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Make dull stem shine
« on: November 01, 2005, 01:16 AM »
I have a dull unpainted stem which sort of shines.

Can anyone suggest a way of making it shine like a mirror or is this not possible without re-chroming ?
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2005, 02:24 PM »
cover iy with glue and sprinkle some sequins on it, instant bling, DAN-DARE has full bike builds like that :D
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2005, 02:41 PM »
polish it
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2005, 02:45 PM »
did she?

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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2005, 02:47 PM »
yeah. it was behind the door too.
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2005, 05:57 PM »
smash a mirror and glue all the bits onto the stem..Mosaic stylee :D :D
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2005, 06:53 PM »
You piss-taking barstools, ya.

Cheapo method - get some Autosol from Halfords (or some Tesco's) and give it a good polish. Won't quite shine like a mirror but might be shiny enough.

Expensive method - take it to a metal finishers and get them to polish it.
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2005, 08:52 PM »
heres the key

400-600-800-1000-1200 grit wet and dry sand it
then autosol....then peek....then t-cut....and it will end up like this
by the way this tuff neck was black


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Bren Gunn

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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2005, 09:06 PM »
Bloody hell Dave, that looks crap mate, give it to me and I'll get rid of it for you...

Bren ;D
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2005, 09:28 PM »
really...ok brenn pm me your address

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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2005, 10:40 PM »
Looks like ya polished it too much,I can't see the tuf neck engraving :D ;D
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Re: Make dull stem shine
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2005, 05:25 PM »
that one was black with screen printed logo and tigers head...this one i got from john at bones on saturday, it was blue, same as the base pictured, but was a bit beaten up, deep gouges etc so decided to polish it tonight...15 mins later it looks like this...yum



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