Alloy & stainless polishing

[ducatilover]

If you're in need of some tasty bling added to your bike, or just have dull and sad looking alloy on it, send it to me.
I'm cheap and will polish anything :niceone: and to any shine you're wanting.
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These pictures are before using autosol and all of those are hand polished :2thumbsup

[Big Dave]

The Dremel tool is your friend.

[Bikemad]

I'm cheap and will polish anything :niceone: and to any shine you're wanting.

you might want to rephrase that before........well you know

[ducatilover]

The Dremel tool is your friend.

Haven't really needed one yet, when I do, will buy one:niceone:

[ducatilover]

you might want to rephrase that before........well you know

Hey, I'm open minded.

[Big Dave]

You want the best possible result no? Get one.

[ducatilover]

You want the best possible result no? Get one.

Time, perseverance and patience is better than any Joe Bloggs with a dremel. I'll get one when I need one, like when I have to do very fine details.

[Big Dave]

Time, perseverance and patience is better than any Joe Bloggs with a dremel.

Nope. 'taint.

Time, perseverance and patience - and the best tool for the job is.

[ducatilover]

Nope. 'taint.

Time, perseverance and patience - and the best tool for the job is.

Okay Dave, I'll buy a dremel :niceone:
I'm more than pleased with the results of my work without one and so are the people with parts I've polished. But, if I'm to do fine detail work, I'll get one. That's the only time I will need one, using a dremel usually means running a fairly narrow pad for buffing, this runs the risk of having a wavy finish, I hate polish that's not properly flat.

But, I'm more than happy to get one and try it and compare results back to back with my previous work. :yes:

But, back on topic. I do good work, if people aren't satisfied, money returned.

[Big Dave]

Yea - you've done a good job and if I had that requirement now I'd engage your services. I'm well over that sort of effort.

I did restorederated that T'bird from abused and left in a shed to a show winner - and tried a number of methods in refurbishing it.
And you are quite right - if you try and shortcut it - it will give a wavy finish - it takes time and perseverance to get it right - but if you apply due diligence the result proved better than the elbow greased methods.
There are tricks to it whichI will reveal for a modest fee. (Experience is a good school but the fees are high.)

FWIW the Dremel 'rip off' I have now was $39.95 at Bunnings.

PS - see rep message

[ducatilover]

Yea - you've done a good job and if I had that requirement now I'd engage your services. I'm well over that sort of effort.

I did restorederated that T'bird from abused and left in a shed to a show winner - and tried a number of methods in refurbishing it.
And you are quite right - if you try and shortcut it - it will give a wavy finish - it takes time and perseverance to get it right - but if you apply due diligence the result proved better than the elbow greased methods. If it will look prettier than what I'm already managing, I'm more than happy to try it.


There are tricks to it whichI will reveal for a modest fee. (Experience is a good school but the fees are high.)

FFS - I'm the one selling something here :bleh:

FWIW the Dremel 'rip off' I have now was $39.95 at Bunnings.


How do you find that one? I'm assuming it's the Ozito brand.

[Big Dave]

Yeah - Ozito unit.

So far it has restored most of my stainless steel pool fence rails (what sort of dick uses bright steel fasteners in 316 around a salt water pool is a question I would ask the previous owner) but the unit is still running.

It would depend on use I guess - but you can buy three of them for the cost of a genuine unit.

[ducatilover]

I've known people who've had that brand and if anything went wrong Bunnings was helpful.
I'll look in to it this week :niceone:

[enzo]

I've seen his work. couldnt believe the alloy was able to be polished to such a degree. awesome work dude will have to keep you in mind next time i have something worth polishing.

[Big Dave]

Dremel #414 Polishing pads - a stock thereof - depending on what surface your are starting on it can chew them out.
Also get the mandril with the machine screw fastener to hold them in place. The mandril with the tapered screw thread can't deal with hard going.

Use the Autosol liberally as the rouge and wear safety glasses - it flings till you get the hang of it. Don't let the friction dry the pad out.

