Non-polishing related question: how did you achieve the dark reddish color on the bar tape? What combination of tape color and shellac color?
On May 31, 10:40 am, John Ferguson <rfj1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Do you mean what's my method for keeping my significant other pacified > or my polishing method? > > For polishing: > > The stem was nickle plated; I removed the plating and had it chrome > plated. > > The bars are easy, just Simichrome, polish like you're polishing a > shoe. No need to unwrap if you're careful. > > The bell was complicated. Ten minutes in an Easy Off bath to remove > the anodization. Scrub with one of those green pot scrubbing pads > (like very fine steel wool) to remove residual anodization. Polished > with Dremel metal polishing compound, then hand polish with > Simichrome. You could probably skip the Dremel step, it didn't seem to > do much. > > John > > On May 31, 12:37 pm, RoadieRyan <rya...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > BLING looks great whats your method? btw anytime I start talking > > bikes my wifes eyes glaze over > > > On May 30, 10:31 pm, John Ferguson <rfj1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I hurt my knee somehow on a transatlantic flight...so I spent a few > > > evenings on bicycle maintenance and my third-favorite activity, > > > polishing. The results are here: > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/36397...@n06/sets/72157615351530151/ > > > > I hope this impresses someone, because my girlfriend certainly wasn't > > > impressed. :-) > > > > John > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
