I see alum polishing, do people ride polished bare steel too?
03-30-07, 07:39 AM
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I see alum polishing, do people ride polished bare steel too?
Seeing all these post about polishing aluminum made me wonder if anybody has polished a bare steel frame to a shine and rides it that way. Maybe clearcoat for preventing rust? Anybody have pictures?
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It doesn't work. Here in humid Atlanta, bare steel will start rusting in minutes. Clear coating will slow the rust down, but eventually (usually in a year or two) you start getting nasty looking rust patches under the clear coat.
953 is supposed to be a stainless alloy, it probably won't rust. I don't know what it looks like polished. I know regular stainless is very time consuming to polish. Maybe Ti would be better.
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953 is supposed to be a stainless alloy, it probably won't rust. I don't know what it looks like polished. I know regular stainless is very time consuming to polish. Maybe Ti would be better.
Az
03-30-07, 08:08 AM
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I think Cuda has polished steel, chrome, aluminum, boron, carbon fiber, plastic, his water bottles, his tires, the cat, anything within reach of his Dremel.
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Originally Posted by Az B
It doesn't work. Here in humid Atlanta, bare steel will start rusting in minutes. Clear coating will slow the rust down, but eventually (usually in a year or two) you start getting nasty looking rust patches under the clear coat.
953 is supposed to be a stainless alloy, it probably won't rust. I don't know what it looks like polished. I know regular stainless is very time consuming to polish. Maybe Ti would be better.
Az
953 is supposed to be a stainless alloy, it probably won't rust. I don't know what it looks like polished. I know regular stainless is very time consuming to polish. Maybe Ti would be better.
Az
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On the surface of the moon it would work just fine.
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Yea, I know the saltwater would kill it here. I was just wondering if anybody had a bike like that somewhere.
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Originally Posted by charlisity
Seeing all these post about polishing aluminum made me wonder if anybody has polished a bare steel frame to a shine and rides it that way. Maybe clearcoat for preventing rust? Anybody have pictures?
Fireman's Cruzer...don't think it's polished
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Originally Posted by DonPenguino
You sure it wasn't chromed? It's basically impossible to leave a bare/polished steel look, even with clear coat.
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I have told people that clearcoat on bare steel won't hold up but know some people who were going to do it anyway, may look nice for a few months... There is a guy who had a fully chromed somec under the paint and stripped that. Even the unpolished chrome didn't hold up to what vancouver winters throw at a bike, it's rusting away.
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Found it!
It belongs to forum member 12XU, so if you want to know how long it lasts you've got someone to ask...must be decent though, if he's riding around in the snow.
https://velospace.org/node/2009
It belongs to forum member 12XU, so if you want to know how long it lasts you've got someone to ask...must be decent though, if he's riding around in the snow.
https://velospace.org/node/2009
03-30-07, 01:09 PM
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If you don't want to paint it you could use cold Gun Bluing, it a controlled rust process and leaves a shiny dark blue finish. Or you could use browning that is used on black powder guns, leaves a dark brown finish but won't shine as much as bluing.
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Originally Posted by Az B
It doesn't work. Here in humid Atlanta, bare steel will start rusting in minutes.
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Does the Chrome in Cro-Moly slow the rusting process ? 
Brake rotors and drums are likely to be Iron which will rust faster.
Brake rotors and drums are likely to be Iron which will rust faster.
