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Oddjob:
Hey, you borrowed that skirt off me, bloody Yorkshire tealeaves.
Trigger:
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--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 02, 2022, 06:52:31 PM ---I see Philpotts quote £100 to do a pair of fork sliders, which I thought very reasonable considering the amount of work involved.
I've heard of £750 just to polish the barrels on a GT750. £130 for 3 cases is very cheap, I'd expect a poor job for that TBH but you never know until you try.
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TBH if they get it anything like without contamination then it will be better than those currently fitted - then I can take my time and look at maybe doing them myself sometime in the very distant future
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If you want a professional job, then send it to the professionals. Briteworx.co.uk
To achieve a pro finish you will need a motor 1KW minimum, a ton of mops , soap bars, lime and safety equipment. The part also needs to be in good order to start and most professional polishers vapour blast the part first to remove any corrosion and contaminates ;)
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
https://briteworx.co.uk/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
Website is down or dead when I tried it.
Nurse Julie:
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He's (Harry Overton) is on Facebook Ted. He's not far from you in Swadlincote. His work is absolutely stunning. A master of his art. 07861778841
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Oddjob:
--- Quote from: Trigger on October 03, 2022, 06:28:54 PM ---
If you want a professional job, then send it to the professionals. Briteworx.co.uk
To achieve a pro finish you will need a motor 1KW minimum, a ton of mops , soap bars, lime and safety equipment. The part also needs to be in good order to start and most professional polishers vapour blast the part first to remove any corrosion and contaminates ;)
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Got to disagree with that Graham, some are good, some are cowboys who claim they can do a decent job but do the exact opposite. I'd match some of my polishing up against any pro, I don't have half of the stuff you list and I've got great results with casings that a lot of pro's wouldn't even have touched. The end results depend a LOT on the amount of effort you put in BEFORE it evens goes near the mop, the more effort, the better the result IMO. I've just spent 5-6 hours on one float bowl because it had been chromed and even having the chrome professionally removed, it didn't remove all of it, there were patches where the nickel was still attached and that's a huge problem to remove. Took me many hours to sand it off, only done 3 bowls up to now and not looking forward to doing the last.
I'm going to attempt to restore an old 550 alt casing I found in my last job lot buy, it's been done the road HARD, literally loads of gravel rash etc, deep gouges and even some of the lettering like the Made In Japan has been affected, I want to see how good I can get it, I like doing stuff like that, just to challenge myself. If it turns out ok I'll sell it, if it doesn't I'll junk it. It's only time, I've got quite a bit of that on my hands at present.
BTW Ted, link doesn't work.
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