(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012)
After leaving the lacquer to harden properly I thought I’d cut and polish them so they’re properly shiny. I fetched out my wet and dry and polish and got started. Only done 2 wheels so far which took me nearly 2 hours. Yes I know I’m a sad git
before
wet and dry with a bit of water
some work with wet and dry but after drying can see it still needs more smoothing
enough smoothing ready for polish
all done, smooth and shiny
one of the other spokes
one polished spoke compared to unpolished one
finishing touch