Polishing the Aluminium Frame

Polishing the frame was always going to be a long hot and sweaty job.

The frame was rubbed down up to 1200 wet and dry but it was left for over a year so the first job was to rub it down with 1200 grit again and the crack on with the polishing. I set aside a whole day for this job and made sure I wore good goggles and ear muffs otherwise I would of got too annoyed and packed it in early.

The polishing process was identical I went from black, brown,white,green then blue polish soaps to get a finish that puts chrome to shame. Going from a hard to soft mops respectively.

 These photos really dont do justice to the depth of shine in the frame, they were taken on a phone at night too.

Im really happy with the finish and all the work was definitely worth it, plus its a really big milestone to get to in the project.

 Tomorrow I will be picking up some new swinging arm bearings then fitting the swinging arm and suspension, this means the rear wheel and brake can be fittied along with the foot pegs. So alot to do, cant wait to get the bike rolling so I can get some proper pictures of it in the sun!!!