Polishing frames

[Keiron Decommun]

Hi all, anyone here had an aluminium frame ball burnished or polished? I've got a Proflex 957
that could do with re-finishing and I intend to have my new bike stripped and polished
professionally too.

Tia. Dave.

[Gavin Will]

Hello

I havent done this to a bicycle frame but I recently polished up the swingarm on my motocross bike.
It came up with a mirror finish after I had polished it, I sanded it down with finer and finer wet &
dry and then polished with AutoGlym polish from halfords which cost a fiver. lots of work but worth
the results.

"Keiron DeCommunity" <email@mysite.com> wrote in message
news:<3eba2be7$0$7732$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk>...
> Hi all, anyone here had an aluminium frame ball burnished or polished? I've got a Proflex 957
> that could do with re-finishing and I intend to have my new bike stripped and polished
> professionally too.
>
> Tia. Dave.

[Tony Raven]

In news:d5bc3aa.0305090622.2a8cbc29@posting.google.com, Gavin Will <gavinwill@hotmail.com> typed:
> Hello
>
> I havent done this to a bicycle frame but I recently polished up the swingarm on my motocross
> bike. It came up with a mirror finish after I had polished it, I sanded it down with finer and
> finer wet & dry and then polished with AutoGlym polish from halfords which cost a fiver. lots of
> work but worth the results.
>

I'd be wary of doing it that way on a bike. Tube wall thickness is much less than on a motorbike and
it would be too easy to seriously thin it with wet & dry. Better to stick with polishing compound
and elbow grease if doing it by hand.

Tony

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[Keiron Decommun]

"Tony Raven" <junk@raven-family.com> wrote in message
news:b9gffq$j6f7a$1@ID-178940.news.dfncis.de...
> In news:d5bc3aa.0305090622.2a8cbc29@posting.google.com, Gavin Will <gavinwill@hotmail.com> typed:
> > Hello
> >
> > I havent done this to a bicycle frame but I recently polished up the swingarm on my motocross
> > bike. It came up with a mirror finish after I had polished it, I sanded it down with finer and
> > finer wet & dry and then polished with AutoGlym polish from halfords which cost a fiver. lots of
> > work but worth the results.
> >
>
> I'd be wary of doing it that way on a bike. Tube wall thickness is much less than on a motorbike
> and it would be too easy to seriously thin it
with
> wet & dry. Better to stick with polishing compound and elbow grease if doing it by hand.
>
> Tony
>

Thanks chaps, but once it's polished, how do I keep it that way? Lacquer?

Thanks, Dave.

[Adrian Tritschl]

Keiron DeCommunity wrote:
> "Tony Raven" <junk@raven-family.com> wrote in message
> news:b9gffq$j6f7a$1@ID-178940.news.dfncis.de...
..snip..
>>Tony

> Thanks chaps, but once it's polished, how do I keep it that way? Lacquer?

Go for a ride and apply a thick coat of greasy black mud... that'll preserve the shiny polish
underneath :-)

> Thanks, Dave.

Adrain

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Adrian Tritschler mailto:Adrian.Tritschler@its.monash.edu.au Latitude 38°S, Longitude 145°E,
Altitude 50m, Shoe size 44
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