cool work dude, love the editorial comments

now all i have to do is actually win one of the 5 stems i have bid on this week :x but saying this everyone will be buying one now to follow this how too :roll:

spot on glynn, just wat i needed to do mine!! :wink:

nice to know it wont cost cost an arm and a leg

Just been reading through this as i've been inspired to make a brake set and stem look cool again. ;)

Posting as there's currently 10% off the polishing kit at the moment making the total £11.50. 8)

wheres this then carl??

The link on the first post - http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/acatalog/Standard_Polishing_Kits.html. 8)

cheers mate the Standard Polishing Kit looks the biz ill order it soonish

done gone and bought 8)

this is a great polishing kit Lip and with the discount thing its a bargain as well 8) 8)

mine cost me 23 quid posted to belfast fecks sake

Cracking thread Glynn. 8)

It took me a while to get the technique right, i wasn't using enough polishing compund on the mop initially. What grades of sandpaper and wet and dry did you use Glynn? After disappointing results initially (which i now suspect was lack of polishing compound) i started with 200 grit on the sander before working up to 1200 grit in 200 grit steps over the sink. The shine came quickly after that mind! :oops:

Here's a stem i've been working on in my spare time over the past few days.

Before:



The 'flecks' on the stem are from the cloth i dried it with. :roll:



This picture does it more justice.



It's surprising how quickly and easily the bolts clean up. Was dreading doing them but they were the easiest part!