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That is not a bad idea. I used Emery cloth on the replacement front header I bought. It does exactly the same thing and removes the top surface of the SS, leaving a sort of burnished finish that comes up pretty well with a bit of Autosol stainless cleaner. Either mechanical method will remove a bit of the metal’s thickness, but then so will the chemical processes (Harpic &c). The SS on the original pipes is pretty thick and seems to be good quality, so it will take quite a bit of scrubbing and polishing. Before: ![]() After: ![]() AO. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Last edited by Othen; 17-03-19 at 06:09 PM. |
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R1ffR4ffs brass brushes will probably do the least damage to the stainless steel as it is a lot softer than the SS and far less abrasive than emery cloth.
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Happiness is: a 75W soldering iron. After many years of making do with my (perfectly good for electronics) Maplin soldering iron in the garage, I recently bought myself a 75W soldering iron for joining wires and heavier duty jobs.
I tried it out yesterday (fitting some LED indicators to my K6). It is the business for joining wires: no more waiting 5 minutes for the iron to warm up, or not having enough heat, this makes nice joints in seconds. I wouldn’t want to use it near electronic components, but what it does it does very well indeed. ![]() Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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New handlebars,cables, bar tape and tyres on my non motorised cycle
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Indeed, this fine steed - it also got a new saddle last week as the stock one was starting to creak and was doing my nut in
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Much like moto brakes I'll give them a good clean every so often and touch wood *points at head* never had any issues. |
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