Polished Crank Arms

[BrandonF_]

I've seen a few of these polished cranks on the Hub and I must say they look pretty darn sweet!

 

I run a 1x10 with a black XT crank and thought my setup will look nice if I could polish this XT crank of mine

 

My questions:

 

1) Where can I get it done in Cape Town?

2) How much will it cost me?

3) How long does it take to do, (coz I can't go without my bike for longer than a day I'll go crazy)

 

If anyone can help I'd appreciate it much

 

cheers!

Edited May 12, 2014 by BrandonF

[the nerd]

I paid about R300 in JHB to get it done at a mag repair place. They did a great job!

[gummibear]

Do it yourself.

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/57930-jeff-jones-xtr-crank-mod-a-pictorial/page__hl__jeff+jones

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/132496-26-ss-build-work-in-progress/page__hl__jeff%20jones

[BrandonF_]

I paid about R300 in JHB to get it done at a mag repair place. They did a great job!

 

How long did you wait to get it back?

[Tractor]

Easy enough to do yourself - strip off bike, sand, sand, sand some more, polish, refit. It's pretty dirty work but looks great when done.

 

Here's a pic of the XT crank I did for the SS build.

[clement]

Try Pretty Polishing (www.prettypolishing.co.za ) in Paarden Eiland

[flyluis]

I'm going to do it myself this week. Taking the crank off, use some paint remover then I'm going to polish it and hoping ill get some bling. should take around a hour i hope.

[quintonb]

Do it yourself, these old cranks took me about 5 hrs to do.

 

I started with 800 WaterPaper and went down to 1500, then I used Brasso and then AutoSol polish for the final shine.

[FrancoisC]

I'm going to do it myself this week. Taking the crank off, use some paint remover then I'm going to polish it and hoping ill get some bling. should take around a hour i hope.

 

"should take around a hour I hope"

Pffffft!

Ya right!!!

Write off at least 3!

[BrandonF_]

Try Pretty Polishing (www.prettypolishing.co.za ) in Paarden Eiland

 

Thx! I am trying to avoid a DIY job on it, as I'm almost 100% convinced I'll stuff it up in some way or the other...modern man city slicker inabilities...

[quintonb]

Its almost impossible to stuff it up.

Just start off with 800 waterpaper (And please dip it in water while using), sand until any "deep" marks have gone, then go onto the next grade and repeat the process. Takes time and patience, but you will be rewarded with a great looking crank.

 

Aluminium is probably the easiest material to polish.

Edited May 12, 2014 by quintonb

[the nerd]

How long did you wait to get it back?

 

2 days, quick money for them so in and out.

[BrandonF_]

 

 

2 days, quick money for them so in and out.

 

Im stoked, thx to Clement, I got a quote of R120 for the set and the guy told me I can bring it Wednesday and have it back Friday!

[clement]

Im stoked, thx to Clement, I got a quote of R120 for the set and the guy told me I can bring it Wednesday and have it back Friday!

 

 

Put up some photos when they are done.

[BrandonF_]

 

 

 

Put up some photos when they are done.

 

Definitely will, thx so much again!

[rock]

Try Pretty Polishing (www.prettypolishing.co.za ) in Paarden Eiland

 

they did this for me....not the best photo, its really shiny.

 

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy25/rock78pics/CapeTown-20130105-00781_zpsdfc36bcf.jpg