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How easy is it to remove paint and get a polished finished to an all ready panted frame. Can it be done to steel aswell as alu.
Is it easily done at home or more of a send it away business and anyone got any experience on douing this. Once done I assume best then to put on a clear lacaquer coat rather than leave completely raw.
What sort of local business would do this work??
I read some guys were doing this to their deep Vs on the fixed gear forum. Patience, wet & dry glasspaper (sandpaper to your man on the street) and progression through the coarseness grades. When you start getting into the really high number grades it just needs finishing with a buffer.
Does require a fair bit of elbow grease and commitment!
Sandblasting may be an option as this should get into the nooks and crannies that glasspaper may not.
There was a phase of people on SDH nitromorsing their frames a while back, just search for 'nitromors' lots of threads about it!
[url] http://www.southerndownhill.com/forum/index.php?action=search2 [/url]
I have heard lacquering over steel doesn't work too well.
I'd be bead blasting & power buffering unless you have a huge time:money ratio.
Nitromors will do the job but is messy and nasty.
Sandblasting is easiest - yellow pages should help
Bear in mind that steel will need lacquering to avoid rust and depending on the type of alumninium, it may tarnish (go dull) if not lacquered.
I wouldn't bother myself (having done it in the past).