Wanted: Skilled polisher!

I've tried to polish to seat-post but it turned out quite badly. So I need a skilled polisher, no pun intended, who can mirror-polish my seatpost. Reply or PM me!

I can help you out, we've got a big wheel at work

I can help you out, we've got a big wheel at work

Can you polish etched parts without trashing the etching?
can you PM some prices? thanks :)

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Max's disappeared. Anybody?

I've done a bit.....if you can get it to me, I'll do it for cheap.....what sort of etched are we talking? If its a campag, you can leave those intact quite easily. If the scratches are very deep, it's harder, as you have to remove material to get the shine. It's also not advisable to polish below the point that you need in the seat tube......it can cause slippage.
Here's a veloce triple I did the day before yesterday....

And here is a pantographed pinarello that I did....this was very badly scratched, and you can see how bad it was below the min insertion.....I had to do a bit of polishing to it, but couldn't get it completely out, as it would have changed the diameter of the post!

i hear skive is pretty good at polishing his bell...

.... in public ?

I've done a bit.....if you can get it to me, I'll do it for cheap.....what sort of etched are we talking? If its a campag, you can leave those intact quite easily. If the scratches are very deep, it's harder, as you have to remove material to get the shine. It's also not advisable to polish below the point that you need in the seat tube......it can cause slippage.
Here's a veloce triple I did the day before yesterday....

And here is a pantographed pinarello that I did....this was very badly scratched, and you can see how bad it was below the min insertion.....I had to do a bit of polishing to it, but couldn't get it completely out, as it would have changed the diameter of the post!

hey stedlocks,
I would be interested in your 'services'... where are you based?
I would need a stem, bars (only around the clamp sleeve though) and cranks polished, probably a chainring too..
can send this lot over as well if thats better, how do you see it?

Archangel, i'm not "spamming you" but i work with Pat (Stedlocks) and he does a really smashing job on his polisher. Those photo's don't do them justice. I'd get him to polish my stuff but he wont touch my modern carbon components!

Price?

Ha!

It's true.....he's seen the results up close!
Just to make it clear....I'm not doing this as a business or anything. It's just I've had pm's asking for quotes on stuff. I'm not saying it isn't done to a professional finish though, it's just that I'm a bit OCD when it comes to doing bike bits the 'correct' way ( to my eye)......I only offered my assistance to a fellow forumonger!!

can someone PM about polishing my stuff? ta!

stedlock's busy with his projects atm, so still looking. PM or reply here!

Anybody?

I do polishing. As a guide; stem £20, crank £20, bars £5 - £10, chainring not sure not done one before and not sure how it'll come out....

If you can find someone that does ceramic polishing, the results (providing it's good quality in the first place) are superb. Maybe a bit much for a seat post, i had an old Campag NR polished just as an experiment and it came out like chrome but......very close to slipping as has been mentioned.