haro master bars saved! thanks Sid1972! - updated on page2

[griff]

afternoon peeps

got my haro bars back from SBD today 

they've been stripped of powder and are looking nice - just need a bit of buffing to bring out the shine and lose some of the 'swirliness'

from other posts I've seen that autosol is a favourite, don't have a polishing wheel but was thinking maybe one of these would be ok to use on an electric dril (it's a cordless makita thing I was given) maybe not the best option but better thna doing it by hand?


Let me know what you think - can either get this mop with some autosol for about £10 delivered, or just pick up a tube from halfrauds on way home and get rubbing

cheers (and thanks again Brett for persuading me to buy them from you  )

griff

[Mattdub]

Polishing raw bars ? ( you mention they've been stripped of powder ) .

[MartyC]

I think they are chrome underneath 

[brettypeeps]

The bars are chrome but have marks int the Chome is what Griff said to me (Minor Whirls) 

[Mattdub]

The bars are chrome but have marks int the Chome is what Griff said to me (Minor Whirls) 

That makes more sense now 

Peek on swirls I reckon , autosol maybe too heavy duty .

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

have a read on this thread - peek may be the way to go a autosol is too harsh as said above

tube of peek and a Goddards cloth will help buit read my finding first 

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=120674.0

[BMX1973]

Hi Griff

You could go on flea bay and purchase a 100mm polishing wheel to attach to a drill ....link below........
 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POLISHING-BUFFING-WHEEL-MOP-100MM-DRILLS-TOOLS-/110641311648?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item19c2bc6fa0

Then go to Screwfix and purchase a Polish Bar (like a bar of soap), they do various grades soft to harsh.

Worked o.k for me on a seat post and some bars 

Hope this helps.
 

[griff]

thanks guys for all the advice, trouble is I'm not sure which advice to take now so thought it would probably be best if I just took some pics so you can see what they look like (I know you like looking at bike bits anyway  )

i'm also trying not to buy any more stuff that doesn't work, after buying a tin of brasso and rubbing for nearly 3 hours I only managed to clean them up a bit - none of the swirly scratch marks have gone 

here's what they look like with the flash off

and here they are with the flash on - looks a bit worse tbh as it really highlights the scratches, but at least you can see what I'm trying to get rid of





bearing in mind I've never done polishing before and the value of the bars, what do you reckon I should do?

cheers

griff

[Munnyella]

They look like they were sanded before they were powdered mate, not sure if you can polish that out, might go through the chrome to the base plating.

Someone else will have more experience and better advice though

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

not going to polish that out sorry to say 

some hard work polishing may cover it a bit - but will never get it all out / polished down

looks like a sand down before powder - so any chance just to powder again ?

[griff]

not going to polish that out sorry to say 

some hard work polishing may cover it a bit - but will never get it all out / polished down

looks like a sand down before powder - so any chance just to powder again ?

dunno whether they were sanded down - done by SBD originally I think and when I asked him how the chrome looked after stripping he said they were dull but should polish up - the flash pics do make it look worse
have to be chrome though but can't afford/justify a rechrome after what I've spent so far, if that's the case would have been cheaper to get some from b___gio 

[Badbaldie]

why not try polishing were the grips go to see the result? that way if it fooks up you can cover with the grips. on the other hand if its a good result just carry on and polish up all over 

[Dr.Robotnik]

This could help, but not tried it myself...

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=293418

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

worth a try 

[Munnyella]

Are you in the Midlands this Weekend Griff?, if you get anywhere near Leicester you can come and try on my mop, only got blue polish though, for general polishing I think.

Or just buy a bench grinder and polishing kit, dead useful for loads of stuff (justify it to Mrs Griff thus!)

That museum thread looks good

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

Black and brown are a harder polish - blue and pink are a softer 

[griff]

Are you in the Midlands this Weekend Griff?, if you get anywhere near Leicester you can come and try on my mop, only got blue polish though, for general polishing I think.

Or just buy a bench grinder and polishing kit, dead useful for loads of stuff (justify it to Mrs Griff thus!)

That museum thread looks good

no mate - was up last 2 weekends running so might not be up again until creation (and need to sort it before then!)
thanks though for the offer 

as for getting my own - if I get my own workshop/garage then it might be a goer, but it's a bit of an investment for one set of bars! (and where we are right now there's no space for doing that stuff in the house  )

[griff]

now just have a look at this 
got sent this pic tonight from the legend that is Sid1972 (sorry Si I know you said they weren't finished yet but I've been buzzing since I saw these)

I owe you bigtime mate - since I started trying to polish those scratches out have had a feeling of dread that they wouldn't come up shiny without forking out for a re-chrome

once I get these and the chainring back that's everything I need to finish my haro  should be ready for a first ride at creation I reckon

[Robbo]

Excellent result Griff and well done to Sid the new resto legend of rad! 

[brettypeeps]

Nice Job Sid   Nice to see the bars looking gleeming

[Swivel]

Nice one, didn't think they would turn out so nice as the last photos looked like they were keyed for painting but yeah, top stuff fella 

[griff]

Nice one, didn't think they would turn out so nice as the last photos looked like they were keyed for painting but yeah, top stuff fella 

me neither -  fancy vandalising a perfectly good pair of chrome bars just to have em on his bike for 5 minutes 

[Robbo]

Nice one, didn't think they would turn out so nice as the last photos looked like they were keyed for painting but yeah, top stuff fella 

me neither -  fancy vandalising a perfectly good pair of chrome bars just to have em on his bike for 5 minutes 

Griff, is that a cheeky dig at me?

[brettypeeps]

Nice one, didn't think they would turn out so nice as the last photos looked like they were keyed for painting but yeah, top stuff fella 

me neither -  fancy vandalising a perfectly good pair of chrome bars just to have em on his bike for 5 minutes 

Griff, is that a cheeky dig at me? 

  I would think so Robbo    

[Robbo]

Nice one, didn't think they would turn out so nice as the last photos looked like they were keyed for painting but yeah, top stuff fella 

me neither -  fancy vandalising a perfectly good pair of chrome bars just to have em on his bike for 5 minutes 

Griff, is that a cheeky dig at me? 

  I would think so Robbo    

Sorry Griff, I'll bear that in mind next time I have one of my bikes painted. Wouldnt want any future owners to be inconvenianced.....

And anyway, fancy putting a shite seat and post combo on your Master.