Author Topic: Araya restoration/polishing? (Read 684 times)

dj_benice · « **on:** August 23, 2006, 03:41 PM »

Hi,

Thinkin of strippin some araya 20 x 1.75 silvers n polishin em up any tips/advice greatly appreciated. If this has been covered before please post me a kick up the butt n point me in the right direction

If nobody has covered this maybe I could take some pics n post up a mini how-to?

Cheers
Peter

dj_benice · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2006, 06:38 PM »

Bump!!! C'mon kids I got a can of nitromors mousse here n I am itching to give em a go please give me sound advice before I go getting medieval on their a55 n make a right mess

theRuler · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2006, 06:40 PM »

you need oven pride mate!!!
they sell it in tescos

its caustic, and will remove annodising, but not as vicious as caustic soda

dj_benice · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2006, 07:48 PM »

Cheers fella heading to asda now

No tescos in de-preston...

Rombloke · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2006, 08:01 PM »

with some oven pride these hubs, originally red, and rims, that were black, came up a treat, there is also about 1/2 hr put into those bits in polishing on the buffer and by hand

Dave

dj_benice · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2006, 08:35 PM »

Thanks for all this guys, is there anything else I should know, or is it just a case of follow the destructions on the box?

sawzall · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2006, 08:40 PM »

1) all the things you need to strip anno + safety goggles
2)drop item in caustic using gloves
3)leave item in caustic for about 30 secs until it starts to bubble, then check & repeat process if anno remains
4)once all traces of anno have gone rinse in clean water to neutralise,it may turn black but this will clean off with a scotch bright
5)then all thats left to do is polish,best done with a bench polisher then finish by hand