gm1230126
12-23-06, 03:40 PM
Any advice from any of you that may have worked with Titanium on the best methods to polish Ti that has a bead blasted/natural finish to a mirror like finish?
Framebuilders - How do you polish Ti?
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roadfix
12-23-06, 03:48 PM
I'm curious to see what methods are used. I recently completely wire-brushed my raw/satin ti frame. I tried buffing out a small inconspicous area of the frame and it polished well. I'm not yet sure I'd like another polished ti frame. I already have an old Litespeed Classic frame which came polished.
Thylacine
12-25-06, 11:44 PM
Any advice from any of you that may have worked with Titanium on the best methods to polish Ti that has a bead blasted/natural finish to a mirror like finish?
Can't say I've ever polished Ti. I think it looks crap polished and prefer to Scotchbrite them as it looks better and is much lower maintenance.
However, from a Scotchbrite to polished, you'd simply need to get progressively finer with your media, ending up with a polishing wheel and cutting compound.
You'd have to be feeling pretty game to attempt to hand polish and entire Ti frame without having done it before!
Can't say I've ever polished Ti. I think it looks crap polished and prefer to Scotchbrite them as it looks better and is much lower maintenance.
However, from a Scotchbrite to polished, you'd simply need to get progressively finer with your media, ending up with a polishing wheel and cutting compound.
You'd have to be feeling pretty game to attempt to hand polish and entire Ti frame without having done it before!
gm1230126
12-26-06, 11:14 PM
Can't say I've ever polished Ti. I think it looks crap polished and prefer to Scotchbrite them as it looks better and is much lower maintenance.
However, from a Scotchbrite to polished, you'd simply need to get progressively finer with your media, ending up with a polishing wheel and cutting compound.
You'd have to be feeling pretty game to attempt to hand polish and entire Ti frame without having done it before!
I read somewhere that it can be done similar to ball burnishing an aluminum frame. I think it actually looks pretty decent polished. I have bikes both ways and perfer the polished actually. It's even easier upkeep than the bead blasted or brushed finish.
However, from a Scotchbrite to polished, you'd simply need to get progressively finer with your media, ending up with a polishing wheel and cutting compound.
You'd have to be feeling pretty game to attempt to hand polish and entire Ti frame without having done it before!
I read somewhere that it can be done similar to ball burnishing an aluminum frame. I think it actually looks pretty decent polished. I have bikes both ways and perfer the polished actually. It's even easier upkeep than the bead blasted or brushed finish.