Strpping Chrome Off a Nimbus Frame?

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heres myne

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Don't worry about your jewels. Once they've been worn away by the
saddle, you won't have to worry about them any more!🙂

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When I got my frame powder coated, they had to strip the chrome, and I
think he mentioned sand blasting or glass beading.

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Stripped steel will not look anything like the stripped KH frames or the
DH frame. You wouldnt see the burns around the welds like on the DH.

Powdercoating over chrome isnt a huge issue. Bedford does it, he
powdercoats over the blue of the KH frames as well.

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Powdercoating over chrome isnt a huge issue. Bedford does it, he
powdercoats over the blue of the KH frames as well.

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my chrome is flaking off in spots ?
i hate the look of chorme on a muni

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SkierAlex said:

my family are more wood people.

I believe you may have issues if you really think your family consists
of wooden people.

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To do any kind of decent job you will need to get the frame shot/sand
blasted. You may well find a local company who will do it very cheaply
as it's such a small component, particularly if you pay cash. Bare
steel is not an attractive finish, you could polish it an awful lot and
then stick several layers of clearcoat over it and it would be ok, but
the clearcoat won't stick very well because it's designed to adhere to
paint, and if it flakes/chips off anywhere the metal underneath will
corrode quickly, which is pretty unsightly. I think if you want that
kind of look, strip the frame and use a metal coloured paint, such as
titanium in the correct manner i.e. primer, overcoat, clearcoat.

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kington99 said:

To do any kind of decent job you will need to get the frame shot/sand
blasted. You may well find a local company who will do it very cheaply
as it's such a small component, particularly if you pay cash. Bare
steel is not an attractive finish, you could polish it an awful lot and
then stick several layers of clearcoat over it and it would be ok, but
the clearcoat won't stick very well because it's designed to adhere to
paint, and if it flakes/chips off anywhere the metal underneath will
corrode quickly, which is pretty unsightly. I think if you want that
kind of look, strip the frame and use a metal coloured paint, such as
titanium in the correct manner i.e. primer, overcoat, clearcoat.

Personally I really like the look of a raw steel frame. Clearcoat
laquer is good to finish a raw steel frame, but I like the patterns
that you get from surface rust. If you don't like how it's rusting then
it will wirewool off.

As for the sand blasting, find someone who goes to your local tech
college or university, they will probably have a sand blaster that you
can get your mate to use for free. I can do mine at uni and it's no
problem.

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Brian O. said:

Powdercoating over chrome isnt a huge issue. Bedford does it, he
powdercoats over the blue of the KH frames as well.

Are you sure of this? I can't believe Bedford doesn't blast the chrome
off 1st as the powdercoat won't stick to chrome any where near as well
as it would to bare metal.

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kington99 said:

To do any kind of decent job you will need to get the frame shot/sand
blasted. You may well find a local company who will do it very cheaply
as it's such a small component, particularly if you pay cash. Bare
steel is not an attractive finish, you could polish it an awful lot and
then stick several layers of clearcoat over it and it would be ok, but
the clearcoat won't stick very well because it's designed to adhere to
paint, and if it flakes/chips off anywhere the metal underneath will
corrode quickly, which is pretty unsightly. I think if you want that
kind of look, strip the frame and use a metal coloured paint, such as
titanium in the correct manner i.e. primer, overcoat, clearcoat.

I wouldn't really want to paint my frame metal coloured (unless I was
painting it gold 😄) although I would probably still rather have my
frame metal coloured than a colour. I thought stripping would be a good
way to get rid of the ugly chrome look while not having to pay for
powdercoating or mess round painting it.

I agree that the frame wheres_your_other_wheel posted looks no where
near as good as the DH or stripped KH frames but it looks OK. I
wouldn't want a very shiny finish, what would be the best way to get
rid of shine? And how do they get that finish on the DH? It's a steel
frame. Would they paint it metal coloured or does it just look good in
the picture? Can anyone post a real DH frame? :P

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Being a steel frame it will rust, and that isnt good. its ok to strip
the KH frame because its aluminium, which doesnt rust. The rust will
slowly ruin your frame, making it weaker and everything. If anything
painting it the steel colour would be better

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SkierAlex said:

I wouldn't want a very shiny finish, what would be the best way to get
rid of shine?

Rubbing the frame with some fine sandpaper will dull the finish, giving
a look more similar to the DH.

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1-wheeled-grape said:

Being a steel frame it will rust, and that isnt good. its ok to strip
the KH frame because its aluminium, which doesnt rust. The rust will
slowly ruin your frame, making it weaker and everything. If anything
painting it the steel colour would be better

I'll use a clear coat of paint to protect it from rust. That will work
won't it?

kington99 said:

Rubbing the frame with some fine sandpaper will dull the finish, giving
a look more similar to the DH.

And thanks for the advice on the sand paper, I honestly know nothing
about metal lol.

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SkierAlex said:

I'll use a clear coat of paint to protect it from rust. That will work
won't it?

I dont think it really sticks to bare metal, it's more for covering
paintwork

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1-wheeled-grape said:

I dont think it really sticks to bare metal, it's more for covering
paintwork

What's a good protective coat for metal?

EDIT: I mean a good protective clear coat that is designed to stick to
metal not paint. There must be something around.

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Chrome lol😄
or paint
But i dont know any others, theres probably something else.

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