[ducatilover]

Thanks for the info Big Dave :niceone: I'm already an autosol slut and have used dremels/rotary tools plenty, but I've only needed them for details, not things like my frame.

[Big Dave]

Thanks for the info Big Dave :niceone: I'm already an autosol slut and have used dremels/rotary tools plenty, but I've only needed them for details, not things like my frame.

Hmmm - you may right about the frame being a bridge tooo far - I did do my fork legs quite successfully though and the big engine cases looked like chromium plate after the treatment.
Be interested to hear.

[ducatilover]

When I get a dremel I'll put up a comparison shot, I'll do something half by hand and half by dremel. I think it'll be interesting.
I do have a spare ZX6 water pump I was thinking of doing and my levers. :devil2:

[imdying]

A dremel is, for the most part, a waste of time. Get some decent mops and have at it. I mean its ok if you have a tiny amount of stuff, or some really small nooks and crannies, but fuck doing a frame with it, not the right tool for the job.

[Fast Eddie]

if it wasn't too expensive to ship things I would have you finish the wheels I have started.

I'm stuck, I've polished the lips myself they look good - but now the black paint in the center is all destroyed, I think I now have to strip all the paint off the wheel and repaint the centers.. but surely then I'll ruin my polished lips and have to do them again (they took way too long for me to care about polishing anything else. Shiny is cool but not hours and hours of rubbing cool. thats what porn is for)

[ducatilover]

A dremel is, for the most part, a waste of time. Get some decent mops and have at it. I mean its ok if you have a tiny amount of stuff, or some really small nooks and crannies, but fuck doing a frame with it, not the right tool for the job.
There's no way in hell I'd attempt a frame with one :eek5: I'll do some silly junk like my spare water pump and lettering on some cases I'm being sent

if it wasn't too expensive to ship things I would have you finish the wheels I have started.

I'm stuck, I've polished the lips myself they look good - but now the black paint in the center is all destroyed, I think I now have to strip all the paint off the wheel and repaint the centers.. but surely then I'll ruin my polished lips and have to do them again (they took way too long for me to care about polishing anything else. Shiny is cool but not hours and hours of rubbing cool. thats what porn is for)

Stop being tight, strip the paint and send 'em up here :innocent:

[imdying]

if it wasn't too expensive to ship things I would have you finish the wheels I have started.Use a freight company instead of a courier one. Just make sure you wrap it like it's going with a freight company instead of a courier...

[Big Dave]

I'd probably do the visible parts of the frame with the small machine and use the bench machine for the hidden bits.
It's actually quite a quick process once you get the flow of it. It works small areas - but quite efficiently due to the speed of the action.

It only took a few hours to restore two Triumph fork legs to a chrome-like finish and that included removing all the clear lacquer.

All relative - Some custom polishers, particularly doing that scalloped finish can take hundreds of hours.

[Big Dave]

Yeah baby!

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I'd send you the back rack if I still owned it.

[ducatilover]

That T-bird looks grouse Dave, you've done nice work on it :yes:

[Big Dave]

That T-bord looks grouse Dave, you've done nice work on it :yes:


I justa added the bit about the rack though.

[ducatilover]

I justa added the bit about the rack though.

I'd be happy to, if you still owned it ;)

I'm trying to find some little bits and bobs I can polish on the 600 to show off, apart from everything I've done so far.

Perhaps it's time to put the GN in the garage and polish some of it up?

[Big Dave]

Perhaps it's time to put the GN in the garage and polish some of it up?

Yep - then turbo it.

[ducatilover]

Yep - then turbo it.

Done deal.
P'raps I should finish my 600 first? :facepalm:

[ducatilover]

So, I need a dremel eh?
Just gave this carb bowl a quick polish up (when I say quick, I'm lying)

:innocent:

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Will try find the proper camera tonight and get pretty pics.

[bogan]

You missed a spot on the one on the right :innocent: