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POLISHING ALLOY WITHHIN AN INCH OF ITS LIFE - WHY?

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MartyC:

--- Quote from: Bigplinky on January 13, 2008, 01:19 PM ---I think it's good when people advertise for colour swaps or exchange good parts for bad so that original finishes can be preserved on the good parts or good anno is not stripped just because it don't fit with the colour scheme you have at the moment.

If anno is scratched but not to many dings on the part then I think the Donors approach is the best strip the anno (with oven pride) and then just a light polish with autosol

Their are only a limited number of original finishes left in the world and if they can be saved they should be

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I think that restoration is definitely the way to go, faded colour can be restored on most parts by have the anodising re-done; Custom Colours can now anodise things like Suntour MS1100 stems with the steel shaft still attached.  This gives heaps of options for battered stuff to be brought back to it's former glory and maintain the original "intended" finish and maybe a different colour that's hard to get e.g. gold.  I still like the bling polished look but there are options to keep or restore original finishes at a price.

TBH I also feel the same way about powder coating chrome frames, but fully understand the cost implications of rechroming; but there you go  :daumenhoch:.

Steve P:
I remember stripping the anno/paint from loads of my parts BITD too ... it was the quickest and cheapest way to change the look of my bike

Today, it's different for me. I don't like parts that have been defaced with over enthusiastic polishing ... detail is very important. If it's in good condition I prefer to leave things original but not everything looks good with a quick clean

Here's some parts I've bought in the past ... these needed some serious resto work without going OTT

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