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22-02-09, 12:41 AM
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Fork polishing
The forks on my bike are looking pretty corroded, and I fancy having a stab at getting them to look a bit better 2mro.
Anybody got any tips on what type of polishing stuff/methods are best to use one them? Cheers 
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22-02-09, 02:04 AM
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Re: Fork polishing
Yo. Sand them down with wet and dry, working up the grades. Get some Autosol, and shine 'em up. Be like a mirror!
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22-02-09, 09:11 AM
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Re: Fork polishing
you know what cylinder bore cross-hatch looks like?
600 grit roll of send paper, wrap around tube and go for it. |
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24-02-09, 05:24 PM
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Re: Fork polishing
what do you do to protect the forks once you have rubbed them down? ideally they need lacquering surely..?
im going to have a go at mine, get some mothers to polish them too Toby |
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24-02-09, 05:29 PM
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Re: Fork polishing
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24-02-09, 05:38 PM
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Re: Fork polishing
Don't bother re-laquering them, they'll only go the same as before when the road salt gets in the cracks of the laquer, when its starts to degrade.
Buy some paint stripper that you can paint on, thats self nuetralising, Work down the grades of wet n dry 240, 400,800, 1200.Then Autosol and wire wool,then autosol on a cloth et voila! Do this whilst watching a programme you like with a bottle of red wine   
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24-02-09, 07:02 PM
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Re: Fork polishing
never mind what I said, was thinking inner tubes.
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24-02-09, 07:07 PM
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The other alternative is anodising. There are plenty of resources out there on DIY anodising or just send it off to a plater. Gotta warn you that I have seen DIY anodisers become addicted to it. Link to useful resource. http://www.focuser.com/atm/anodize/anodize.html Cheers Last edited by MattCollins; 24-02-09 at 07:15 PM. Reason: Added Link |
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24-02-09, 08:02 PM
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Re: Fork polishing
Grease, elbow, lots!
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25-02-09, 08:16 PM
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Re: Fork polishing
there are some pretty good responses there,thank you, im going to polish them first then think about getting them anodised, clear black or gold...! im going to get my rims powdercoated matt black, has anyone else had rims powdercoated...? good bad experiences..? im thinking about having the forks done at the smae time in black but wont match the frame so not sure...
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