Author Topic: Shimano DX pedals What is the finish on them? (Read 3167 times)

animal · « **on:** May 19, 2007, 09:22 PM »

May want to get some sorted out . If they are not annodised or painted what is the finish? Black ones always look painted, and red always looked annodised as fade in the sun eventually.

ORB · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2007, 11:02 PM »

Well, after a lot of scientific testing.....

I decided that some are Anno and some are Paint

I came to this conclusion as some would not strip with NitroMors but would strip with Caustic Soda and Vice Versa.

There you go.

Case closed.

animal · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2007, 05:55 PM »

Nice one you have confirmed my what I thought. Has anybody had the pimp your ride guy re-anno some in red yet?

Rombloke · « **Reply #3 on:** May 21, 2007, 10:32 PM »

no you cant re-anno them cos the pins are steel.

the process of annodisation allows no steel to be present

Dave

animal · « **Reply #4 on:** May 21, 2007, 10:38 PM »

Was going to pull the pins out

pkradman · « **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2007, 10:39 PM »

i was just gunna say are the pins not replaceable ??

ORB · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2007, 11:10 PM »

yes, and there is an easy way to get the pins.

buy cheap Victor DX thingies and pull out the pins.

remember, the swap process will inlolve the freezer and the oven.

Zippy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2007, 11:33 PM »

Mine are powder coated.

animal · « **Reply #8 on:** May 22, 2007, 09:14 PM »

May be worth the effort to get a nice pair in red

Waxintaxin · « **Reply #9 on:** May 22, 2007, 09:49 PM »

so how could they be annoed then , cos the pins were red or blue as well and steel does not anno?

every pair i have seen have been plastic coated

Rich

animal · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2007, 05:56 PM »

Very good point, it gets more interesting by the minute, if the red were painted I wonder what the paint was?

Zippy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 23, 2007, 06:39 PM »

Mr Rusty had a set that he'd had from BITD and all he did was use nitromoors and the colour just fell off.

Brownie · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2007, 06:54 PM »

The Inspector went to work on my black pair and they came up a treat. Just not got round to sending them to Dan yet. Anyone know where you can get end caps?
Cheers, JB

spicybob · « **Reply #13 on:** May 23, 2007, 06:57 PM »

I used caustic soda on my red pair and they disintegrated !!!

rakas17 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2007, 07:01 PM »

Quote from: Brownie on May 23, 2007, 06:54 PM

The Inspector went to work on my black pair and they came up a treat. Just not got round to sending them to Dan yet. Anyone know where you can get end caps?
Cheers, JB

end caps? i wouldn't know

bodamus · « **Reply #15 on:** May 23, 2007, 07:13 PM »

Just to cause a little more confusion I am stripping a Red set of DX'S at the moment and nitromors aint shifting the paint that well. I think these ones may be annodised?

bodamus $:-\$

Waxintaxin · « **Reply #16 on:** May 23, 2007, 07:15 PM »

if nitromoors is shifting it at all it aint anno as it wont touch anno at all

animal · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2007, 10:15 PM »

So whats the paint? Defo looks like anno so what was the paint? Got some black ones too and they look anno , may be a special finish i.e Electrostatic partical spraying, which would explain why the finish is not too thick like plastic coating.

Mattdub · « **Reply #18 on:** May 24, 2007, 12:24 PM »

Quote from: bodamus on May 23, 2007, 07:13 PM

Just to cause a little more confusion I am stripping a Red set of DX'S at the moment and nitromors aint shifting the paint that well. I think these ones may be annodised?

bodamus $:-\$

Weird , I've just stripped a red set with nitromors

easy peasy

FuNMoNsTeR · « **Reply #19 on:** May 24, 2007, 03:01 PM »

Whats the crack with spindles on DXs... Can i use a set of 9/16ths Victor Spindles in Shimano DX and SX bodies?

Zippy · « **Reply #20 on:** May 24, 2007, 04:03 PM »

aparently not, although it would be cool if you could.

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #21 on:** May 24, 2007, 04:30 PM »

i thought you could? must admit ive never tried it, spindles are usually the last bit to get too bad.

Zippy · « **Reply #22 on:** May 24, 2007, 05:50 PM »

I do talk rubbish from time to time though.

I did just find out my NOS DX's will be here tomorrow.

animal · « **Reply #23 on:** May 24, 2007, 10:54 PM »

After the highjack

I think we can come to the conclusion some are annodised and some are painted. Why god only knows, but that is the way of the world. Still not convinced the pins were the same colour as the pedals !

gt0733 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 24, 2007, 11:02 PM »

i have a red set and a black set. both are painted

the red set has a finish very similar to glass paint, the black seem to be powdered but i'm not touching them cause they're NOS

Author Topic: Shimano DX pedals What is the finish on them? (Read 3167 times)

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