What polish and laquer for bare metal?

eddie, what have you concluded with regards to keeping the steel without rust? clear powder coating? lacquer? value? I'm going to start putting a bike together for a friend and he wants a bare metal frame, but no rust....

i just covered the frame with some rust remover (as seen above) which sort of prevents new rust forming. But that thing does sort of wipe off a bit when you clean your bike, so mine is starting to show small signs of rust in places. I dont really care about rust, i just need the bike to be as strong and as quick as i want it to be.

But if you're going for a neat, clean look,

I would say have it stripped, polished to the shine you need and then professionally clearcoated a few times. You will not be able to lacquer it yourself with the DIY stuff, it will flake off after a while. So i would make sure its done professionally and then dryed out properly by them too.

If you look back on the previous page, Bonk has done a pretty good job with his. And that was a properly paid job.

This is one I did a couple of years back. One of those wire brush thingies on a drill to get the paint off. Quick clean to get the grease off, then clear powder coat.
This is how I got it.