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Does anyone on this site know of anyone who does show standard metal polishing on stainless and ally and blending welds in...i dont mean a business...i mean someone who does it on the side that dont charge more than the bikes worth

I did the following on my own bike when I had the Z750

I was going to say talk to speedy... the codger beat me to it though... the wiley old fox.

Nice job speedy....the reason i was asking if anyone offered metal polishing as a sideline is basically i aint heard of anyone offering and i know with working in a few metal polishing shops how much some of them screw people for...i was asking the question so if say someone in Paignton was doing polishing on the side then i wouldn't offer to do it for anyone in that area...i know there is a big market for metal polishing down here and i'm trying to make my mind up if it's worth doing it full time

scorpion wrote:Nice job speedy....the reason i was asking if anyone offered metal polishing as a sideline is basically i aint heard of anyone offering and i know with working in a few metal polishing shops how much some of them screw people for...i was asking the question so if say someone in Paignton was doing polishing on the side then i wouldn't offer to do it for anyone in that area...i know there is a big market for metal polishing down here and i'm trying to make my mind up if it's worth doing it full time

Wish we had someone up this end doing it. Like you said, there was one guy, but he was ripping people off big time and he didnt last very long and is now closed up.

I did both the exhaust and link pipe (which was annodised) and it took me abour 2 - 2½ hours to do, but that was using just a drill and the mop kit.

If you did start, I get asked all the time up here, so could throw them your number.

You've definatley got me thinking now speedy...i've gotta mate in Tiverton so i might be able to sort something out on getting stuff down here,if ya gettin over to Newton Abbot at the weekend i'll show ya some pics of a gixxer fighter i did recently..i did full polishing job on all the ally he wanted doing and if i thought something needed polishing i did it cause it let the bike down including recutting the paintwork and one off vinyl graphics...if i could suss out how to post pictures on here then i would but computers and me dont get on

I would definatly send some work your way, you just doing private jobs at the moment?

Ye anyone who wants anything polishing and not gettin ripped off....if your gettin upto Newton Abbot on Sat Ste i'll have a chat with ya...if not i'll stick my mob no on and just text me your landline and i'll give ya a bell...then again could meet ya in Brixham for a coffee and a chat one weekend

scorpion wrote:You've definatley got me thinking now speedy...i've gotta mate in Tiverton so i might be able to sort something out on getting stuff down here,if ya gettin over to Newton Abbot at the weekend i'll show ya some pics of a gixxer fighter i did recently..i did full polishing job on all the ally he wanted doing and if i thought something needed polishing i did it cause it let the bike down including recutting the paintwork and one off vinyl graphics...if i could suss out how to post pictures on here then i would but computers and me dont get on

I dont get to scabbott very often as the breakers is open on saturdays.

If you send the photo's to jonnah@pjones87.fsnet.co.uk I will post them up on the site for ya.

ther was a guy who set up at the end of quay road in newton abbot with a polishing shop a few years ago, alongside the garage there. didnt seem to last very long there though - reckon there's enough of a market for it to be a full time business?

Here's the mobile no i use for any polishing work Ste...if you text us a landline no i'll give ya a call but if you ring during the week in working hours then the chances are that i wont hear it as i'll either be working on the lathe or the c.n.c. mill with my excuse for eardefenders on ( yep an ipod...on the ball health and safety at our place?)
MOBILE...07731563508

Ok cheers mate, will give you a ring once I've sorted what I need.

Eh Speedy did ya get the pics i sent ya?

If anyone wants to check out my standard of polishing then i've just started advertising on ebay so if you wanna check the pics out then here's the link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Metal-Polishing-b ... 286.c0.m14

How much would a braced swingarm roughly cost?
No damage or anything, paints just a bit faded.
And a top yoke.
Can email you some pics if you want.