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Offline boilermaker1

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Hubs & fork legs
« on: June 19, 2016, 10:20:49 PM »
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
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Re: Hubs & fork legs
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2016, 11:28:58 AM »
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.
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Re: Hubs & fork legs
« Reply #2 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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Re: Hubs & fork legs
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2016, 03:04:38 PM »
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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https://www.dropbox.com/s/anpzqn2r55f1o9k/CB750%20Mega%20Parts%20Service%20and%20More.pdf?dl=0
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Re: Hubs & fork legs
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2016, 06:30:23 PM »
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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Re: Hubs & fork legs
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2016, 08:37:35 PM »
Quote from: boilermaker1 on June 20, 2016, 06:30:23 PM
Hi Ash
Thanks for you advise
Just looking at Eastwood Diamond clear lacquer.
Which finish is more suitable? satin or gloss?

Thes tuff I got is gloss but I only received it today AND NOT USED IT YEY. If you notice in the VJMC article he used gloss version.
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Re: Hubs & fork legs
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2016, 09:56:52 PM »
Will you be using Eastwood Pre-Paint Preparation, before clear coating?
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