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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
02 Dec 2007 16:07 |
I fancy a shiny cam cover for my T100 but favour polished alloy rather than the chrome job offered by Triumph. Has anyone here stripped the silver powder coat off their stock cover and polished it? Does the alloy under the paint take a polish or is it just sh*te metal?
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
02 Dec 2007 18:36 |
I,m like you i want to get rid of the powder coat & polish, my plan was to go for it. the worst that can happen is that it looks crap & I have top paint it again.
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karl vriesen
jackson,Ms.,
USA
Posts: 102
Adventurer (96-98)
03 Dec 2007 02:48 |
Gents, check these websites as they may be of help to you. The flouropolymers are the best product I'm aware of but the Caswell spray can is obviously far easier to use, if there's a dealer in G.B.
www.sheildproducts.com
www.caswellplating.com
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
03 Dec 2007 07:10 |
[edited]:
Fen
I'm beginning to think along the same lines (ie give it a go and see what it looks like). After all, I don't think it could offend my eye more than the current flat powder coated cover.
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
04 Jan 2008 08:39 |
Suppards, I have taken the plunge! took cover off last night, peeled away the powder coat from the corroded areas & set about a small area with some coarse wt & dry, result looks quite promising. I started to strip with Nitromores, the casting isn't perfectly smooth but can be finished with a bit of polishing.
should keep me busy for a while, I shall be doing engine covers too.
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
05 Jan 2008 06:38 |
Fen
Cheers for that update. I've not had the nerve yet! Would be really interested to see a pic of the end result when you've finished the job.
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
05 Jan 2008 11:21 |
Will do, asuming i can get the photo inserting faries to work!!!!!!!
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Blizzard
Coventry,
United Kingdom
Posts: 22,142
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (04->)
05 Jan 2008 19:54 |
[edited]:
Photos are easy
upload to album
to insert
put [ photo= nnnnn ] where nnnnn is the 5 digit number at the end of the url for each photo (without the spaces)
e.g. http://www.t595.net/album.....1&img=42474
Photo Album Image
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
06 Jan 2008 12:13 |
Thanks Blizzard, I will give it a go once ive got the polishing done.
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sandy
south wales,
United Kingdom
Posts: 625
Enthusiast
10 Jan 2008 13:10 |
THAY LOOK GREAT POLISHED HAVE LOADS OF USED ONES IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOURS
SANDY
www.TRIUMPH-ANT.COM
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
10 Jan 2008 18:53 |
Mines not worth saving, powder coat coming off already. Thanks all the same.
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
12 Jan 2008 05:36 |
[edited]:
Sandy
getting an old cover to work on was a route I had thought about, but then I couldn't find a used cover for what I thought was a reasonable price.
I'll pay a visit to your website. Dunno why I didn't think of that before!! Cheers!
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StuB
Bikeless in Limassol,
Cyprus
Posts: 3,686
Enthusiast
13 Jan 2008 11:25 |
http://www.aerocoat.net/Waterborne.htm
Take a look, a lot less bother than plain polishing as it's a powdercoat. Also means that you don't need all the mess and elbow grease of keeping them tip top and shiny either.
The pictures show my Brother's car (used to be mine MANY moons ago) and his wheels were the guinea pig for a lot of the development work.
I've seen the latest rework and they are faultless. The pictures don't show it too well but they're bright chrome on the main face, a darker chrome on the flanks of each flame and the inner tub of the wheel is darker still to make keeping them clean and tidy less of a bother.
When this car was launched on the show circuit in 2005 it blew away the competition and the 1 off wheels played a large part in that. He's now working on his next car and Aerocoat are involved in some innovative work on that too.
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
14 Jan 2008 16:48 |
[edited]:
Looks nice Stu - cheers.   (You wouldn't be on commission per chance would you?! 
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
28 Jan 2008 19:20 |
Update: Got a nice cam cover from Sandy and an alloy polishing kit from CETEM.
I've stripped off the silver powdercoat (it took a couple of goes with Nitromors). Next weekend I will get to work with abrasives to smooth the casting ready for mirror polishing. I'll post pics when it's done.
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
29 Jan 2008 18:44 |
Good to hear you'e having a go, mine is coming on quite nicely. I just don't seem to be able to find enough spare time. I have started to polish & even with just the course mop so far it is realy shinny, just a sod to get all of the casting dimples out.
Once I have this done I start on the engine covers.
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
29 Jan 2008 20:38 |
The other day I was asked to list my hobbies. I included "cam cover polishing". This ain't gonna be a quick job. It maybe beats spanking the old monkey - but only just. Still makes your hand ache!! 
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
30 Jan 2008 18:39 |
Not into violence with apes! prefer to stroke a feline!!!!!!!!!!
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
14 Mar 2008 15:57 |
[edited]:
Job's done! Here are some before and after pics of the finished item. It took about 30 hours labour in all and I think it looks much classier than the flat, grey, stock powdercoated item.
http://www.t595.net/album/photo.asp?img=48885
http://www.t595.net/album/photo.asp?img=48884
http://www.t595.net/album/photo.asp?img=48886
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
14 Mar 2008 17:44 |
Looks nice, bloody hard work though especialy getting the surface smooth. I have had a slightly easier time with mine as I didn't want a highly polished finish. Once smoothed off I finished it with a fine scotch brite type pad, to leave a worn old bike look. I have doen the same to primary drive, altinator & sproket cover & it looks good.
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Blizzard
Coventry,
United Kingdom
Posts: 22,142
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (04->)
14 Mar 2008 17:52 |
[edited]:
Photo Album Image
Photo Album Image
Photo Album Image
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
14 Mar 2008 18:40 |
[edited]:
Thanks Fen.
The casting underneath the powdercoat was a bit rough. I used various grades of abrasive flap wheel in an electric drill clamped in a vice. I stepped up the grits before getting on to wet and dry paper. Final cut was with 1000 grit w&d under the kitchen tap. Then I went on to brown supercut on a stitched mop followed by white finishing with an unstitched mop. Then a final buff with Belgom.
And cheers for sorting the pics out Blizz. Still not quite sussed how to do that!
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
28 Apr 2008 20:42 |
[edited]:
Thought I would try to put a picture of bonnie onto here, it is finished (for now-untill funds recover). Apart from polishing back light & indicators have changed, flatter bars & tank pads. IMO it looks quite tasty.
photo=http://t595.net/album/alb.....1&img=50021
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
29 Apr 2008 20:31 |
Thanks for posting pics Fen. Very nice indeed - just set for a good summer! I've been toying with the idea of flatter bars. Where did you find yours?
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~Bluelabel~
The Shades, Ongar,
United Kingdom
Posts: 31,217
Premier Member
Thunderbird Sport (98-00)
30 Apr 2008 12:35 |
They are the same as the TBS bars....!
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
30 Apr 2008 18:54 |
LSL Bars from Mototwin, position is far better, & looks better too.
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Barney
South West,
United Kingdom
Posts: 3,512
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
30 Apr 2008 19:53 |
There you are Fen
Photo Album Image
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
01 May 2008 18:00 |
Thanks Barney, remind me to buy you a pint next time I see you!
I thought I had folled Blizzard's instructions above, but I not be as clever as I thought.
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
Posts: 724
Premier Member
Bonneville T100 (01->)
01 May 2008 18:26 |
[edited]:
Cheers. I had been looking at Jenks' "Vincent" bars but they seem a bit pricey at £65! Did you use any riser blocks or did you fit straight to the top yoke?
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Fen Black
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 51
Daytona 955i (04->)
01 May 2008 22:03 |
Straight onto standard bar clamps, comes in at about 2" lower than standard.
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