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andrewthomas197

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Metal polishing.......
« on: June 18, 2007, 09:48 PM »
Any quick guide how to's on this, my only experience is with Autosol, but I'm after a mirror finish on a Tuf Neck.
Thanks in anticipation.....

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Re: Metal polishing.......
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2007, 09:57 PM »
This guy is god when it comes to polishing .....

http://www.vintagebmx.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=005471#000000

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Re: Metal polishing.......
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2007, 11:19 PM »
That article is ace, but incredibly long winded.

If you want to have a go at polishing your own parts then buy a polishing kit from Ebay, you will get 3 different mops of varying courseness (is that a word?) and 3 different polishing compounds as well as a drill attachment.

You basically use the coursest mop along with its compound on a drill and polish until it starts to shine up (albeit with scratches).
Next use the next coursest mop and repeat as above, the piece will then start to look a lot shinier.
Finally use the softest mop and repeat above until the piece shines like a chavs bling!!

Basically practise the above and you will be able to get really good results.

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Re: Metal polishing.......
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2007, 07:39 AM »
Ask Dordy,he did a pukka job on a tufneck stem ;)

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