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post #71 of 1061
7/18/12 at 7:30am
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You gotta use like 2000 grit but have to step up to it probably. Just like lapping a CPU

Ah ok, go step by step to finer and finer sand paper. Gotcha! Thanks, will try tonight!
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7/18/12 at 8:18am
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Try a cutting compound and a polishing wheel , it will look amazing.
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7/18/12 at 8:48am
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Try a cutting compound and a polishing wheel , it will look amazing.

Yeah I think I have one for my dremel. Will try tonight and post some pics.
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7/19/12 at 9:32am
Amazing guide here so far, bookmarked thumb.gif

Polishing is something I know a little about. There are copper cleaners and polishing compounds, the compounds are usually pastes or like a clay and are more aggressive than cleaners which tend to be like a squirt bottle. If you get yourself a mirror finish and it fades over time a little spray cleaner and a rag is all you need, but to get the original shine a compound and buffing wheel if what you'll need.

I don't use anything specific really just whatever is on sale when I need it rolleyes.gif Here's a link to a clay-like compound, they tend to be good for polishing raw copper: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Aluminum-Copper-Polishing-Compound/dp/B000OVPG0E

But if you roughly sanded it like Boweezie you'll have to step up the sand paper like everyone said. Then polish it up with a compound.
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7/19/12 at 3:22pm
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lol. I was just about to make this thread.... obviously couldn't have even thought about it without talks with you a while back.

Doing this for my TJ07 build.
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7/20/12 at 11:03am
I'm not even going to mess with the water method. After some searching, I have yet to see anyone do it with success. Can I use a 1/2" pipe bender with 12mm tubing? I have the tubing but can't find a 12mm bender that is under $85 thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif
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7/20/12 at 10:05pm
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The sanding polishing method, yes like everyone said is gradually going up in grits.

To be more specific, 220 is way too coarse. Start at something like 400, then jump to 800, 1600, 2000, and finish off at 2400 (with 1600+ being wet sanding). Then take your choice of polish and polish the tubes up and they'll look sweet thumb.gif

The sanding method is extremely tedious but can yield mirror finish results, just like lapping.

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I'm not even going to mess with the water method. After some searching, I have yet to see anyone do it with success. Can I use a 1/2" pipe bender with 12mm tubing? I have the tubing but can't find a 12mm bender that is under $85 thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif

I would imagine a 1/2" bender would work, I don't see why not since12mm is only .03" off of 1/2". I don't see how pipe benders are so expensive to be honest. If someone was wanting to go balls out on 3/4" piping, prepare to drop $110+ on a bender.
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post #78 of 1061
7/23/12 at 9:38am
Yeah pipe benders are pretty expensive to buy. I bought a used one from ebay for $40 but the alignment was off, so I had to sand some of the clamping area in order to stop making nasty creases in my pipes. Its a 1/2" bender at it works pretty well. Only downside is that I am using annealed copper piping, which can have massive creasing in the bends if the piping is not packed with anything inside. All in all, it worked out ok.

On a side note, my piping is almost complete! Just need to sand down one more pipe and put it all together for a leak test tonight! Should have everything polished by the end of this week thumb.gif
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7/23/12 at 11:18am
So would this one work, it does say 10mm in the description, so im assuming. Not sure of the price yet, but found it on the rathenberger USA site:



http://www.rothenberger-usa.com/uploads/media/Section_1_-_Expanding_bending.pdf
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7/23/12 at 12:09pm
Would these Bitspower Ultimate fittings work?
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