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ValgeKotkas

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As my question wasn't answered in one post, I'd like to ask if
All Sawblades have a base with mirror effect, so it is safe to remove paint from them (don't want to pay for repainting, if they wont be), cause I remember someone saying, that maby not all were.sawblades-002.jpg
So people with experience, please help :icon_razz Thanx!
 
Stanzaspeed

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they probably wont be super shiney if you strip em, but im sure you can polish them up afterwards...

almost go with painting them even if its back to OEM grey.

i never was a huge fan of polished sawblades. black / gunmetal can look good tho. :icon_bigg
 
59blane

59blane

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Hi...

As far as I know, all sawblades are aluminum and can be stripped and polished. As a side note, something I found out... notice in the pic you posted of the polished wheel that the center cap is not polished? Some of the center caps are all plastic and can't be polished. However, there are some that have a metal piece over the cap that can be stripped and polished. I bought a set of center caps off eBay just to have an extra set. I noticed the metal cover, whereas the ones on my car are all plastic. Not sure why the difference, maybe someone else knows.

Bruce
 
ValgeKotkas

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stanzaspeed said:
they probably wont be super shiney if you strip em, but im sure you can polish them up afterwards...

almost go with painting them even if its back to OEM grey.

i never was a huge fan of polished sawblades. black / gunmetal can look good tho. :icon_bigg
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That is what my father though. But since I don't know anything about polishing, so how to do that?:icon_bigg I just looked a bit and saw, that polishing is quite expensive, or is there a easy way....?

Btw it's TheWeeZls picture, and he said this effect costed him 8$:icon_conf
 
Stanzaspeed

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what ive read most people do is strip them with aircraft paint stripper, then maby just wet sand them with a high grit sand paper then polish them up with metal polish.

i cant say for sure as i dont know how smooth the finish is underneath all the paint.

id almost suggest trying to get your hands on a sawblade from a scrap yard and practiceing on it.

maby try sending a PM to weezl and see if he can give you a step by step on what he did.
 
Facime

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on my sawblades, after the stripping process the finish underneath the paint is a machined surface, much like the factory surface on the Mk2 wheels. It has a kind of a grooved surface, but they were shiney after stripping. To be honest I hardly saw any need to polish them at all, the only reason I polished em up at all was to add a layer of protection from the elements.

I took this picture immediately after the stripping process and hadnt put a coat of polish on them at all.

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Facime

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no, none of those are polished, the original picture you posted is of the polished one...like I said, it wasnt like it added shine, it was mainly for protection. About the only thing for shine that the polishing did was even out the tone a little, and clean up some of the dry looking haze left over from the stipping.

And when I mean polishing, it was just mothers mag polish and a powerball on a cordless drill. One more tip, if you do polish them after stripping, use a little paint thinner and a rag to clean the polish back out of the "blades" where its a cast finish. The black residue that gets down in there spoils the clean look, and is easly removed.
 
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stanzaspeed said:
what ive read most people do is strip them with aircraft paint stripper, then maby just wet sand them with a high grit sand paper then polish them up with metal polish.
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first of all no need for aircraft stripper...just the cheap can of Jasco stripper you can buy at any hardware store, comes in a spray can, which believe me is alot easier and cleaner.

and secondly, the sanding and polishing process is really only for those that want a smooth surface to polish to a mirror finish. I wasnt willing to do that, and I thought the machined finish looked nice anyways, and a HELL OF A LOT better than stock painted.
 
DyslexicSquirrel

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they do look nice chromed!!!

but I'm hoping i can get them looking that good with polish.

it should look exactly like that... I'm going to polish the crap out of the face and little lip of the wheel, and paint the little crevices, wheel wells, and around the lug nuts black. i'm doing this because I thing it will look 95% justa s good and will save me hours upon hours a week cleaning the wells and crevices of brake dust.

i will post pics sometime next week...

on a side note...

the top center part of my center caps can be polished as well... i went out one day like 3 weeks ago and just scratched the surface with a pin, and WALA! I have an 88T with all the options if that helps anyone...
 
da89soup

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I polished mine for now!!! Its easy to do and you can do it for like about $20.00. Check the auto parts stores I bought a polishing kit. The kit came with everything including the buffing wheels that go on the end if a drill. I found mine at NAPA. I have also seen the kits on ebay!!!!
Good Luck
 
Clinton

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chromed, as far as I know. The Previous Owner had it done. I don't know what it'll cost, exactly, I'll take some close up pictures for y'all as soon as I can :)

CCC
 
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