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Alright, started prepping one of the forks tonight. Had out the ol' dremel tool, some 400 grit and some 1000 grit paper. tried using the stainless wire wheel to clean things up, with a beam and coke nearby. Sanded with both grits until the the hand cramped, and then I would "sip" some of my beverage. Spent a couple hours doing this and still don't know if I am happy with the results. Seems like you can still see some of the blemishes from the casting process, granted, smooth as hell but still appears a little rough IMO. Is this normal and will things work out through the polish and buff process. Do I need to just sit out there for a couple two three hours prepping this thing or should I just go at it. I figure worst thing that could happen is that after all that polishing I may have to go back wet sand and repeat the process. Gonna' go out Thursday (I hope) and prep the other side. Goal is to get it back together by the end of the weekend and start on the handlebar wiring. Any comments, ideas and/or opinions are welcome.



I had some pitting/blemish around the fender lugs that I could not sand out. I used a 3M rayloc bristle wheel, yellow on my air grinder. Did a dandy job.

My fingers were in tough shape for nearly a week after this job. I finally learned to wrap each of my fingers on the paper hand with duct tape. I kept tearing the skin open, painful. Used up a bottle of new-skin each night in the process as well.

I'm going to re-do my fork shrouds this weekend. Picked up some stainless compound at Eastwood yesterday and will hit with some 1000 and maybe 1500 paper first this time. I'm going to try and pull my forks/wheel at the same time, so save some disassembly....

Al