Has onyone ever done this? Is it expensive and does it all have to be smooth?
Im planning to just have them a li lan v1000 and get the whole thing done
Thanks
Has onyone ever done this? Is it expensive and does it all have to be smooth?
Im planning to just have them a li lan v1000 and get the whole thing done
Thanks
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Most placeswill charge you a lot for the prep work, you can get a mirror finish on alumin pretty easily with sandpaper and polish and a bit of elbow grease. If youre gonna shell out for something like that, do it right and get it anodised a sweet colour, red or blue would be my choice.
hand sanding and an orbital polisherless money for one thing....
well one comapny said THEY could not do it and recomended doing the same thing. So mabe sanding and polishing is the best way. Does anodising just take away the chrome and so make it like it was before lol? Also aluminium has an oxide layer so how can it be shiney? and do i seal it to stop it getting dirty - ie that like black layer you get build up on shiney metal?
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Anodising builds up a thick oxide layer on the surface of the aluminium, you can put a dye in this for a very hardwearing coloured finish.
The oxide layer is very thin so you can't really see it. Once polished up aluminium will retain it's shine pretty well. The black layer you're thinking of is tarnish, commonly affects silver. Aluminium doesn't tarnish.
I've got some aluminium I buffed to a mirror finish a couple of years ago, it's still mirror shiney now.![]()
wow cool, i like the sound of that, thanks
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Im guessing the same cant be done with steel?
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Er no. Steel oxidizes to rust, which is a bad thing. You can galvanize steel which is a method of applying a zinc plating to the steel objects. This prevents rust as zinc doesn't rust or indeed oxidize much at all and gives it a shiny metal finish.
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