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Hubs & fork legs
boilermaker1:
I am getting my wheels refurbished and have some questions.
I am thinking of having hubs & lower fork legs polished.
Were hubs originally painted? if painted best way of removing paint?
have heard of clear coat been used on polished parts
What type do I need, and what prep work is needed before painting?
Any help would be great
Thanks
AshimotoK0:
All originally rough polished only in the visible areas, satinized then clear coated.
Remove original clear coat with Methylene chloride based paint stripper ...modern Nitromors stuff is sh*te . Be really quick doing it so that the chemicals in the stripper don't react with the bare alloy. If you get the right stuff it literally can be removed in 5 minutes.
Going to use Eastwood Diamond Clear lacquer on mine.
There is a VJMC article right at the end on my dropbox CB750 mega download on this forum on alloy fork leg refurb. Trust me it's a mucky horrible tw*t of a job and I allow at least 2 hours/fork slider to do it. Added a few twists myself to that VJMC write-up but not confident about telling the world about it yet.
Laverda Dave:
Hi Ash,
Excuse my ignorance but how do I navigate to your VJMC CB750 lower fork leg refurb article? I cannot seem to navigate to it via the site.
I'm just about to go into the man cave now with a huge mug of splosh and digestives to assemble the newly blasted lower fork legs.
Dave
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on June 20, 2016, 02:27:35 PM ---Hi Ash,
Excuse my ignorance but how do I navigate to your VJMC CB750 lower fork leg refurb article? I cannot seem to navigate to it via the site.
I'm just about to go into the man cave now with a huge mug of splosh and digestives to assemble the newly blasted lower fork legs.
Dave
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boilermaker1:
Hi Ash
Thanks for you advise
Just looking at Eastwood Diamond clear lacquer.
Which finish is more suitable? satin or gloss?
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