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Polishing a ripper

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showtime:
you could try burning the paint off with an Acetylene bomb, or even try the large industrial arc welder to "lightly char" the paint from the frame :-\

sam hudson:
So,two (probably stupid) questions....where do you get ball burnishing done? I cant find a place to do it,locally ,they all look at me like i'm asking them to invent Fision >:(
 And is it ok to get the old paint blasted off as you would do with a normal cro mo frame? For the sake of £15 ,it saves paying for the Nitromors and then all the getting covered in Sh#te whilst cleaning the Nitromors off  :-\

lazychubs:
be carefull who does the blasting as my mates place has just crushed me top tube
on me fbm frame told him im now £300 out of pocket
lol

superbikedan:
stove enamel laquer, not power laquer that is the way to keep your frames from fading and chipping and dulling, powder laquer is to hard and will chip and flake under alloy that has been polished because it bakes at  a high temperture, (just think of super glue laying on top of plastic)   stove enamel is soft, more restistant  and when you polish you never have to do it again, it will last for  years and never fade. :)

sam hudson:
 ;D Thanks for that.Now i'm terrified to take my frame to the blasters.He has done stuff before though and it was ok.  ;D

Would i have to find a specialist to stove enamel? Is it under stove enamellers in the yellow pages?  ;D ;) Seriously though is it something that powder coaters would do or a paint shop?
Ta

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