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Polished forks???
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:50 pm
by marksmiffy
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?

Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:06 am
by Miztaziggy
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.
Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:21 am
by alec
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/
Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:07 pm
by bazza696
Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:14 pm
by alec
expect more pic's when Bazza does mine next winter

Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 3:25 pm
by bazza696
Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:08 pm
by MacV2
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!!

Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:17 pm
by tony.mon
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....
Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:21 pm
by alec
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

Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:01 pm
by geoff996
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
Re: Polished forks???
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 6:42 pm
by marksmiffy
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
