Check this out! sanding and buffing coolness!
04-29-10 | 11:00 AM
#26
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04-29-10 | 11:02 AM
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04-29-10 | 11:32 AM
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I'll have to remember to post pics of the tandem cranks I polished a few weeks ago, they came out very nice. I used 600-grit sandpaper to remove the original coating and then went straight to the polishing wheel. The wheel really makes short work of jobs like this, around 2 minutes per crank arm to a mirror finish.
04-29-10 | 11:52 AM
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When you do polish parts, how long do they "last" before they dull up again and need touching up?
04-29-10 | 11:54 AM
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I did the same thing to a set of wheels for my car.
You can get well into 1800 grit, wet sand paper, at any auto body place.
Follow with mothers aluminum polish and possibly rotory buffer
You can get well into 1800 grit, wet sand paper, at any auto body place.
Follow with mothers aluminum polish and possibly rotory buffer
04-29-10 | 12:06 PM
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Been on a polishing kick of late myself and have been really pleased with the Mother's polish and the quick results... it does repel water after it has been applied.
Polished up an old BBC 7 bell last night and one could almost shave in the reflection afterwards.
04-29-10 | 12:07 PM
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04-29-10 | 07:35 PM
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You can also "graduate"the Mothers from 0000 steel wool to a towel to a shop rag to a t-shirt. The smoother cloth, the more mirror-like the shine. However, in time, the finish will "haze" a bit. That bothers me nil, as it still looks great. My goal is to do a set of rims that way.
Man, I hope that's a speedo....
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04-29-10 | 07:42 PM
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Reminds me, I got a tall Nitto Technomic stem with like a 140mm reach out of a junk box at an LBS (it was $4, couldn't leave it...) that I'm going to polish up and put on the "pay it forward" thread. The only cost? The story of why you have a frame for which you need an extra tall stem with a 140mm reach. Should be interesting 
04-29-10 | 07:49 PM
#41
For those in the know, do you find it easier to strip an anodized part by wet sanding, or do use something like Easy-Off first?
04-29-10 | 10:02 PM
#44
Even applied outside, the Easy-Off nearly knocked me out. I don't have much tolerance for noxious fumes.
