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Black??? Dark Grey??? No idea what you're referring to Roo. There are no dark grey abrasive discs, dark green as you say is quite abrasive, it has it's uses and I use that colour a LOT. However it can really scrub up the surface. If you got that to shine with a purple you're doing well young grasshopper. Done a decent job of it Roo, it should shine up nice, the better the surface the quicker it shines up and the better it looks, it's all in the prep, get that right and the rest just falls into place. At this rate I'm going to have some competition. Looking at Teds pic, not sure what he's used, marked the surface and it looks like a wire wheel with the swirl marks. Word of advice Ted, remove the brake arm pivot pin and the torque arm bolt at the bottom before you go any further. If they are stuck in (and a lot are, and yours looks like it going to be) you're going to need to work on the plate and you don't want to do that after you've been detailing it. I've asked max if he can make me a stainless steel torque arm bolt as pictured in your pic, just in case you damage it. They ain't available anywhere so be careful. The brake is actually missing a small section on the edge, near the rivets.
Some great tips Ken. Can you recommend some products for buffing the small crooks and crannies? I’ve seen a few products on Amazon?
Quote from: Oddjob on November 07, 2022, 11:52:02 PMBlack??? Dark Grey??? No idea what you're referring to Roo. There are no dark grey abrasive discs, dark green as you say is quite abrasive, it has it's uses and I use that colour a LOT. However it can really scrub up the surface. If you got that to shine with a purple you're doing well young grasshopper. Done a decent job of it Roo, it should shine up nice, the better the surface the quicker it shines up and the better it looks, it's all in the prep, get that right and the rest just falls into place. At this rate I'm going to have some competition. Looking at Teds pic, not sure what he's used, marked the surface and it looks like a wire wheel with the swirl marks. Word of advice Ted, remove the brake arm pivot pin and the torque arm bolt at the bottom before you go any further. If they are stuck in (and a lot are, and yours looks like it going to be) you're going to need to work on the plate and you don't want to do that after you've been detailing it. I've asked max if he can make me a stainless steel torque arm bolt as pictured in your pic, just in case you damage it. They ain't available anywhere so be careful. The brake is actually missing a small section on the edge, near the rivets.Well the kit I put up for 7.99 or so has dark grey, dark blue, dark green, dark brown/red, light green, light grey, purple, white in.On closer inspection this morning innit that chuffed with it, it looks like it’s been sandblasted or hit with a chain so going to start again on it tomorrow. Got things to do today. Another 4 hours I won’t get backBloody hate this job, messy, boring and noiseySent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Roo you were doing so well after ONLY 4 hours what's occuring?
I wouldn't mind Roo but that brake plate looked to one of the easiest I've ever seen to polish, very few marks, not badly stained and no big dents etc. Wait until you get a hard one to do, you'll soon lose the will to live then. I've just done 4 float bowls which still had bits of nickel plate attached even after being de-chromed, each one took me around 5 hours to do and that was just getting the nickel off which had to be sanded and sanded and sanded until it went. Talk about hard, at one point even I was thinking of just throwing one of them away. Best thing to do then is walk away, leave it for a bit and come back to it. I've done 2 brake plates and one I gave up on it was so bad, decided to have it powder coated instead to hide all the pin prick holes. Spend at least 30 hours on one of them, that's hard work. You must be bloody joking, it has to be right for two main reasons...1) Iwant it right but bloody Nora!2) I'mnot havin it pulled apart by you on here giving me stickfor doing a shit job The more I polish,sand, flat off, the more it looks like its been shot peened. Very frustrating! You don't know you're born young fella me lad
Just think I need more speed on the wheel Ken, asmentioned, my bench grinder with felt wneel on isnt really cutting the mustard.