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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Jamroll on June 13, 2010, 08:01 PM
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So I've had this Red Annodised Pro neck II Stem I got form Tefore kicking around for a month or so and as it was a pretty nice day ::)
I'd thought I do some Oven Priding on the bugger, the Annodising was scratched so I'd clean it up a little.
Unfortuantely I'd had a stupid amount of lager at the pub watchin england (fecking Green :Aresehole:) and was feeling a little worse for ware this Morning :crazy2:
Put the Stem in the bag with the goo blah blah blah and then fell asleep in the sun :'(
Woke up 4 hours later, shit myself and this was the result....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/Pro%20Neck%20II/2010_0613BikeBits0001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/Pro%20Neck%20II/2010_0613BikeBits0003.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/Pro%20Neck%20II/2010_0613BikeBits0004.jpg)
Now, wot the feck do i do :-\
Any suggestions would be massivley appreciated :daumenhoch:
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It cleans off
its oxidisation , just sand it off
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A quick rub down and then the polish should sort it.
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Thank fook for that :)
I've been feelin a right twat.
Wot you suggest... A little wet and dry or just some very fine grade paper ???
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Try the one on the left now you lucky dog ( 2 twats to feel ... luxury >:D )
Thank fook for that :)
I've been feelin a right twat.
Wot you suggest... A little wet and dry or just some very fine grade paper ???
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If it was mine I'd try keep the machined finish as much as possible, you can still see it in the first pic through the oxidisation, maybe use some fine grade wire wool or even autosol.
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I'll give the Autosol a go first and then move on the wirewool.
Nice one :daumenhoch:
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One of them green scotch pads that birds do the dishes will get the black off
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it looks more than a quick polish to me,
oven cleaner eats into the alloy, pitting the ally,
you are going to have to sand down with wet n dry first to get through all the pitting so get a smooth finish, which could also make the logo go faint, unless you are going to powder coat it its the only way to get a decent finish...
start with 400's preferably on a block because its a flat surface,use soapy water, then finish on 1000's or 1200 (very soft wet n dry)
sam
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One of them green scotch pads that birds do the dishes will get the black off
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: .... green scotch pads that birds do the dishes with pmsl
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you are going to have to sand down with wet n dry first to get through all the pitting so get a smooth finish, which could also make the logo go faint, unless you are going to powder coat it its the only way to get a decent finish...
start with 400's preferably on a block because its a flat surface,use soapy water, then finish on 1000's or 1200 (very soft wet n dry)
sam
Sam, to say that I'm gutted is an understatement, I blame Robert Green, If he wasn't so shite I wouldn'd have drowned my sorrows and this would never have happened ;D
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out of interest, did you leave it in the bag for any length of time? i always tend to plonk my bits in and massage the stuff over the bits till all the anno has come off......then quickly rinse it all off.
you do get bits of blackening but that always rubs off with a quick polish.
just wondered if you left it in too long? ???
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just wondered if you left it in too long? ???
You could say i left it in a bit too long, had a hangover and fell asleep in the sun, all in it was in the bag bout 4 hours :uglystupid2:
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400 grit wet and dry aint gonna remove the spanner and hammer marks (they look like hammer marks on the side of the base to me anyway. :-\ ) A light file followed by some 180 grit wet and dry will remove them, then move on to the 400s and lower.
It will come up lovely with a bit of work. :daumenhoch:
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Spanner and Hammer marks were on it before i got my paws on the blighter,
I've given it a light rub with 1200 grade and it already looks a bit better :) I'll have a proper crack at it tonight.
I've spoke to and engraver also who said he could deepen the Pro-Neck lettering also for me .
I'm sooo fooking relieved :D
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A quick rub down and then the polish should sort it.
A quick rub down eh.... :2funny:
7 and a half hours just to sort out the top of the stem,
400 grit wasn't cutting it :( so used a bit of emery cloth to begin, then battered the bastard with 400 to get rid of the pitting and then 800.
Only the 1200 and 1,500 to go and then off for a polish.
Here it is as of now. Will get polished by the weekend :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/Pro%20Neck%20II/IOW006.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/Pro%20Neck%20II/IOW007.jpg)
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How that is more like it. Great work :daumenhoch:
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Looking good. A bit of a file will remove those hammer and spanner marks then you'll have to get some 180 grit on the blighter to remove the file marks before moving on to the 400. This will save your elbow a bit. ;)
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Looking a lot better :LolLolLolLol:
PM "Steve P" about how to get the original "brushed" look back ;)
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Ok got a couple of pics, should have put these up at the weekend, but been dealin with a pregnant wife and the death of my cat :'(
looking a lot better now :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/P1000097.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/P1000096.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/P1000094.jpg)
Got a little way into the bottom half of the stem.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/P1000098.jpg)
Also gonna try and clean up some rear pegs off a CW cali Boulevard...these we rusty as fook.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww308/jamroll/P1000100.jpg)
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looks a lot better now dude ,,,but as said id go with a stevep special og brushed finish
heres one of his :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/nora%20cup/DSC03020.jpg)
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Thats really, really nice mate.
may have to send a pm to stevep ::)
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Thats really, really nice mate.
may have to send a pm to stevep ::)
Steve uses a whetstone to get the brushed effect, so send him a PM as I am sure you'll get a comprehensive reply from him as he's a top lad :daumenhoch:
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nice work :daumenhoch:
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One of them green scotch pads that birds do the dishes will get the black off
Quality! ;D
Stem looking good jamroll :daumenhoch: