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polishing thread?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Yes the edge was damaged in the past, it has a bit cut away where it tapers on the edge.
There was a ding on the edge of the wheel hub that I had to deal with that was causing the brake bind that I sorted before the first ride.
No wire wheel just one of those plastic mops as well as the thin disc.
Johnny4428:
Anyone else entering the “bling festâ€? 🤣🤣
Laverdaroo:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 07, 2022, 11:52:02 PM ---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.
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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 back
Bloody hate this job, messy, boring and noisey
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Oddjob:
--- Quote from: Sesman on November 08, 2022, 08:21:23 AM ---Some great tips Ken. Can you recommend some products for buffing the small crooks and crannies? I’ve seen a few products on Amazon?
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Buy something like these
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363959884129
You could do with some larger discs like what come in the Dremel kit but bonded to the mandrel not screwed on like the Dremel ones, those are virtually useless but for a quick tickle up they are ok.
Oddjob:
--- Quote from: Laverdaroo on November 08, 2022, 12:27:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 07, 2022, 11:52:02 PM ---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.
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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 back
Bloody hate this job, messy, boring and noisey
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You must be colour blind Roo. The kit was made by Wobekuy and if you look at the pics you can see they've actually listed a pic where the brushes are shown in grade order, starting with dark green at the top, the 4th one down I presume you mean is grey but to me it's more of a light blue and isn't that abrasive. Unless of course you bought a kit from somewhere else and they've changed the colours but generally everyone else seems to keep to the dark green as being the most abrasive and the same colours in their kits.
No idea where this black you keep referring to comes from unless of course that's also in the kit you bought. I know I linked you to the Wobekuy kit though when I recommended them so I thought you'd bought that kit.
Try polishing a small area, you can get too carried away trying to get it really smooth and then find the buffing compound will get rid of a lot of stuff. If it doesn't really shine within a few minutes go back onto the brushes.
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