Scraches on Ultegra/ Dura Ace

"Linz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I seem to recall that some time ago, someone posted some useful stuff about how to polish
scratches out of Ultegra / Dura Ace components.

Is there any chance of posting it again as my groupset needs tidying up!!

Thanks

Mother's Mad and Aluminun polish was suggested. Personally - I like emory clothes.

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"Linz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I seem to recall that some time ago, someone posted some useful stuff about how to polish
scratches out of Ultegra / Dura Ace components.

Is there any chance of posting it again as my groupset needs tidying up!!

AFAIK, Dura Ace and Ultegra components are anodized. If you polish them up in one spot, you'll take
the finish off, and it will be obviously different. At least that's what happened to me. I couldn't
get the polished areas to look similar to the original finish; but it did make the badly scratched
areas look better.

I've used 00 or 000 grade steel wool for tough scratches, and finished it to a fine luster with Nevr
Dull cotton wadding metal polish (comes in a blue tin). A bench grinder with a buffing wheel and
some polishing rouge is probably a better choice for finishing.

I've heard that ammonia will remove anodizing if you want to go that far. If you put a chrome-like
high polish on your components, it would look beautiful. You're probably looking at a couple of
evenings worth of work; but you'd have one gorgeous gruppo when you're done.

-Barry

It would look good if you are willing to put the work in, but trust me from someone who polishes his
al road and mtb bikes, the polish will only last for a couple days before it starts to oxidize an
goes dull again, requiring almost all the work again. and this assumes you are riding in the dry all
the time and not on any salted roads! whihch only speeds it up.

There is a reason why most Als have some sort of clear coating on the outside.

hope this helps...

"B. Sanders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EDHia.305532$F1.51629@sccrnsc04...

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"Linz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I seem to recall that some time ago, someone posted some useful stuff about how to polish
scratches out of Ultegra / Dura Ace components.

Is there any chance of posting it again as my groupset needs tidying

up!!

Quoted message said:

AFAIK, Dura Ace and Ultegra components are anodized. If you polish them up in one spot, you'll
take the finish off, and it will be obviously

different.

Quoted message said:

At least that's what happened to me. I couldn't get the polished areas to look similar to the
original finish; but it did make the badly scratched areas look better.

I've used 00 or 000 grade steel wool for tough scratches, and finished it

to

Quoted message said:

a fine luster with Nevr Dull cotton wadding metal polish (comes in a blue tin). A bench grinder
with a buffing wheel and some polishing rouge is probably a better choice for finishing.

I've heard that ammonia will remove anodizing if you want to go that far. If you put a chrome-like
high polish on your components, it would look beautiful. You're probably looking at a couple of
evenings worth of work; but you'd have one gorgeous gruppo when you're done.

-Barry

Have you considered doing a fantastically damn good job of polishing once, then putting some krylon
clear coat on or something? Seems like a lot of effort to put in if it just fades...

Jon Bond

Me said:

It would look good if you are willing to put the work in, but trust me from someone who polishes
his al road and mtb bikes, the polish will only last for a couple days before it starts to oxidize
an goes dull again, requiring almost all the work again. and this assumes you are riding in the
dry all the time and not on any salted roads! whihch only speeds it up.

There is a reason why most Als have some sort of clear coating on the outside.

hope this helps...

"B. Sanders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EDHia.305532$F1.51629@sccrnsc04...

Quoted message said:

"Linz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I seem to recall that some time ago, someone posted some useful stuff about how to polish
scratches out of Ultegra / Dura Ace components.

Is there any chance of posting it again as my groupset needs tidying

up!!

Quoted message said:

AFAIK, Dura Ace and Ultegra components are anodized. If you polish them up in one spot, you'll
take the finish off, and it will be obviously

different.

Quoted message said:

At least that's what happened to me. I couldn't get the polished areas to look similar to the
original finish; but it did make the badly scratched areas look better.

I've used 00 or 000 grade steel wool for tough scratches, and finished it

to

Quoted message said:

a fine luster with Nevr Dull cotton wadding metal polish (comes in a blue tin). A bench grinder
with a buffing wheel and some polishing rouge is probably a better choice for finishing.

I've heard that ammonia will remove anodizing if you want to go that far. If you put a chrome-like
high polish on your components, it would look beautiful. You're probably looking at a couple of
evenings worth of work; but you'd have one gorgeous gruppo when you're done.

-Barry

"Jonathan Bond" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Have you considered doing a fantastically damn good job of polishing once, then putting some
krylon clear coat on or something? Seems like a lot of effort to put in if it just fades...

But a clear spray just falls away from unprimered metals in a short time. You're better off
polishing/waxing occasionally if you have an bare surface.

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