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Offline Hush

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Removing flake from handlebar controls
« on: December 29, 2011, 02:21:52 AM »
Heading might be a bit badly worded but I'm looking for a fix to remove bad aging on alloy handlebar bits, it's like rough skin to look at. Somewhere I remember a suggestion from the forum of using Ezy-Off oven cleaner to clear this stuff up but cannot find the thread again and there doesn't appear to be anything in the FAQs area to cover this.
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Re: Removing flake from handlebar controls
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 03:22:22 AM »
I have used oven cleaner to remove annodizing(as used on old honda switchgear)...can you tell how the parts in question were finished originally?  If it's more of a standard clearcoat, paint stripper will probably work better...
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Re: Removing flake from handlebar controls
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 11:40:45 AM »
Nah it's more like alloy that has been attacked by the weather (leaving bike out) sort of stuff that happens on alloy boats when muppets bolt steel fittings to them.
I'll add a photo.
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Re: Removing flake from handlebar controls
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 01:17:34 PM »
looks like sanding and/or polishing is the only thing that is gonna clean that up...but, to me, it does look like there was a clearcoat on there that has mostly failed...I would hit 'em with paint stripper and then 3m scuff pad and then metal polish, that will at least get 'em an even and smooth factory like finish...or you could spend hours polishing to chrome like finish...
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Re: Removing flake from handlebar controls
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 02:56:16 PM »
Cheers mate, I'll give that a go since I'm on holiday and the weather is crap, will report back with photos of success or other. ;)

Well I'm back, done one, left the other as comparrison, tried all sorts from valve grinding paste to oven cleaner and fine sand paper/wire brush, metal polish....made a difference but not as good as I hoped.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2011, 06:28:06 PM by Hush »
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