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Title: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: animal on March 06, 2008, 10:02 PM

Waxin and Cupid Stunt have established that DX's cannot be stripped by caustic soda. Thus the finish is not annodising, similar too a SR crank and ring I tried to strip once. When they r NOS the pins are the same coulour as the pedals . So my friends as it looks like anno and is as thin as anno. So whats the finish? A different type of electro plating? Sprayed? Seen them finished in glass paint which is similar, wonder if its glass paint baked on?  ::)

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: Waxintaxin on March 07, 2008, 08:24 AM

It looks like a sprayed on clear coat , i think some kind of coloured laquer ,cellulose or something

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: Rombloke on March 07, 2008, 06:00 PM

prob an acrylic laquer...it strips with paint stripper, so its not anno.

dont caustic dx's, the pins will end up falling out....believe me

Dave

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: animal on March 08, 2008, 11:49 AM

Anybody tried to find anything to recoat them?

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: gt0733 on March 09, 2008, 07:30 PM

glass paint.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e86/nak302/2008_0208007.jpg)

the one on the left was painted with the glass paint whilst the other is still raw out of the caustic bath. interesting to see the amount of flaws in the casting compared to some brute stems which were real easy to polish compared to the Dx cranks.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e86/nak302/2007_0824004.jpg)

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: animal on March 09, 2008, 08:21 PM

DUPI-COLOR do a INOX spray that is an acrylic laquer anybody used it or know if it comes in colours ?

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: Waxintaxin on March 09, 2008, 10:00 PM

I have been playing around with a blue clear coat laquer

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v651/waxintaxin/DSC02690.jpg)

Rich

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: MartyC on March 09, 2008, 10:17 PM

Quote from: Waxintaxin on March 09, 2008, 10:00 PM

I have been playing around with a blue clear coat laquer

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v651/waxintaxin/DSC02690.jpg)

Rich

Looking good there Rich, they've come up a treat  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: animal on March 10, 2008, 05:45 PM

Lookin good Rich  :daumenhoch: Whats stuff you using? Is it a hard finish?

Title: Re: Shimano DX pedal finish what is it?
Post by: frdavid on March 17, 2008, 08:54 PM

http://www.hiboox.com/lang-fr/diaporama/tizubg0i6en3mz9v0tttzohc9xt444

http://www.hiboox.com/lang-fr/diaporama/obdl96odph7h8u8fvvjloiw2h5zykv