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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on December 30, 2012, 06:35 PM
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Juts taken some pic's to show you what some chrome looks like close up - it may look shinny after a polish - some times it can look a bit dull in place's - the stuff you use to polish or clean can do damage in way you can't see
surface rust is pin holes that let the metal rust and sit on the surface, and when you clean it, it will lokk shinny but you can still see the pin holes close up
Hairlines reflect light in different directions - so from a far it looks shinny and mirror like but close up you can see the lines left
different chrome/metals close up
pitting ~surface rust cleaned up
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12915.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12919.jpg)
worn chrome showing where it has lost it's shine - you can't really polish it back up without taken off the chrome and going to bear metal
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12920.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12918.jpg)
headtube on a mongoose - rough metal but chrome sticks to it and still can be shined up - rear gusset and rougher metal but has hairlines and marks
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12927.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12925.jpg)
MX Caliper - shinny and mirror looking ~ but close up has marks and lines
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12928.jpg)
Mirror polished stem - in certain light you can pick up the rainbow light reflecting in different angles
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12929.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12931.jpg)
New shinny £2 coin - looks mint but close up you can see the knocks and dents - damage will only make it look dull in time
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/chrome%20close%20up/SNV12933.jpg)
so you can see that using coke and tin foil will damage chrome and not do it well, showing scratches and lines, cos of the rust caught in the foil and as the foil gets harder and more crunched up will leave more lines and marks - using the right stuff will help make the chrome look better and give a better finish
hope this helps - cheers B ;)
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Did you get a magnifying glass out of a cracker bendy :LolLolLolLol:
Great pics fella, love the chrome ones, amazing how the rust comes through the scratches
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Awesome stuff that! Real interesting to see it all so close....just out of interest, how close is it magnified?
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thanks for that i will not be using coke and foil to remove my rust cheers
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It's just a 10x optical jewelers magnifier in front of my samsung NV10 - i did it all by hand, but i could have got them better if set up fo it and the camera would have been still enough for clear pic's
strange that when we look at the chrome and think it's nice and shinny, that in fact there are many a types of imperfection going on ???
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I wonder if re chromed stuff when magnified looks poo , probably shows imperfections of previously pitting and poor prepping prior to re chrome .
Fortunatly , I just look at my bikes with my eyes and not through a microscope . :)
My eyes are rubbish anyway I can only tell if a frame has pitting by touch ,,,like Braille :crazy2: :LolLolLolLol:
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just send all you bmx stuff to me Christian and i will chek it all out :angel:
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Bendy,you really need to get out more :2funny: :daumenhoch:
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Kinda scary though looking at it that close though aint it :LolLolLolLol:
Maybe all of our bikes are knackered :LolLolLolLol:
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this the reason why ive never used the foil method :coolsmiley: