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Laverdaroo:



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Sesman:
Hi, Roo.

I’m sure somebody more knowledgeable will be along in a minute, but my understanding is that the original finish was chrome. I believe most either leave well alone part from a good polish with steel wool and 2000grade emery or have it hard chromed by the likes of philpotts. Personally I’ll be polishing the feck out of mine then a light spray with lacquer.

K2-K6:
Precision spindles are usually chromed then ground to give final dimension to fit.

Nickel not generally used as final finish (maybe "undercoat" ) on these bikes. Ordinarily would be more of a brassy look on Nickel plating for reference.

Laverdaroo:
mmmm, all sounding terribly expensive but I'm not leaving it like that. Might have a quiet fettle on a bit tmrw eve and see what it comes up like with a view to doing all of it.
Thanks fella's..


I bloody hate polishing n all ::) ;D

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Have you tried evaporust on the shaft?
Not sure if the rust is where it is visible but it will look better after a couple of days in soak.

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