how to "restore" a berg shifter?

[wolfswest]

Hi guys,

Unfortunatly my black paint of my t handle is beginning to peel of…  I now have a Ene Berg shifter  …  Anyone else who had this problem?  I want to “restore/repaint” the handle but how do I do it?  Painting is easy but what about the inscription?  Or maybe polish it…  Pictures of modified berg shifters are more then welcome so I can make up my mind.

Second question, how do I remove the handle?

Thx

Dem

[wolfswest]

nobody?  Looking for tips and tricks here 

[DKK Ted]

Polished looks good, or just have it powder coated. Any pics of the handle??

[pupjoint]

remove the worn handle, order a finger grip if they still have it. hehehe

[drgouk]

I had mine re powdercoated and then just carefully scraped the powder coat off the Gene berg, Heres a pic...

[wolfswest]

I’ll have the newer version of shifter.  The one that says gene berg in big capitol letters and the letters are not “on” the shifter but a little deeper, carfed….  You guys understand me…  this is more difficult to peel the paint out of the letters…

[Neil Davies]

I know the sort - I think they're powedercoated or painted before the name is machined into the top. You could get some of that liquid mask from a model shop and paint it into the writing, then repaint the handle. When you're done, peel out the liquid mask.

[wolfswest]

I know the sort - I think they're powedercoated or painted before the name is machined into the top. You could get some of that liquid mask from a model shop and paint it into the writing, then repaint the handle. When you're done, peel out the liquid mask.

Good idea Neil!  I will give it a shot!   How do I remove the T handle?  Anyone?

[Rick Meredith]

Should be a couple of Allen screws holding it onto the shaft.