losing the bling

[markyp]

i bought a nice shape badly faded square corner pat pending tuf neck stem from the museum,i was hoping that when it arrived it was good enough condition to just de-ano and leave as is to maintain the brushed og finish,unfortunately when it landed it wasnt as good as i thought so out came the wet and dry and its now a polished stem. what i want to know is how do you return it back to a brushed finish? im trying to go with as many og finishes as possible on my last build and a brushed stem is a must,so whats the answer

[Dannywhac]

Think you can re-create the finish using a whetstone

[markyp]

Think you can re-create the finish using a whetstone

whats one of them?i live by a beach, is that a pebble thats just come out of the sea?

[baldbmxer]

SteveP is your man for this. He has the whole process down  

Check to see if theres a sticky on this somewhere, there was a thread on how he did it. The results were amazing

[Dannywhac]

Not as popular anymore since people stopped using sythes  

Think I remember reading a thread somewhere here that SteveP recreates the 'brushed' alu finish with a whetstone - maybe pop him a pm?

And beaten to it again

[kuwahero]

Think you can re-create the finish using a whetstone

whats one of them?i live by a beach, is that a pebble thats just come out of the sea?

Whetstone, a sharpening stone used for knives and other cutting tools. I have used one for this too and it works brill

[rooski]

just wrap some emerycloth round a file,grab each end and draw it to and fro over the stem making linear strokes

Tuf necks would have originally been finished using a Linsher,which is basically a belt sander mounted on a pedestal

the parts were simply pushed onto the moving belt by hand making the familiar brushed finish

A typical linisher is shown below

[markyp]

just wrap some emerycloth round a file,grab each end and draw it to and fro over the stem making linear strokes

Tuf necks would have originally been finished using a Linsher,which is basically a belt sander mounted on a pedestal

the parts were simply pushed onto the moving belt by hand making the familiar brushed finish

A typical linisher is shown below

cheers rooski,i think i have one of those linishers kicking about the house somewhere

[rooski]

just wrap some emerycloth round a file,grab each end and draw it to and fro over the stem making linear strokes

Tuf necks would have originally been finished using a Linsher,which is basically a belt sander mounted on a pedestal

the parts were simply pushed onto the moving belt by hand making the familiar brushed finish

A typical linisher is shown below

cheers rooski,i think i have one of those linishers kicking about the house somewhere

Doesn,t everyone have one

[deeman]

to replicate this finish,you should be able to get a bit of 80 grit wet n dry or maybe try softer to start with like a 180 grit and rub the part one way in a linear motion(to replicate the belt sander,then clean it up with first a red(coarse)scotch brite,then a grey(fine)scotch.you can stop at any stage when you think it looks right.i work with alloy wheels and have to try and replicate many different finishes,this should work.try a test area maybe underneath to start with first.

[Mattdub]

Mark ,

Search for some of Steve P's threads first ! , learn before you fook it up even more 

You ditching the shiny bling & flip flops ? ...... 

[meticulous]

parcy, you will fook it up trying it yourself, especially if you have never done it before and especially if you use 80grit, that will leave deep grooves, send it to paul at CCA and he can replicate this finish to perfection and it also gets anodiced silver as original finish so will never tarnish with age....   

[markyp]

Mark ,

Search for some of Steve P's threads first ! , learn before you fook it up even more 

You ditching the shiny bling & flip flops ? ...... 

the flipper flops are standard issue clothing down on the south coast

[brummie]

[bobafett]

........my last build........