Polishing frames

Hello

I havent done this to a bicycle frame but I recently polished up the swingarm on my motocross bike.
It came up with a mirror finish after I had polished it, I sanded it down with finer and finer wet &
dry and then polished with AutoGlym polish from halfords which cost a fiver. lots of work but worth
the results.

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Hi all, anyone here had an aluminium frame ball burnished or polished? I've got a Proflex 957
that could do with re-finishing and I intend to have my new bike stripped and polished
professionally too.

Tia. Dave.

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Hello

I havent done this to a bicycle frame but I recently polished up the swingarm on my motocross
bike. It came up with a mirror finish after I had polished it, I sanded it down with finer and
finer wet & dry and then polished with AutoGlym polish from halfords which cost a fiver. lots of
work but worth the results.

I'd be wary of doing it that way on a bike. Tube wall thickness is much less than on a motorbike and
it would be too easy to seriously thin it with wet & dry. Better to stick with polishing compound
and elbow grease if doing it by hand.

Tony

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Hello

I havent done this to a bicycle frame but I recently polished up the swingarm on my motocross
bike. It came up with a mirror finish after I had polished it, I sanded it down with finer and
finer wet & dry and then polished with AutoGlym polish from halfords which cost a fiver. lots of
work but worth the results.

I'd be wary of doing it that way on a bike. Tube wall thickness is much less than on a motorbike
and it would be too easy to seriously thin it

with

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wet & dry. Better to stick with polishing compound and elbow grease if doing it by hand.

Tony

Thanks chaps, but once it's polished, how do I keep it that way? Lacquer?

Thanks, Dave.

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Thanks chaps, but once it's polished, how do I keep it that way? Lacquer?

Go for a ride and apply a thick coat of greasy black mud... that'll preserve the shiny polish
underneath :-)

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Thanks, Dave.

Adrain

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