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Topic: Polished knee levers |
Austin Tripp
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Nashville TN
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 10:38 am |
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| I've always loved the look of polished knee levers on steels. What would I need to do to remove the knee levers from my Emmons L3 and polish them up? I'm guessing the would have to be chromed?[/list] |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 11:59 am
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Are they black? If they're anodized, I think it'd be A PAIN to sand/grind that coating off. Then just polish them up.
Chrome doesn't make things smooth and shiny: in order to have that chromed mirror finish you think of as "chrome", the metal underneath has to be polished shiny.
If you chrome brushed Al or brushed-finished stainless, you'll get a very hard brushed finish.
Remove the levers from their brackets and get to work.
Or buy finished levers and put the black ones in a drawer or sell them here.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 1:42 pm
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You don't need to chrome them, just polish them.
I'm sure they're aluminum. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 2:11 pm
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| you'd think a welding engineer would be familiar with metal. |
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dlayne
From:
OH
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 3:31 pm Polished knees
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I did 9 levers only L3 and it's a job!!! But well worth the effort in my opinion,, you will need a buffing wheel and a bunch of different sand paper grades
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Austin Tripp
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 3:47 pm
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Chris, you would think that you being a smart ass someone would call you out on it. If not, allow me to be the first. The question I asked has absolutely nothing to do with welding metal. It has to do with finishing metal. 2 completely different paths. I've never done something like this and I was looking for some help. I don't want to mess my knee levers up or anything like that. Thanks for all of those who actually gave me helpful advice. Thats what the forum is for, advice. Not smart asses.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 4:01 pm
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sometimes you get both! that's the beauty of the universe.
i would think you'd have to polish them or chrome them.(!)
i understand. i have three steels...one with polished levers and i like that best. but the other ones work fine also. |
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Bob Cox
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Buckeye State
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 4:58 pm
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| Austin you can take them to a body shop and have them sand blasted to start out ,this will remove the paint and then you can lay them on a flat machined surface and lap sand them in circular motion , with fine grit and then use a buffer |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2014 8:42 am
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| Knowing how much work is involved,,,,,,,,,, if they're anodized smooth, I'd pay to get them chromed! |
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