Technical & Reference Section > Tech and Restoration

Restoring my 1985 Green master part 2. The alloy hubbed tuffs.

<< < (5/5)

Robbo:

--- Quote from: brummie on February 29, 2012, 11:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: AKGOFF on February 29, 2012, 11:32 AM ---Fookin Picture is pissing me off. ;D

--- End quote ---

 :2funny:



--- End quote ---

Love you slap head  :LolLolLolLol:

bobafett:

--- Quote from: Mattdub on February 28, 2012, 10:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: discostu on February 07, 2012, 09:06 PM ---The aqua blasting was done by a guy in Colchester. If I remember right it was cc aqua blasting. There are only a handful of people that do this around the country. It was expensive but the results were amazing and I got to keep the original tuffs.
The hubs were blasted as well and then wiped over. Bendy :daumenhoch:

--- End quote ---

Great results  ;) , how much is expensive ? .

--- End quote ---

X2 How much did it actually cost ?

Look V.nice  :coolsmiley:

AKGOFF:

--- Quote from: Robbo on February 29, 2012, 06:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: brummie on February 29, 2012, 11:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: AKGOFF on February 29, 2012, 11:32 AM ---Fookin Picture is pissing me off. ;D

--- End quote ---

 :2funny:



--- End quote ---

Love you slap head  :LolLolLolLol:

Shut it Knobbo and stop hijacking Stu's thread. :D

--- End quote ---

Discostu:
Feel free to hijack my thread if your gonna tell lord admiral Adam what a fooking useless Cnut he is!!!!!  :LolLolLolLol:

They cost me £100 to get them both aqua blasted. It took the guy 2 hours while I watched him. I must say even though it was expensive it was worth it to me so I kept the original tuffs from the bike. Also I quite enjoyed chatting to the guy and learning about the process involved.

It is basically a very fine glass bead (looks like fine powder) that is sprayed out of a nozzle mixed with water. This is inside a tank with two sleeves/gloves. So you can hold the piece with one hand. And hold the nozzle with the other. The mixture of powder/water is filtered so you can circulate it to use again.

These tuffs were the first plastic items this guy had done so the price was probably high due to it being a bit of an experiment. But the results speak for themselves. Also the guy that owns/does the aqua blasting had a genuine interest in my restoration of bmx's and even told me his brother restores burners.  :daumenhoch:

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page