Have you polished scratched Nitto?

[William]

I have a used abused S83 seatpost.  It's totally bomber, but I'd like to pretty it up if possible.  What's the conventional wisdom for polishing up seatpost scratches?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/6330310531/in/photostream

Steel wool?  I'd be fine with consistent satin.  

[Steve Palincsar]

I'd try Simichrome.

[Lee Chae]

Hi William. I have been doing some web surfing to learn about cleaning up some old bike parts that requires more than a toothbrush and de-greaser. This post uses a scratched up seatpost as an example and seems pretty appropriate to your interest, though I can't vouch for the method:

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2009/10/tutorial_polishing_bicycle_par.php

 
Good luck!
Lee
SF, CA

[William]

excellent.  thanks.  

[Minh]

William,

I'm doing this right now on some parts, fine grit sandpaper
(400,500,600 etc), followed by simichrome has been working for me.
for parts with matte finishes like nitto this has been working really
well for me.

[Peter M]

I have done this in the past, use a gray scrubby pad by 3M then 3M
metal and chrome polish. Just keep polishing back and forth using them
both until the scratches disappear, works great. And no I dont work
for 3M but have done painting and polishing for years and they make
great stuff.

Peter

On Nov 10, 6:45 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> excellent.  thanks.

[Frank Brose]

If you don't have access to a bench grinder that you can mount a
polishing/buffing wheel to and get different cutting/polishing
compounds I'd go this route. Especially if the scratches are deep.
There is no easy way. They both take time and are messy. This method
just requires more elbow grease. I've done it both ways. Takes time
but sure looks nice when it's done.

[William]

At the Christmas gift steal like 8 years ago I ended up with a bench grinder.  My work bench was small, so I never bolted it down.  Now I have a bigger garage I was going to build a bigger workbench so I'll finally be able to mount it.  Maybe I'll live with the Nitto scratched up until that infrastructure falls into place.  :)