I rude a satin/matte black SU2 (united supreme 2012 edition) and i love to mod my bikes to personalize them, but this bike is too fatnastic outta the box, so it's hard to really do anything personal to it, aside from just spending $$$ on high-end accessorie repladcenetns..
Anyways, after riding for a while, my 3130jap/seamless/chromo cranks (United brand, probably subbed-out to a 3rd party) came in gloss black and, while the paint is impressively strong, it is getting chaffed pretty significantly where my inner-ankles rub it (when wearing jeans)
SO, the idea now is:
- remove both arms and spindle;
- soak spindle in prep for an overhaul;
- get the paint off both crank arms (i imagine a wet-sanding is a given, but what else? Maybe add vinegar/isopropyl to the liquid i'm dipping my sponges/sandpaper into?)
- clear polyurethane the finished crank armsl
I have to imagine this will give me some 'brushed steel' textural effect on the cranksz (i have sufficiently varied wools, blocks, rugs etc, that i can def approach an "aesthetic sanding" project w/o worry)
Hope anyone, now matter how irrelevant you may think it is, will speak up with their thoughts, tips, tricks, or even just well-wishes. I've been riding like an animal and think that this is the key to a new legal firht now, so am realllly holding back lol!
Thanks for any thoughts tups!
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