Polishing built wheels

[ED209]

its a bitch to do so I never do it very well... but I'm always open to being shown the light.

Any tips on how to polish the hub / spokes / rims of a built allow wheel gratefully received 

I've got a Peregrine 48 HP to sort out 

[john4130]

the first thing you should do is remove the spokes, it'll save you half the time rather than trying to do it when built. 

[Spen69]

You retard Ed.

Like John said, remove the spokes and read a thread about re-lacing them

[Munnyella]

its dead easy Ed, if you take your time, even I can do it!!!

[ED209]

Got no interest in taking them apart HENCE THE THREAD   

Can't be bothered with the down time of pulling spokes out so I was after tips on cleaning BUILT wheels 

[Betty]

Ed i've tried it and gave up and took em apart, way easier... 

[oldtired]

spokes can be rubbed with 00 guage steel wool then finnished of with autosol the rims can be done on a buffer wheel along with the outside of the hub ,    its a real pain doing the spokes this way though ,    you will have to do the inside of the hub and between the spokes on the rim by hand or use a Dremmel type tool with a buffer wheel on it , i've done 1 36 spoke wheel this way once , never again ,       to much fookin about and it will be twice as hard with a 48 ,   as everyone says easyest thing is strip it,  takes a couple of hours to strip polish and rebuild a wheel , if its a show bike job done, if its a rider just need to get it trued and tightened up at lbs if you cant do it yourself,  you'll get a better finnish stripping all the parts too 

[ED209]

thanks for the replys gents... fook it then they can stay as they are 

[Dark Diggler]

Better like that   

[rollin72]

use your bollocks Ed you can wrap em around the spokes no probs

[gary4130]

ed you could tape the spokes together ,then undo the all the nipples -then when you put wheel back together at least the all the spokes are still built into the hub   
done this myself +it saves a bit of time

[Spen69]

ed you could tape the spokes together ,then undo the all the nipples -then when you put wheel back together at least the all the spokes are still built into the hub   
done this myself +it saves a bit of time

Me too Ed, but you still need someone with skill to do the final tension