Author Topic: How do you sand yours ???? (Read 1001 times)

Threaders · « **on:** October 18, 2011, 05:44 PM »

Hi.
I am working on restoring some tuffs:

Since this pic, I have cleaned them even more, but now need to smooth out some of the scratches, from sanding. I have been doing it by hand with a fine grade paper, but wondered if any one knows of an easier way??
Is there a drill attachment or small sander that can get around the hubs, that anyone knows of ?? There must be something that people use for polishing stones / jewellrey ect, but I havent come accross anything yet.
Cheers for any help

Deano · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2011, 08:01 PM »

Id use a da with several grades of pads for the flat edges, then use a dremmel type sander for tighter areas

Threaders · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2011, 11:41 AM »

What a DA mate??
I have seen the scotch brite dremel attachments, that seem to come in fine grads and will be at the hardware shope this afternoon, so will let you know what I find.

MartyC · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2011, 01:50 PM »

TBH I was disappointed with the results I got using a dremel, maybe I was too aggressive with it but I found it left marks I could not easily get to. On another set of Tuff's I have just used wet and dry through the grades, starting at 140 and finishing at 1800 followed by a smooth over with a green scotch brite pad before running over with WD40. I found the wet and dry easier to work with and to get into the fiddly corners and it left less noticeable marks on the bits I couldn't reach.

DoubleD · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2011, 05:56 PM »

i saw a guy on oz that blasted them clean ,And they look like new

Gibber! · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2011, 11:13 PM »

There's a pretty long thread on BMX Museum about restoring Z-Rims and Tuffs by shot blasting them.... good results too.

Threaders · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2011, 02:13 PM »

Hi. Media blasting has been mentioned a few times on other threads, but there is no one near me that does anything finer than grit blasting, which is not a good idea for plastic. I have seen a scotch brite dremel sanding wheel, which should arrive soon and will give that a try. If its to harsh, I will use it for getting the paint off my other tuff and continue this one by hand

Ill keep you all posted and should have some results by the end of next week