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Pompey
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 Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:43 pm Post subject: My 6 new old 6. |
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Getting a clean up : so much for not liking polished frames, my fingers are bloody stumps from the solvo autosol!
sb6 clean up by pompstar, on Flickr
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brian
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Looks great pomps. I've never polished a frame but have been thinking about polishing the frame in my db4. The frame and swing arm have a few marks and stains on them and i think the only way to fix it would be to polish the whole lot.
Can you give us (me  ) a basic run down on the procedure?
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Pompey
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:11 am Post subject: |
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This one was already polished and needed going over. Once done it was fairly easy with polishing mop kit and high speed drill. To get the original finish to the shiny stage you have to use very course mops and work thru the stages. I did it on a blade and it took some time. I would take the swing arm and rear sets of and take them to a pro polishing company, they will do a much better job to start and its cheaper then you think. The frame rail is easier for you to do or get a carbon cover. Good luck 
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: Re: My 6 new old 6. |
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| Pompey wrote: |
Getting a clean up : so much for not liking polished frames, my fingers are bloody stumps from the solvo autosol!
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Ah ha....that's your problem, you should be using some one else's fingers.....
or better still.... Alu Belgom
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SiBag
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:00 am Post subject: Re: My 6 new old 6. |
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| oily wrote: |
| Pompey wrote: |
Getting a clean up : so much for not liking polished frames, my fingers are bloody stumps from the solvo autosol!
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Ah ha....that's your problem, you should be using some one else's fingers.....
or better still.... Alu Belgom |
Ye that Alu Belgon is good kit.
Pollishing the frame from scratch should be OK as its nice smooth extruded alloy not horrid cating etc.
Start with some emmery, etc to remove original finish.
The a sissle mop and brown soap.
Then a stitch mop and blue soap
Then a floppy mop and more blue soap.
I recon a frame should take no more than 8 to 12 hours to polish with a kit. Worst I have done are GSXR Slingshot wheels. about 20 hours each.
Weather you can polish the exposed frame rails with the motor and suspension attached is another thing.
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Pompey
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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clothes back on, carbon frame rails on, new heat shield material under seating and that will do til winter.
Swindon-20120901-00112 by pompstar, on Flickr
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Wow...that looks sweet.......
Another crescent SB6, common as muck 
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Hursty
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Nice looking ride.
What type of heat foil did you use ? A friend has offered me some Dynamat
Car stuff do you think it would do the job?
But it feels a bit heavy to me. 
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Evilchicken0
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I tried to polish the swingarm from scratch ... that anodising is hared than nails !!!
Paint stripper don't touch it .... and neither does a sander with course paper
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SiBag
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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To Remove Anodizing you want to use Oven Cleaner.
Or reverse the polarity on the anodizing bath.
But seriously I have stripped back some coloursd anodized parts using Oven Cleaner. Works a treat.
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Ummmmm, the anodising on the "big bore" swing arm came off with mr sheen, problem being.......I didn't want it to come off...grrrrrr
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Vince186
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice Pompey..
Is it a MK 1 
What kind of front forks are installed
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Vince186
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| SiBag wrote: |
To Remove Anodizing you want to use Oven Cleaner.
Or reverse the polarity on the anodizing bath.
But seriously I have stripped back some coloursd anodized parts using Oven Cleaner. Works a treat. |
Oven cleaner…..That I have to ask my wife… or better …I ask her to remove the anodizing.. 
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Pompey
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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Its a Mk1 Vince, standard forks that at some stage had the upper tubes done in gold, very nice to... I got the heat foil from ebay, it seemed expensive but I have been told it was a bargain by those who know better? I'll find the link for you, it was easy to use and super strong sticky back.
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Pompey wrote: |
| Its a Mk1 Vince, standard forks that at some stage had the upper tubes done in gold, very nice to... I got the heat foil from ebay, it seemed expensive but I have been told it was a bargain by those who know better? I'll find the link for you, it was easy to use and super strong sticky back. |
Had the forks TiNi
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