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Raw / Polished - Bikes & Frames - No paint allowed
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flag dirch
Posted: Mar 27, 2017 at 2:12 Quote
Fresh raw and polish on 2015 Reign

Rawed and polished and ready to build back up
flag CaptainKurt
Posted: Apr 3, 2017 at 10:02 Quote
I have a Iron Horse 6point raw frame but I had my buddy strip the old paint. He said he mostly used steel or brass wool. Is either one better to get certain quality finish?? He left some paint behind and its been looking not as clean and kinda dull lately. If i was to use a powered steel brush wheel (think it has steel brushes) would that be okay to shine it up and then clearcoat or is that not recommended?? It is a 6069 Aluminum.
flag thereisnospoon
Posted: Apr 3, 2017 at 10:22 Quote
steel will scratch the hell out of aluminum.
I used industrial-strength paint remover, followed by progressively finer grit sandpaper (wet sanded all the way to ~2000 grit), followed by a few hours of work with polishing compound to get a mirror finish.
in my experience clearcoat didn't stick whatsoever to the mirror finish. I ended up 3M'ing the frame where my shin pads and feet would rub.
flag its-chris
Posted: Apr 3, 2017 at 12:37 Quote
Go with paint remover
flag CaptainKurt
Posted: Apr 5, 2017 at 23:45 Quote
awesome thanks! @thereisnospoon
flag Alumania
Posted: Apr 23, 2017 at 12:36 Quote
I bought this raw bike new as sold, I love it.
flag Alumania
Posted: Apr 23, 2017 at 12:37 Quote
How do I put a photo in this thread? HELP
flag Alumania
Posted: Apr 23, 2017 at 13:00 Quote
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/14646465/
flag marin8ted
Posted: Apr 23, 2017 at 13:29 Quote
Alumania wrote:
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Raw Bike
flag harizfazalul
Posted: May 5, 2017 at 5:01 Quote
first time posting here. my 2008 norco six

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flag CaptainKurt
Posted: May 9, 2017 at 21:03 Quote
thereisnospoon wrote:
steel will scratch the hell out of aluminum.
I used industrial-strength paint remover, followed by progressively finer grit sandpaper (wet sanded all the way to ~2000 grit), followed by a few hours of work with polishing compound to get a mirror finish.
in my experience clearcoat didn't stick whatsoever to the mirror finish. I ended up 3M'ing the frame where my shin pads and feet would rub.

Do you know if brass wheel would help clean it up. I will eventually try to put in some work for a mirror finish but for now I think I'll just keep it a cleaned up sick just plain raw frame. Do you know if using any type of brass wheel would damage the frame. I tried a small fine brass wire wheel on it and it seemed to clean it up fairly nicely. If using this all over including the welds would it be at all damaging??
flag thereisnospoon
Posted: May 10, 2017 at 7:35 Quote
no experience with brass wheels. I'd be worried that using a brass wheel would put a million scratches into the frame, giving it a brushed look.
maybe it would work fine, but knowing how many hours I put into my Glory I'd go with polishing wheels instead. may take alot longer, but polishing out scratches is an incredible PITA.
flag CaptainKurt
Posted: May 13, 2017 at 10:38 Quote
Well the thought was to use brass instead of steal. A fine brass wire wheel because brass is usually softer than aluminum and shouldn't scratch it..???
flag AntN
Posted: May 25, 2017 at 16:05 Quote
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Do Raw/Naked Carbon bike belong here? or is there a RawCarbon only thread...
flag rabidmonkfish
Posted: May 26, 2017 at 1:12 Quote
my commencal supreme v3 (up for sale soon as i get round to posting it)
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