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BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:

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GavinDavis:
lol....so has anyone got any pics of the finished product?  From anno to shiney :)

Tidelander:
Here are a set of Peregrine 48s I did.  Hard work - you'll need a dremmel or a drill with polishing wheel and alloy polishing compounds - Something like this
http://www.powertoolsdirect.com/zenith-polishing-kit-ferrous-metal?utm_source=google&utm_medium=merchant

Before - ano was ok in most places but there were some nasty scratches so bit the bullet and did whole wheel



First sanding - using course paper to strip the ano and get bare metal


Sanded and ready for fine paper and wet and dry


Polish using the brown compound to flatten and then the blue compound to get a high shine and then polish with alloy polish to get rid of any compound residue - here is a side by side against the other ano rim



Hard work and you get covered in black shoite but worked for me

GavinDavis:
Ah that looks awesome!!  Thats the finish im after with mine :) :)

Im thinking of gong down the "oven cleaner" route to strip the anno quicker, then going through a few grades of wet n dry, finishing off with the compound pastes.  Im gonna do the stem the same too :)

Did you lacquer the rims after or leave them for future polishing if they go dull?

Tony1971:
I`ve stripped and polished a couple of sets. If they are for a rider they need to be laquered or re-anodised or the brakes realy dont bite. :-[
Tony

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