Polished forks???

marksmiffy · Post by **marksmiffy** » Mon May 02, 2011 11:50 pm

Quick question...Can ya polish fork lowers to look like chrome?...if so how coz would take about 3 years and 48 tubes of Auotsol in my mind

Go to get my head round this polishing lark.

Also notice Spanishmartys Storm...Frame well polished

is it possible to do this yaself?

Miztaziggy · Post by **Miztaziggy** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:06 am

I wouldnt have thought it would be practical to polish the lower forks since they are made from alloy and will mark too easily.

You could maybe get them electro plated, or powder coated?

Cheaper option is to just sand and paint them silver so they look fresh.

alec · Post by **alec** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:21 am

Miztaziggy wrote:I wouldnt have thought it would be practical to polish the lower forks since they are made from alloy and will mark too easily.

You could maybe get them electro plated, or powder coated?

Cheaper option is to just sand and paint them silver so they look fresh.

hello mate have a look for pics of Bazza696's bike he has polished his forks and they look great, here's a pic of it but i think there's some better ones on here somewhere his bike is the one front left
http://img837.imageshack.us/i/cimg3025.jpg/

bazza696 · Post by **bazza696** » Tue May 03, 2011 2:07 pm

Here is link that shows the polishing method I used

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18244

alec · Post by **alec** » Tue May 03, 2011 2:14 pm

expect more pic's when Bazza does mine next winter

bazza696 · Post by **bazza696** » Tue May 03, 2011 3:25 pm

alec wrote:expect more pic's when Bazza does mine next winter

MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Tue May 03, 2011 4:08 pm

alec wrote:expect more pic's when Bazza does mine next winter

Don't forget to get him to do the frame as well Alec!!

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:17 pm

MacV2 wrote:
alec wrote:expect more pic's when Bazza does mine next winter

Don't forget to get him to do the frame as well Alec!!

When you've been framed, resist the temptation to ask him to polish your helmet....

alec · Post by **alec** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:21 pm

tony.mon wrote:
MacV2 wrote:
alec wrote:expect more pic's when Bazza does mine next winter

Don't forget to get him to do the frame as well Alec!!
When you've been framed, resist the temptation to ask him to polish your helmet....

definately on that one tony, what mac's on about is that whoever polished the right side of my frame stopped there and left the other side so now i got to do it myself, had the bike since january and only found out when mac spotted it the other week

geoff996 · Post by **geoff996** » Tue May 03, 2011 9:01 pm

Hi Mark go to machinemart they have grinder that you can buy polishing mops for then you can polish until the cow come home. If you don.t fance that i've got a polisher and i live 20 mins from you drop your fork down and i'll do them for you.
Geoff

marksmiffy · Post by **marksmiffy** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:42 pm

Tks all

Geoff tks for the offer mate but need to kick myself up the ass and do stuff myself

Will look at machine mart tho :beer:

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