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Charge pipe continues, disappointed at all the machine marks on this thing.....

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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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Default Charge pipe continues, disappointed at all the machine marks on this thing.....

This was obviously not meant to be cleaned. They left lots of tooling marks in the fabrication process:

<img src="http://images35.fotki.com/v1127/photos/6/645139/5891365/chargepipe005-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images35.fotki.com/v1132/photos/6/645139/5891365/chargepipe006-vi.jpg">

Not sure if these can be sanded and polished out or not.

<img src="http://images34.fotki.com/v1124/photos/6/645139/5891365/chargepipe008-vi.jpg">

May have to PC it in Red.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Default I managed to sand and polish..>>

a fair amount of that out, but it was still not perfect..

<img src="http://images25.fotki.com/v952/photos/7/7305/3508695/DSC04997-vi.jpg">
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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It's like uncovering a master's painting under the canvas. :-) Or maybe not.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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ditto, not perfect here, but it still looks good
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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like chrome when finished. A friend has a powder coating shop. There are lot's more color options than I had any idea there were. They do a good bit of the chrome looking powder on custom bikes that they build rather than spending the $$$ for chrome.

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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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Yup, looks good Steve. Just start with about 150 grit and work up?
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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Yes.....or not.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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Paging Steve, got anything like that?
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No...Not much call for fake chrome in the TT community!
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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I think I'd start with something a little finer though.. Maybe 320-400 wet..
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