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Make Grab Bar pretty again?

Started by Slick, June 02, 2011, 07:03:52 PM

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Slick

June 02, 2011, 07:03:52 PM
OK...I need some help understanding things here. I am replacing my grab bar with another one and would like the new one to be all nice and pretty. But its not. So, what can be done to restore it? Is it a polish thing? A paint thing? It def looks like paint has come off in some areas. Are these things even painted? Someone please point me in any direction here because I dont know what to do with it.

RichBaker

#1
June 02, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
Polish or powder coat.....
Rich Baker - NRA Life, AZCDL, Trail Riders of S. AZ. , AMA Life, BRC, HEAT Dirt Riders, SAMA....
Tennessee Squire
90 FJ1200, 03 WR450F ;8^P

rktmanfj

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June 02, 2011, 09:19:29 PM

Mine got the beadblast/powdercoat treatment, but I've seen some of them polished up very nicely.

Randy T
Indy

1tinindian

#3
June 02, 2011, 11:36:24 PM
I polished mine.
Wouldn't have done it any other way.
They look much better in person, as I don't think this pictures shows the true shine as well.
Leon

"I want to be free to ride my machine without being hassled by the "man"!
91 FJ1200

fb747

#4
June 03, 2011, 12:39:19 AM
I didn't have the patience or a grinder or a drill or a dremmel for a nice polish and I didn't have the money to blast and powdercoat. So I just sanded mine as smooth as I could get them with some 1000 grit, then got my local panel beater to give them a coat of gloss black and they came out quite nice.
Life's pretty straight without twisties.

rktmanfj

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June 03, 2011, 07:47:27 AM
Quote from: fb747 on June 03, 2011, 12:39:19 AM
I didn't have the patience or a grinder or a drill or a dremmel for a nice polish and I didn't have the money to blast and powdercoat. So I just sanded mine as smooth as I could get them with some 1000 grit, then got my local panel beater to give them a coat of gloss black and they came out quite nice.

Powdercoat cost $10... used the beadblast cabinet at work.

As long as you don't want something real fancy, powder needn't be expen$ive.

Randy T
Indy

RichBaker

#6
June 03, 2011, 06:16:51 PM
Quote from: rktmanfj on June 03, 2011, 07:47:27 AM
Quote from: fb747 on June 03, 2011, 12:39:19 AM
I didn't have the patience or a grinder or a drill or a dremmel for a nice polish and I didn't have the money to blast and powdercoat. So I just sanded mine as smooth as I could get them with some 1000 grit, then got my local panel beater to give them a coat of gloss black and they came out quite nice.

Powdercoat cost $10... used the beadblast cabinet at work.

As long as you don't want something real fancy, powder needn't be expen$ive.

Randy T
Indy

Nope, get the kit at Harbor Freight and use the oven at home to cure and it gets pretty inexpensive, at least for small parts.
Rich Baker - NRA Life, AZCDL, Trail Riders of S. AZ. , AMA Life, BRC, HEAT Dirt Riders, SAMA....
Tennessee Squire
90 FJ1200, 03 WR450F ;8^P

andyb

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June 03, 2011, 09:40:38 PM
Depends on if your wife catches you and what a divorce laywer costs.
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