it, not olive oil.

 

Keep it off all braking surfaces and use as fine a mist as possible. It's an ultra thin fluid compound that creeps into nooks and crannies and won't work as well as it should if it's applied in a thick layer.

 

The aerosol cans are a dear way of buying it and they slap it on far too heavily. I've just invested in a 4 litre bottle with the spray gun because I use it all year round on both my bikes and on the KTM all over it. The paint is matt black so wax polish is pointless. ACF50 brings everything up a treat. Especially shiny black wheels, plastics and titanium or stainless silencers.
Don't reckon you can avoid catching the discs to some extent so I always wipe them off with brake cleaner (good drill anyway, shifts the brake dust). The main thing is not to apply the brakes until the discs have been cleaned and not to get any near the calipers or it'll impregnate the pads and then they'll never be right again.

 

I did mine last week with a paint spray gun on my compressor. Great results. Just make sure the bike is clean and dry before you start with the acf

 

That's what i was aiming for but without having to buy a compressor for the one job.

I've got some decorating sheets I put over the wheels.

 

A compressor is so useful you'll always find jobs for it. Once you've got one you'll wonder how you managed without it. Don't skimp and buy too small though.
I bought a 50L 2.5 HP cheapie from Machine Mart thinking it would be fine for cleaning jobs and inflating tyres. And it is but I wish I'd spent more and bought something a bit bigger. An ideal home garage compressor would be a 100/150 L tank with 150 PSI operating pressure. You can run all the air tools you'll need for a bike off that, including impact wrenches for wheel nuts and its big enough to spray car panels.
I'm rewiring the garage and I'm going to put in a 32A socket so I can have a 200 L belt driven compressor. I might buy one of the British made Clarkes from Machine Mart when they have a VAT-free day or I'll get a decent S/H one.

 

Did you warm up the acf first? It thins it enough to spray

 

Sit the can in a bucket of hot water for a bit, works a treat.

 

Just done the SF all over. Paint spray gun on compressor works brilliantly. Delivers a fine mist everywhere, didn't need to warm the ACF first and a little fluid goes a very long way. My 4 Litre bottle will last for years. Aerosol can with a spray tube still useful though for spot applications on fasteners etc in hard to get at places.
I'm trial fitting a set of Exact starter cables for Exige so I've dismantled the tail section. Didn't realise how dirty it was under the bodywork till I took some photos. The subframe and all the electrical components had a fine layer of road dust which was bugging me. It can't be washed out and its a fiddle to clean. A mist of ACF and a rub round with a cloth has brought everything up like new.

 

Brillant stuff to apply on a cleaned warm bike & left to dry off.