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hy lounger i just came from the outside where I have just carried out a test of polishing on a crestline which was as the spoke on the picture, I know there are still black spots and one still sees the sandpaper i've only just work with 80 ,120 , 240 paper and I find that the result is already not too badly  but i kwon there's still a lot of work before arriving to a good work of or this subject I would like that you give me your councils for a good work and result thank you in advance all loungers rgd speedwell  |
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2007, 19:14:21 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob ..... don't we all 
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2007, 23:00:34 pm » |
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Hi mate,
I`ve done alloy rims by fitting them to the car, jacking it up and running it in gear - lets the car do 90% of the work!
Wear gloves & use well lubricated wet & dry sandpaper, don`t be scared to start with 80 grit to get rid of bad marks or pitting
Cheers,
Kev
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2007, 23:15:58 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob ..... don't we all kev ;thanks for the good idea but i don't have the engine in my car at the moment |
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« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2007, 23:17:55 pm » |
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Hi Fabian, it looks like the holes are into the metal. You cant polish them away.. I think.. |
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2007, 01:56:27 am » |
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Most of the Time when the wheels are pitted like that sometimes you can take them down to get rid of them but most of the time the more you try to sand them out the bigger the pits get.
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2007, 03:54:17 am » |
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Most of the Time when the wheels are pitted like that sometimes you can take them down to get rid of them but most of the time the more you try to sand them out the bigger the pits get.
I did that with an old Berg shifter handle. I chipped off all the powder coating to find pitting, so I sanded the damn thing for hours, put it to a buffing wheel and the pitting looked bigger. So I put it in the parts tumbler at my machine shop and put it back on. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2007, 08:55:42 am » |
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Hi Fabian, I've a restore set of 5.5 and 6" deep Fuchs which where in a very poor conditions... 2 of them needed to be welded... I've use Sandpaper. Grind 80 without water to remove scratches. Then grind 150, 240, 300, 400, 600, 800, 1000 with water... Always change the water you use when you change the type of sandpaper. I's important. After that, a take a drilling machine with cotton disc and polishing compound. For the last touch, I used Belgom Alu. Before  during  After  |
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2007, 09:11:19 am » |
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thanks j-f good job hope mine wiil be the same as yours
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2007, 18:32:36 pm » |
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thanks j-f good job hope mine wiil be the same as yours
There is some defects, the hardest was the paint job  |
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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2007, 21:42:45 pm » |
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Most old wheels are not "perfect" anymore. I think that only adds to the vintage feel. Don't polish them to death my friend |
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2007, 22:08:39 pm » |
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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2007, 20:34:29 pm » |
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Hi Fabian, any update's?  |
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« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2007, 23:15:54 pm » |
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no work on the wheels for this time to cold for work outside thanks for your interest sander |
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2008, 18:16:10 pm » |
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Hi Fabian, any update's? here's an update i bought an 5th empi 5 for my spare wheels and this one was like that in the first picture and today and i worked on the wheels sometimes and here's the result after some work on second pictures ; on the left is my job and the one on the right was polished by a company specialized in polishing, but those were polished into 99, but were maintained with belgom alu 3 : pict is the spare wheel now 4 : is the o,ne polishd by company |
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2008, 18:30:11 pm » |
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here's some new polish work on the torquer first pict is before working today second is today ,but need a better job ,it's still some black hole in the lip  |
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« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2008, 17:26:44 pm » |
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Looking good Fabs! Slinger sent his Crestlines to Eric Vaughn in California to have the imperfections machined out... they came out pretty |
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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2008, 17:33:01 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob .....
I'm sure we could have gotten you the hookup in Stanton |
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« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2008, 17:37:10 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob .....
I'm sure we could have gotten you the hookup in Stanton euuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh ..........................................no thx rick |
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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2008, 20:06:31 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob .....
I'm sure we could have gotten you the hookup in Stanton too bad Sheep didn't go to Bug In |
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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2008, 16:10:15 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob .....
I'm sure we could have gotten you the hookup in Stanton Hey, don't talk shit about Stanton Rick |
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« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2008, 16:17:00 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob .....
I'm sure we could have gotten you the hookup in Stanton Interesting Newstand outside the '6' in Stanton, you can get anything within 20 minutes........................................Robbed, killed |
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« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2008, 18:24:15 pm » |
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need help for a good handjob .....
I'm sure we could have gotten you the hookup in Stanton Hey, don't talk shit about Stanton Rick LOL... I see you survived Stanton!! |
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« Reply #24 on: April 17, 2008, 19:24:03 pm » |
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Looking good! Do you have any other pictures of them polished?
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« Reply #25 on: April 17, 2008, 22:05:30 pm » |
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Looking good! Do you have any other pictures of them polished?
i pick up my wheels tomorrow , and will take picture tomorrow too and post here ok |
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