metal polish for titanium
gralegav
Posts: 94
Hello,
can anyone recommend a good polish that works well on a 'raw' Ti frame? it would be good if also worked on the bits of steel and alloy on the bike, too!
Or should I just use good old beeswax?
can anyone recommend a good polish that works well on a 'raw' Ti frame? it would be good if also worked on the bits of steel and alloy on the bike, too!
Or should I just use good old beeswax?
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Autoglym metal polish0
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cheers Monty0
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Depends what you're trying to do? I use WD40 on my Ti frame, which is bare metal. It gives it a nice but dull finish.0
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hmmm Tchibo do a stainless steel polish thats good round the kitchen - may have to test it on the wifes MTB !0
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sorry to hijack your thread, but on this subject, does anyone know the bets way to get a painted ti frame back to bare metal? will sandblasting it work?0
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by andyp</i>
Depends what you're trying to do? I use WD40 on my Ti frame, which is bare metal. It gives it a nice but dull finish.
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Andy,
just really want to stop it getting covered in fingermarks all the time!
too much cleaning and not enough riding...0 -
I just wipe is down after washing it. Kept its finish fine even after all these years
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by 16simon</i>
sorry to hijack your thread, but on this subject, does anyone know the bets way to get a painted ti frame back to bare metal? will sandblasting it work?
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Nitromors would do it.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by gralegav</i>
Andy,
just really want to stop it getting covered in fingermarks all the time!
too much cleaning and not enough riding...
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">I'd recommend WD40 for that then. It gives the tubes a dull sheen that resists finger print marks.0 -
Or lemon juice. Honest.0
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If you want to get a painted frame ti back to bare metal, messy way is with paint-stripper. Quick way is to take it to someone who does bead blasting of alloy car wheels - not as erosive as sand-blasting. Ti polishes up really nice as well if you fancy a few hours with some Scotchbrite and metal polish - one of my ti frames is polished and it looks very different to a non-polished finish. If it's not clear-coated, it does tend to show up the fingerprints though.0
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baby oil - no, really!
doesn't dull the finish and helps keep fingermrks, waterstains etc at bay - doesn't need much just a bit on the cloth, and yes it does seem a bit wrong...
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Sand blasting would be fine on a Ti or steel frame, it's only ally (or obviously carbon) that you should not sandblast.
Polishing Ti is a laborious task; look at ally or steel under a microscope and it's (relatively) like the Bonneville salt flats wheras Ti is like the Pyrenees.
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