Repairing scratched handlebars

Posted on Tue 13th, August 2013

• #1

Taxi

So in swapping out the quill stem on my girlfriend's conversion, technically speaking I'd say I "scratched the fuck" out of her Velo Orange bars.

Is it possible to polish it out, even a little? Some of them are fairly deep so I'm not expecting miracles. Just seeing if anyone has attempted similar.
• #2

Muppetteer

I just polished a seat post from grubby n'scratchy and got rid of must of the light ones. The deep one even look a hell of a lot better, they're still there, but much less noticeable.

Depending on how much effort you want to put in, I'd recommend going to a DIY shop and getting a small polishing mop for a drill. Makes it a lot easier.
• #3

Taxi

I also noticed a similar post with regard to scratched Quill Stems so sounds like a project for this weekend.

Thanks
• #4

Aroogah

There's a thread on polishing alloy that you may find a useful read.

https://www.lfgss.com/thread6104.html

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