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.....