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Aqua/vapour blasting mag wheels (final results 23rd)

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oldschoolace:
Got a call today the mags are done  :D

Picking them up tomorrow hopefully. The nice bloke there sent me this before and after pic  :daumenhoch:




The wooden discs are there to protect the chromed hubs.

energiza:
 :daumenhoch: looks pukka to me..worth every penny i say

animal:
Will this work on other colours ?

oldschoolace:
Well i'm just back from the vapour blasters and am well happy. Best 30 quid i have spent in a while.  :4_17_5:
The mags are naturally a vanilla white so i wasn't expecting a Hollywood smile from them but they have come up a treat

What has impressed me most is that it has all but eradicated the mockled dirty marbling effect that most old mags have. (like its embedded in the plastic rather than sat on top)

I didnt do any prep for the mags, no bleach, scrubbing or even removing of brake rub. I wanted to see what the blasting was capable of
 (and what it could save me in man hours  ;) )

The plywood disc masking worked like a charm so no lengthy polishing of hubs for me  :daumenhoch:

The bloke there was great and quite happy to listen to me waffle on about old bikes. Turns out he has a chrome burner, probably a team burner with black skyways tucked away in his dads shed ;)

He said he would entertain peeps posting stuff to him but he would need really good images of the job beforehand in case the job would take longer than expected but 15 quid a wheel would be a base price  :daumenhoch:

oldschoolace:

--- Quote from: ANIMAL on March 23, 2012, 04:05 PM ---Will this work on other colours ?

--- End quote ---

Dunno. I guess if they are faded then no amount of blasting will restore the colour but it will certainly clean surface crap off  :daumenhoch:

I have some yellow alloy hubbed skyways that are a little faded and mucky, may give them a go  ;)

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