How To Restore and Polish Vintage Bike Parts

[@msumacc22]

Super impressive before and after. Nice work!

[@jbstillman]

I love this kind of stuff. My very first attempt at doing something like this was a pair of old rusty 24in sears his and her bikes from the mid 80s. I learned a lot about sanding, buffing, various polishing compounds, etc to bring back those brilliant shines in the bright work. It was a ton of work but very satisfying once finished. I use the same mother's compound as well.

[@joshb3526]

I never knew how a buffing wheel worked. That’s cool, thanks for teaching! Good video

[@OkerStrong]

Well done! That made a huge difference.

[@aleksandrsselivanovs8522]

You're doing great job by saving the good old parts 😉👍

[@snbsmtb]

Those before and afters look unbelievable!! But Great work bro!! And amazing video!!

[@nickberdebes8874]

Just Beautiful! Thank you Greetings from Montreal!

[@RunBikeMike]

Thanks 😊 and hi 👋

[@edgargo3068]

Good job well polish back to it's glory thanks for the video a new learning😀👍

[@romariomuhammadamri4595]

Polishing is veey good for a crank that have more rounded edges design. For crank deaign that have sharper edge,, careless polishing can result in this edges become softer that we dont want

[@michaelobrien8661]

Awesome!

[@KeesFluitman]

beautiful. but will it hold? the sanding and fersh polish enough to avoid new rust?

[@jeabou_]

Hell yeah that was sick

[@bryanflo4500]

Nice vid! Question, in trying to get a mirror polish, is that just a matter of investing more time and doing the sanding steps in-between that you 'skipped'?

[@pineapplej7310]

yes, he did a mediocre job and didnt buff it enough/ properly

[@cade7860]

Look so good 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@RunBikeMike]

Thanks 😊

[@samuelashton8787]

Will this work with a set of wheels? I have a set of Camp Honda's from 1995, They're pretty beat up, I don't have a polishing wheel, can I hand polish instead?

[@VeloPettersen]

Great video🤩

[@randy1817]

How did you clean the chainrings?

[@ivannio8519]

Great job :)

[@solarheat9016]

What size bolt circle is that?

[@solarheat9016]

Looks like 110 mm.

[@curtis_chip]

heyho, cool video. but.. My experience is that after half a year the surface is dull and oxidised. (it depends on type of aluminum). the surface treatment is missing (Ex factory) cheers

[@suzanwaelput323]

I was going to ask this question! After this, how do you keep it safe from the elements? What kind of surface treatment would y'all suggest?

[@kajkob]

⁠​⁠@@suzanwaelput323 I wondered the same thing, and on other videos I’ve seen comments saying that stripping down cranks like this means they will degrade unless they are anodized again (since the sanding process removes the protective anodized layer). So they look nice again but it’s a trade off

[@suzanwaelput323]

@@kajkob thank you for taking the effort to write this answer to me!

[@davidgutierrez6312]

Good job❤we share hobby😊

[@ricric9521]

Mothers is the best but you have to put it on the cloth and vigorously polish with plenty of the cream and then wipe off . The best way to duplicate the original silver anodizing is to sand it smooth then clear coat with 2k clear. You’ll need to sand with progressively fine sand paper to 2500 in consistent linear motion because this will be the “look” of the surface

[@worldofameiso5491]

The only problem with sanding off the anodising is that the aluminium will oxidise quickly and will become dull quickly. It may also be attacked more by road salt and other solvents.

[@kajkob]

So what’s the solution to this problem? I’ve been looking for suggestions on protecting aluminum parts after they are stripped like this

[@k_kourtez]

BUT you don't describe in detail what the numbers mean!?😢

[@Jonathan-kw2ni]

𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖 😌

[@ibrudy69]

After the Simple Green on the chainrings anything else done to those specifically? TIA and great job on those crank arms !!!