Re: [CR]Before I do something stupid ..... (removing anodizing from rims)

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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:18:50 -0800 (PST)
From: "Derek Willburn" <morganx9@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Before I do something stupid ..... (removing anodizing from rims)
To: VintageBikes <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <915908.15021.qm@web51603.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Whenever I have car parts acid dipped, it's the alluminum that dissolves. Is it a different kind of acid that dissolves steel before alluminum? Derek Willburn Long Beach, CA USA


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, bruce thomson wrote:


> From: bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Before I do something stupid ..... (removing anodizing from rims)

\r?\n> To: "Sean Flores" <seaneee175@gmail.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9:17 AM

\r?\n> The anodizing process will include the immersion in acid and

\r?\n> the steel will be dissolved and in the process both ruining

\r?\n> your chosen color and ruining the rest of the batch that is

\r?\n> being done. If there were a way of getting the two part

\r?\n> spoke ferrules and installing them like rivets, after the

\r?\n> anodizing, then drill out the ferrules and do it. I

\r?\n> don't know of anyone who has the spoke ferrules or how

\r?\n> they are installed. BT

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\r?\n> Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204

\r?\n> (509) 747 4314

\r?\n> Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com

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\r?\n> From: Sean Flores <seaneee175@gmail.com>

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 9:23:01 AM

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Before I do something stupid .....

\r?\n> (removing anodizing from rims)

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\r?\n> Actually, the ferrules should be steel, so they won't

\r?\n> be anodized, but they may be painted. Ferrules/eyelets are

\r?\n> put on after the ano process.

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\r?\n> Sean Flores

\r?\n> San Francisco, CA

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\r?\n> On Nov 4, 2008, at 3:44 AM,

\r?\n> classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:

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\r?\n> > From: gillies@ece.ubc.ca (donald gillies)

\r?\n> > Date: November 3, 2008 8:26:52 PM PST

\r?\n> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR]Before I do something stupid .....

\r?\n> (removing anodizing from rims)

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\r?\n> > I've stripped a few anodized parts, and its really

\r?\n> difficult to get

\r?\n> > the last 10% of the anodizing removed. i think

\r?\n> there's a 90% chance

\r?\n> > the ferrule holes won't be stripped, so there will

\r?\n> be funny black

\r?\n> > circles around all the spokes and it will look weird.

\r?\n> the spoke-hole

\r?\n> > ferrules will prevent you from fully stripping the

\r?\n> rims.

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > a better choice (if you can find them) are these rims

\r?\n> :

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > rigida sputnik (still being made)

\r?\n> > sun M13II (nos in many places in the USA, harris has

\r?\n> wheels w/M13II)

\r?\n> > torelli master (originally polished)

\r?\n> > weinmann RM19/219 (usa-made version still available at

\r?\n> many USA

\r?\n> > distributors, and I'm pretty sure aussie too. I

\r?\n> think Alex

\r?\n> > bought the name and makes these again anyway, maybe

\r?\n> as X202.)

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > you could strip any of these silver rims to get what

\r?\n> you're looking

\r?\n> > for ...

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\r?\n> > - Don Gillies

\r?\n> > San Diego, CA, USA