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    olmasters
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    Hi, I have had my onza 20"/19" trials for about a year and a half now,
    the other day I decided it looket a little tatty due to scratches etc.
    So I have now removed all paint (using a spinney wire brush, the type
    you use in a drill) so the unicycle is in bare metal. I thaught it
    looked so good I am now going to tidy it up by sanding the surface
    smooth to give a brushed apperance (similar to the apperance of the
    Koxx Dan Heaton frame. Then to prevent it rusting, I will coat it in a
    few layers of clear metal lacquer. I have also purchased some clear
    vinyl decal paper from ebay and am going to print an onza logo and a
    logo saying "unbrand yourself" (made from different corperate logos).
    These will then be placed, one on each leg of the frame. I was just
    curious whether anyone had tried a laquer finish or if anyone had any
    usefull tips or hints as this will be my first time spraying.

    🙂

    Ollie

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  2. thejdw
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    shoulded rust unless it's an iron frame 😉
    Any pics sounds cool.

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  3. olmasters
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    thejdw said:

    shoulded rust unless it's an iron frame 😉
    Any pics sounds cool.

    The onza frame is made from mild steel (steel contains iron and a small
    a
    amount of carbon), so unless protected (re the lacquer) , it will rust.

    ..I'll try uploading pics later, cheers

    Ollie

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  4. foforackard
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    that souns awesome. I think the DH frame from koxx looks the coolest out
    of all the choices and thats basically what you're making
    so..cool!😎

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  5. thejdw
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    olmasters said:

    The onza frame is made from mild steel (steel contains iron and a small
    amount of carbon), so unless protected (re the lacquer) , it will
    rust.

    ..I'll try uploading pics later, cheers

    Ollie

    you learn somthing new everyday! 😉

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    another bit of advice:
    shut up and ride🙂

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  6. muzzle
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    While you have no paint on it you should get someone to weld the tops of
    the frame so u dont have to use the plastic caps that come with the
    onza.
    sounds cool anyways

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  7. olmasters
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    muzzle said:

    While you have no paint on it you should get someone to weld the tops of
    the frame so u dont have to use the plastic caps that come with the
    onza.
    sounds cool anyways

    Very true, however, for some reason, where the paint has been removed,
    where you would expect heat marks to be from the welding process, there
    arn't any. The finish is just bare steel (other wise I would have worn
    through the plating by now, anyway, who would plate a unicycle with
    steel?), so I don't know how it could have been welded without the heat
    marks showing. I would weld the tops on to the legs myself, but don't
    want to spoil the apperance by causing heat marks as they would not
    match the other welds on the frame. I may just tack the top of the seat
    tube as a test, to see if heat marks are caused, at least that way it
    won't show once the coller is put on, (i can just grind it off anyway).

    Ollie

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  8. guster
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    As for the caps on the top of the frame legs...you could try to use a
    set of bmx bar-ends on/in them instead of the stock plastic caps...they
    would look alot cooler if they worked. Hoffman makes a bar-end that
    fits a very wide range of tube sizes(Hoffman universal bar-end,
    available at flatlandfuel.com), so that may work. How wide is the tube
    that needs to be plugged? Good luck! Post some pic's when done!

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  9. olmasters
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    I was thinking about that as I have a spare of bar ends, but I havn't
    tried them yet, i was also thinking of using a hope "head dr", as I
    have the innerds for 2 and spares can be purchased quite reasonably. 🙂

    Ollie

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  10. olmasters
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    Ok, so here they are, the photos are here, sorry about the quality, it
    was dark when I took them, the frame also has quite alot of finger
    prints on it...(my brother was messing around with it earlier). Just
    type "project onza" in to the gallery search to view the pics.

    Ollie

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