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What is ball burnished?

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mivvi:
Hi all, after a bit of info. I am looking to polish an alloy frame and then lacquer it, to keep its shine. I have done this in the past and had a real mirror shine and then i got it clear powder coated.......it lost all its shine. The frame currently has the mirror finish but is now over ten years old and I wish to restore it but just dont know what the correct process is. It really looks like chrome but just dont know how its done? I have heard of ball burnishing or am I barking up the wrong tree? Cheers all  ???   

hunterdubber:
Ball burnished is a different thing altogether , it also goes duller in time .

If you want it to stay like chrome , without sounding funny , have you thought of getting it Chromed or chrome powder coated  :daumenhoch:

stidds:
If you want a mirror finish to your frame then get a polishing kit, either for an electric drill or bench grinder/polisher this will give you what you want.

Ball burnished is when a piece is placed in a vat of moving ball bearings, which hit the frame repeatedly and this is action is used to polish the piece.

stidds:

--- Quote from: Hunterdubber on December 14, 2012, 10:24 PM ---Ball burnished is a different thing altogether , it also goes duller in time .

If you want it to stay like chrome , without sounding funny , have you thought of getting it Chromed or chrome powder coated  :daumenhoch:

--- End quote ---


The problem with getting chrome powdercoat is that you need a clear over the top of the powder which then makes it a very shiney silver.

hunterdubber:
I think  he wanted the bike to be like chrome and like a mirror finish , Sean  ???

Like chrome and shiny :-\

He was complaining he'd got it shiny ,,,,but then went duller when it was clear laquered ,,rather than maintaining a permanent shine  :-\

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