The results are beautiful. You need a polishing wheel and some rouge to get things going. Naturally the complex and relatively small crevasses that are common on bicycles make it tricky to do the polishing. All you need is time.....
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Making things shinny
It used to be that bikes where chromed to create shiny highlights. These are typical seen on seat stays, chain stays and obviously lugs. Turns out the chroming process is very toxic and there are fewer and fewer "chromers" available to do the work. One "modern" alternative is to use polished stainless steel to get this shinny effect, at least on lugs and drop out. Here is a fork crown and dropouts that are starting to shine.
The results are beautiful. You need a polishing wheel and some rouge to get things going. Naturally the complex and relatively small crevasses that are common on bicycles make it tricky to do the polishing. All you need is time.....
The results are beautiful. You need a polishing wheel and some rouge to get things going. Naturally the complex and relatively small crevasses that are common on bicycles make it tricky to do the polishing. All you need is time.....
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Hey Pierre, it's Adam from the Bikery in Stillwater MN. You stopped by the shop a few weeks ago and I wanted to drop you a line after checking out your website. It looks like you do some great work. I have been interested for a while in the artisan frame building industry and I wondered if you could do a post about how you got your start in frame building?
ReplyDeleteHi Adam. The Bikery *ROCKS*.
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