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Title: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: Waxintaxin on June 04, 2006, 01:28 PM

Am I polishing a turd, cos thats what i thought when i stripped the paint , i figured i would have a go at getting some life out the original nickel before deciding what colour o would have to powder it, BUT maybe not , its no where near done but it looks promisisng

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v651/waxintaxin/gooseresto043.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v651/waxintaxin/gooseresto042.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v651/waxintaxin/gooseresto046.jpg)

I will keep going i think and see what many hours polishing cam acomplish

Rich

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: CD17 on June 04, 2006, 01:40 PM

Looking good, but don't polish those welds away  :(

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: theRuler on June 04, 2006, 05:08 PM

thats coming up nice

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: Bigplinky on June 04, 2006, 05:20 PM

keep on rubbin' it looks good from here

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: kdw712 on June 04, 2006, 06:30 PM

lookin good rich

nickle shines superb
keep at it

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: theRuler on June 04, 2006, 06:34 PM

how are you polishing that to make it so shiny?

i have a nickel plated goose frame waiting in the wings. was gonna paint it, but if it will polish  . . .

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: Moza on June 05, 2006, 06:42 PM

As the ruler said spill the beans mate, it might save me powdering the GT, afterall i did let you buy the goose lol


Lee

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: Waxintaxin on June 06, 2006, 09:34 AM

Lol

Ok , so far i have stripped the paint , and started to polish , the first stage is to clean the crap off , i used a de greaser and then fairy liquid and hot water, this gets all the old crap off.
then give a good clean using autosol , not too much just to get it going , then i used Peek with a dremmel and the polishing attachments that come with it, I also use a bigger polishing mop on a drill , but find it skates and dings the frame. 

once its starting to shine you can see how much plate you have left and decide how harsh a polish you can use , i have a fair bit left so am using autosol to really polish it , with dremmell . this is slowly taking layers of nickel off giving a good shine.

I will then use wonder chrome to clean off the residule as this is a good cleaner and will not remove anymore nckel

I have spent about 5 hours on it so far , and expect twice that to finnish.

I have agreed with myself to leave this one in its original finnish and not get it re nickeled , so i need to keep going to make it a real good  frame and forks, it will have a few bits of bare metal , but that kind of adds to the character i think

Rich

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: kdw712 on June 06, 2006, 12:16 PM

i used a mop on the drill for mine came up a treat

but what can you do to stop it tarnishing 15mins after you stop polishing ???

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: theRuler on June 06, 2006, 02:11 PM

Quote from: kdw712 on June 06, 2006, 12:16 PM

but what can you do to stop it tarnishing 15mins after you stop polishing ???

paint :)

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: Waxintaxin on June 06, 2006, 02:31 PM

wonder chrome comes with a sealant, that is supposed to stop tarnish , its not a laquer its a wipe on liquid that seals the surface , apparantly

Rich

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: kdw712 on June 06, 2006, 03:17 PM

@ RULER  ::)

rich lets us know how that goes then

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: theRuler on June 06, 2006, 03:36 PM

that wonder chrome sounds wicked
never seen it for sale anywhere!

is it expensive?

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: Waxintaxin on June 06, 2006, 04:02 PM

no mate , its about 9 quid

and you can get it here  http://cnb-host1.clickandbuild.com/cnb/shop/save-and-drive?productID=1477&op=catalogue-product_info-null&prodCategoryID=1628

I got mine froma motor shop , but maybe Halfords do it 

Rich

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: theRuler on June 06, 2006, 04:04 PM

nice one
i will buy some of that!

Title: Re: Goose resto stage 2
Post by: kdw712 on June 06, 2006, 04:06 PM

think i will get some too
looked at my 79 nickle goose and the shines wearing off  :(