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Yes sir, i can resto - SHIMANO DX cha cha cha

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Rabdul06:
  God job there, I can't wait to see the finished items - Ive just done a pair of DX and ran into the same problems as you, with the main problem being the stripper sort of drying out and turning into a mucusy mess because it was too cold. I put the pedals inside over night and cleaned them off in the kitchen sink which did the trick, but the paint Shimano used is hard core - worst paint Ive had to remove off a part...It probably took me a GOOD day to get it all out of the nooks and crannies with a tooth brush...

  The ends of my pedals were mullered so after sanding and cleaning them up I was left with the problem of them being too smooth and loosing the orange peel effect. I tried putting a course emery cloth sandy side down on the pedal and hitting it with a hammer (gently) to get the surface roughed up. It sort of worked but mainly smashed the grit into dust....

  I spray bombed them with a metallic anno look finish and they came out great. Good luck fella.

fischflo:
wanted to piece the set together today ...forgot the grease waaah :laugh:

...repro'ing the orange texture - great idea ..! :daumenhoch: ..maybe put a sheet of paper (?) or smth between the ped and the grit to achieve a softer edged imprint ...? ...hmmm :chin:

rex:
Next time Flo,  put the paint stripper on, leave it for about 20min then use a small soft wire/copper brush to get the paint off,  the wire brush will get into the tight spots and around the pins easy, you dont have to do the whole pedal at once,

fischflo:
You know, i thought the stripper alone had to do it, but of course :shocked: .. let a brush do some work! wow - why didn't i think of that? My only concern would be that even soft copper would scratch ...a bit? - But i'lldeffo give it a go and try it out. -- great tip there, thanks J's :daumenhoch:

That might also be a cure to the blemishes - because another suspicion i had was that it's the mega long soaking in the stipper that led to those 'stained'-looking parts. ...but i might be fantasizing again :D

Happy Christmas you all, :slayer:

rex:
I get the brushes in a 3 pack from the hardware store, about $3au,  hard wire, soft copper and stiff paint type bristle,  the soft copper and the stiff bristle dont scratch the metal,  there good for aluminium,  the wire is good for around the welds on a cromo frame,  :daumenhoch:

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