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re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:48 pm
by Phil
i'm just about to start doing mine.........looks fanfarkintastic
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:42 pm
by Nanna10r
Just make sure you wipe em down after they get wet or they ll get have corrosive spots which take twice as long to get shiny.
Cheers Brett
Nickleplating is the way to go if you have the coin, they rinse off.
Cheers Brett
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:03 pm
by wolf
Anyone done this with paint stripper instead of the wet&dry? Would probably need some tidying up with the finer grades and fine steel wool but it would cut the workload down a bit.
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:49 pm
by mrmina
photos dont look bad at all. good effort.
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:03 am
by Nanna10r
I believe the pros use paintstripper 2 or 3 coats before going to less abrasive materials.
Cheers Brett
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:31 pm
by spekt-r
AFAIK the pros use a lathe if theyre only doing the rims, paint stripper would make it very messy, you wouldnt get a straight line around the edge. Also its very nasty stuff, I hate working with it, ive had to use it far too much on cars.
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:33 pm
by ZX-10R_04
The pro's use masking tape to get the straight line around the edges when using paint stripper
Re: re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:43 am
by Nanna10r
ZX-10R_04 wrote:The pro's use masking tape to get the straight line around the edges when using paint stripper
What this smart bloke here said
Can get em done for $200 - $250 a pair at Lae Racing here in Brissie.
Cheers Brett
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:27 pm
by spekt-r
Good point but I would have thought that paint stripper would trash the tape.
Costs about the same to get em done here, a place called Truwheels does it.
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:16 pm
by Rossi
Matey,
give 'em a spray & wipe after cleaning wiv WD40 and all the shit will come off wiv it when you wash them with a degreaser
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:34 pm
by Rossi
Not mine but it does show what ya can do wiv a lot of time and effort
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:52 pm
by Quarkz
Sure that's not chromed? Steve P's bike is chromed (Some of you guys will know of him) and it looks sweet! Too bad it costs an arm and a leg. Looks a lot like it's been polised but apparently it's half the work to keep clean.
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:56 pm
by Barrabob
Yeh that ;ooks really sweet, I bet he doesnt ride that one after sundown.Its a really nice lookin bike but you would have to be polishing it continuosly.
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:28 pm
by Phil
well i started on mine yesterday...
taped them up and used paint stripper to get the paint off (line is pretty farkin staright
). i'll start with some 800 then 1200 then the 1500 and rags after that.
BTW wont be on the net tonight.......i'll be in the garage...
re: Hand polished my wheels, with pic.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:11 pm
by spekt-r
Youll prolly need some ultrafine after the 1200 and then some autosol will make em come up like magic.
Look after them fingers mate.