Repairing Scratches On Black Surfaces.

[DoorPosition]

So I got a swirly little scratch on my Fly Screen(Rizoma) that was irking the Hell out of me the last couple days. I remember I had some Birchwood Casey Liquid Bluing on hand for repairing scratches and scuff on my guns so I gave it try on the bike. No real reason it shouldn’t work, right? Metal is metal. Stuff is absolute MAGIC for gun repair and maintenance.

Worked like a charm. Better than expected, actually. If you go this route, you swab the effect area with Rubbing Alcohol to remove any grime and chemically strip the scratch/scuff down to the bare exposed metal. After this you gently dab the Liquid Blue on, go very sparingly. After a couple minutes you’ll start seeing the damage simply fade away. It’s a chemical reaction with the metal itself, you’re not merely covering the scratch like you would with paint or ink. After a few minutes just wipe the surface with a damp and dry cloth. You may need to do 2 applications but you can skip the alcohol swab on the second go.

So there you go. You got any little dings, scratches, scuffs, etc on a black metal surface on your bike, get some Birchwood Casey Liquid Bluing. Only a few bucks for a little bottle. It will keep for years. I’ve had mine at least 5 or 6.

Works on both aluminum and steel at a minimum.

Cheers-DPos’n.

 

[Qship]

Worked pretty damned good.
Cool!

 

[DaveM]

It sure did do the job on that.

 

[Rocky]

Very nice

 

[DoorPosition]

 

[sikatri]

Great tip!

 

[roach256]

I've got a similar scratch on my otherwise flawless black tank. 03 America. Just purchased on Amazon, $8. I'll give it a go. Thanks in advance.

 

[DoorPosition]

I've got a similar scratch on my otherwise flawless black tank. 03 America. Just purchased on Amazon, $8. I'll give it a go. Thanks in advance.

Won’t work on painted surfaces. Perhaps I should’ve made that clear. The metal has to be more treated like bluing, nitride, or parkerized and not merely coated like with paint. I wish I could say that it did because some prick at my warehouse put a 2” scratch on my otherwise pristine black tank too.

That’s probably primer that you see just under the blemish. If it’s bare metal, sure, give it a go. But it won’t fill in the scratch. Best you can hope for is for any bare metal to turn black. That may mask the scratch a bit but it will still be very much visible.

Trust me, I feel your pain. I’ve been getting prices for handling my tank problem and they are NOT comforting I can assure you.

Not to worry though. That bottle of Liquid Blue you bought will come in real handy sooner or later.