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Vitamin K
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When polishing bores with Tamiya swabs, is it best to use a fresh swab tip for each bore? My thinking is that I should, but if y'all have had good results with re-using them, I am all about saving a few swabs.
Ya I am not sold on using them also. I got the black ice kit too and I see why you ask the question. Seems there has to be a better way to do this. Maybe start off with the bigger swabs on a old wheel then after it crushes go to your race wheels.
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Vitamin K
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I picked up some of 87106 swabs. They feel like a good tight fit in the bores, and my feeling is that they are a lot less likely than the q-tip stalks to tear out chunks of plastic. I'm just wondering if I can get away with using a single swab for multiple wheels, or if they lose effectiveness after the first.
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Alas, this is what I suspected, but it hurts my cheapass heart. You'd think the Black Ice kit would come with a few more, then, eh?
Have you tried multiple wheels with a single tamiya? The only way you're gonna get fast is to try stuff... & after that, more stuff.
I use the same one for a lot of wheels. You don't have to crush the wheel bores.
Leave the polish in and follow the tamiya with a pipe cleaner and they are glass.
Ballastic hit the nail on the head. You have to try stuff to see what works for you. I can tell you I have long given up shoving a QTip stalk in a wheel bore. I could never get it to work. When I polish, nothing is in there snug or tight. Just a tiny bit of friction is all you need. And time, sprinkled with patience. When to buff out a wheel is also a tricky part to me. I don't blow them out after the initial wax; there are better ways to remove the excess wax. The best way is to get a bunch of scout wheels and given different methods a try; just slight variations from the black ice video. You'll have to figure out how to gauge your technique; putting them on a car works, but may not be the best method. I'm a visual creature, so I need to be able to see what's going on in there.
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Vitamin K
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Yeah, I've never been much for the q-tip stalks, personally. Always managed to destroy bores with them. Have been relying on pipe cleaners for a long time now, but thought I'd give these Tamiya swabs a go. Seem like a nice compromise between pressure and "give".
