Polished stock fork sliders
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RE: Polished stock fork sliders
JRK5892 Date 2/25/2008 3:39:00 PM what kind of spray stripper did you use?
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RE: Polished stock fork sliders
First, you did a damn fine job on your lowers Flyer. Welcome to the fork polishers club!
There's a thread around here somewhere describing how to polish the lowers, meanwhile, here's the pics I have from when I did mine:
And then I decided they would look better black:
Here's the stuff on the bike:
There's a thread around here somewhere describing how to polish the lowers, meanwhile, here's the pics I have from when I did mine:
And then I decided they would look better black:
Here's the stuff on the bike:
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RE: Polished stock fork sliders
DGlide04 Date 2/25/2008 7:16:21 PM Hey Rude, where do you pickup aircraft paint stripper?
fxdwgcanuck Date 2/25/2008 7:26:30 PM i agree the black looks better and less upkeep
Here's the link to Tommays' polishing thread I mentioned earlier:
https://www.hdforums.com/m_625460/tm.htm
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ORIGINAL: RudeDog
True, but the shine in a well polished aluminum part is incredible.
Here's the link to Tommays' polishing thread I mentioned earlier:
https://www.hdforums.com/m_625460/tm.htm
True, but the shine in a well polished aluminum part is incredible.
Here's the link to Tommays' polishing thread I mentioned earlier:
https://www.hdforums.com/m_625460/tm.htm
Tommay did some nice work and that's where I got the idea.
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ORIGINAL: JRK5892
what kind of spray stripper did you use?
what kind of spray stripper did you use?
Went to wallyworld as a last resort and picked up some spray Citri-Strip paint and varnish stripper. I let it sit about an hour then took a green scotchbright type pad and GENTLY removed the crud. A few areas It just wouldn't cut it, so used 800 grit.
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ORIGINAL: DGlide04
+1 on the spray stripper. How fine did you go on the sanding? The highest grit I can get locally is 1800 wet or dry.
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what kind of spray stripper did you use?
what kind of spray stripper did you use?
Glide, Went with 800 grit, then took the powerball with Mothers to it and that was all it took. I had an old carpet I laid down and heldthe sliderwith my foot and buffed em up. A little messy but didin't want to wussy foot around to much.
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