Conical Hubs A65

[Bishop Beezer]

Hello,
My front hub is a bit shabby, it has the grey painted finish.
Can you take off the paint and polish the hub ( inc air intake ) or is re painting the way to go.
Steven

[A10 JWO]

I had mine vapour blasted, looked really nice.

[AWJDThumper]

Hello,
My front hub is a bit shabby, it has the grey painted finish.
Can you take off the paint and polish the hub ( inc air intake ) or is re painting the way to go.
Steven

They polish up really well - BSA only painted them to save on the cost!

[Bishop Beezer]

Thank you, I would need to rub down if re painting so I will go the extra and try polishing as you suggest.

[Servodyne]

They look great when polished but are a bugger to keep that way when you lace a rim on it. Re-painted mine but polished the brake plate.

[Bishop Beezer]

Thank you, that sounds like a good solution.

[AWJDThumper]

I think the polished finish on conical hubs behave in the same way as the engine covers - it's probably the same aluminium alloy. Rather than painting the hubs, you can always lacquer them if you're worried about the polished surface tarnishing.

[Bishop Beezer]

Thank you, what lacquer would you suggest that won't blister easily.
Steven

[AWJDThumper]

I've never had a need to lacquer any of the conical hubs I've got as the polished surfaces have stood the test of time. However, I did lacquer the polished engine covers on my more modern Japanese multi and that finish has lasted well. Unfortunately, I can't remember what lacquer I used but I don't think it was anything that special.

[ChrisG]

I have used Silver Wheel aerosols topped off with clear lacquer, available from most motor factors . This works very well and looks great, but needs the rim and spokes removing first.
brush painting any hub is very time consuming and never looks that good to me.

[Bishop Beezer]

Thank you all for the advice, much appreciated.