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Title: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: (((sonic))) on December 29, 2008, 08:17 AM

Started polishing my 48h High Flange Suzue Hubs this 'arvo, they are coming up well, these will be laced to chrome 7x's with red nipples...... :buck2: :buck2: :buck2: :buck2: :buck2:

Before...25+ years of neglect...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ll466/pr200/PB250840.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ll466/pr200/PB250841.jpg)

After....BLING :D

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ll466/pr200/PC291237.jpg)

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: gary4130 on December 29, 2008, 08:58 AM

nice work mate,cant believe how well theyve come up  8)

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: telelogic on December 29, 2008, 10:51 AM

that's an amazing job fella :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: Stodgy on December 29, 2008, 10:53 AM

 :shocked:

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: TwoBobRob on December 29, 2008, 10:56 AM

Whats the trick to that then?  Anything I've ever tried to polish always ends up with a cloudy look to it....  :(

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: (((sonic))) on December 29, 2008, 11:05 AM

I gave them a soak in vinegar for a few nights then hit them with a 240 (aluminium oxide) grit paper followed by a fine 400 grit, then a few polishing blocks with the dremel, these are fooking amazing, you can shave in the fookers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :daumenhoch:

Ben

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: TwoBobRob on December 29, 2008, 11:12 AM

Aah, the Dremel.....   :daumenhoch:


Loving your work there  :)

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: daz bmx it! on December 29, 2008, 04:21 PM

thems half tidy  ;)

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: animal on December 29, 2008, 04:41 PM

Fantastic work there  ;)

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: bmxbert on December 29, 2008, 04:46 PM

 :shocked: thats amazing work

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on December 29, 2008, 06:48 PM

top job there  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: baldbmxer on December 29, 2008, 07:04 PM

Has MatDremelDub seen this?

He's a Jedi master with a Dremel  :LolLolLolLol:

Finished hub body sure does look nice  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: subversion on December 29, 2008, 09:01 PM

Top job that man :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Polishing Hubs..before and after........
Post by: (((sonic))) on December 29, 2008, 09:10 PM

Cheers all,

It is quite rewarding bringing these back to life :daumenhoch:

Ben