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Title: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: serviceguy on July 27, 2018, 05:39:01 pm
I know it should be polished aluminum...I just can't cope with the amount of work polishing an entire bike frame. I am thinking to powder coat my newly acquired 957 frame with a natural aluminum looking color. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: kiwi on July 28, 2018, 12:29:33 am
why not polish it up and pwder coat clear???
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: serviceguy on July 28, 2018, 05:14:48 pm
because it would defeat the whole idea of 'not polishing' it? Ah, ah...I do like the natural aluminum better than polished, polishing it seems against the nature of mountain biking really. Did the 957 come polished and not painted from the factory in order to be the lightest possible?
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: kiwi on August 04, 2018, 01:52:40 am
Quote from: serviceguy on July 28, 2018, 05:14:48 pm
because it would defeat the whole idea of 'not polishing' it? Ah, ah...I do like the natural aluminum better than polished, polishing it seems against the nature of mountain biking really. Did the 957 come polished and not painted from the factory in order to be the lightest possible?
i dont know why they did it but....
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: theycallmethefatman on August 07, 2018, 04:36:12 pm
Hi,
Polishing it isn't really that much work. I stripped and polished a Cannondale last winter and I estimate that after the ordeal of removing the paint, I put in about 4 hours of wet sanding & final polishing with Mother's. Granted, it is not a mirror finish, but it looks pretty decent from 10-feet away.
John
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: Driggs on August 11, 2018, 10:22:33 am
Why dont you have it ceramic polished using a vibratory tumbler. I use them for car wheels. A bike frame might be tough due to the size, but with the rear triangle removed it shouldnt be a big deal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXXCOEZuKnI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXXCOEZuKnI)

Quote from: serviceguy on July 27, 2018, 05:39:01 pm
I know it should be polished aluminum...I just can't cope with the amount of work polishing an entire bike frame. I am thinking to powder coat my newly acquired 957 frame with a natural aluminum looking color. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: serviceguy on August 14, 2018, 02:14:33 pm
Quote from: theycallmethefatman on August 07, 2018, 04:36:12 pm
Hi,
Polishing it isn't really that much work. I stripped and polished a Cannondale last winter and I estimate that after the ordeal of removing the paint, I put in about 4 hours of wet sanding & final polishing with Mother's. Granted, it is not a mirror finish, but it looks pretty decent from 10-feet away.
John

I can't pedal from 10' away...J/K
Title: Re: Proflex 957 color options
Post by: serviceguy on August 14, 2018, 02:16:52 pm
Quote from: Driggs on August 11, 2018, 10:22:33 am
Why dont you have it ceramic polished using a vibratory tumbler. I use them for car wheels. A bike frame might be tough due to the size, but with the rear triangle removed it shouldnt be a big deal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXXCOEZuKnI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXXCOEZuKnI)

Quote from: serviceguy on July 27, 2018, 05:39:01 pm
I know it should be polished aluminum...I just can't cope with the amount of work polishing an entire bike frame. I am thinking to powder coat my newly acquired 957 frame with a natural aluminum looking color. Any thoughts?

That would required a hell of a tumbler and a ton of media. I only have a 5lbs tumbler anyway.