how to refurb a peeling tuff neck stem

[bokbok]

hi i have tuff neck headset and the chrome is peeling  and its spoliing my ripper what can i do to make like new ? buy antoher or can you refurb them  cheers

[jT Racing]

do you mean a stem?

[bokbok]

yes stem mate

[CD17]

Show us a photo & we can help you more 

[bokbok]

Show us a photo & we can help you more 

see its tatty 

[trasher]

best thing for that is to strip it ,and polish the hell out of it

[harris]

looks like its been sprayed or chromed badly.
get it of to a pro polishers and get it back to raw with chemical dip.
most just highly polish the living death out of them ..shame

[bokbok]

i,m temped to but another one and sell this cause i,m a fussy that  what do i polish it to death with ? also can i send to a re cromers ?

[harris]

it still needs stripping then i use a bench polisher.but i prefer survivor stuff  has more character
some grade it down with ruff to smooth sand paper then to wet n dry ultra fine
loads of autosol

[bokbok]

i might have a go this weekend 

[trasher]

this is how it could turn out polished ,,,give neil a shout ,,hes pretty good now 

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=89296.0

[oldtired]

is it chrome plated? try a bit of nitromose paint stripper first , just in the photo's it looks more like chrome spray rather than actual plate, chromed alloy always falls to bits,  and if that is plate its pretty poor, you can get a better finish with polishing, the link proves that , good luck bro , post the picks when it done 

[bokbok]

not sure if its chrome plate ? as it looks like its peeling in places i p.m,d neil to if he can make it look like that one in the tread  i feel better if it looks like that its my ocd kicking in

[bokbok]

just had a look and its plated with chrome at some point it wants stripping and polishing to death 

[baldbmxer]

Put a stem pad on it  job done 

another Tuf Neck saved from being polished to death 

[mark 2]

Somewhere buried in the archives is Steve P's refurb on a pro neck mini stem, giving it the original look of a brushed finish, awesome resto job

**found it**

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=64098.0

[bobafett]

Somewhere buried in the archives is Steve P's refurb on a pro neck mini stem, giving it the original look of a brushed finish, awesome resto job

**found it**

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=64098.0

Yep that brushed effect is the mutts nuts 

[Mattdub]

Somewhere buried in the archives is Steve P's refurb on a pro neck mini stem, giving it the original look of a brushed finish, awesome resto job

**found it**

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=64098.0

Yep that brushed effect is the mutts nuts 

This is restoration ^^^^^^^^^^^^  . All this polishing stuff aint  .

[neiljonarcus]

stem and clamp sorted ...the chunk out of it was pretty bad

[bokbok]

thats look the fooking bollocks mate i,m happy with that 

[dannywhiteley]

Get them rusty bolts in vinegar mate

[poolysheriff]

Get them rusty bolts in vinegar mate

Is that right Danny 

rusty bolts = vinegar   

[bokbok]

i got some full set of all the bolts plus the big ones coming for free of a lad at my gym he works at a place that stocks all different types of bolts 

[GREMLIN]

Yeah, very blinging.   
 
Although I think it's such a shame when old school parts lose all their definition when people feel the need to polish them to within an inch of their life.
Crisp edges lost, definition lost.

Each to their own I guess, and I'd never presume to tell anybody what to do with their build/parts...     G.

[Waxintaxin]

Shame

chrome plate square cornered tuff necks are pretty rare and that has been polished to death , losing half the tigers head and the edges

to me its like spraying a rs2000 purple , some may like a non stock RS but to me its got to be original finish , its the law

Rich