Polished Frames

[MaukaRunner]

What process are you using?

Dremel with foam sanding drum to cut off the plasma finish and remove casting marks/pits and then sanding with 220, 400, then 1200 sandpaper. Then using a felt drum with polishing compound and a Dremel to buff off the fine scratches then polishing with Mothers Metal Polish.

I've repeated the process about three times already since I keep finding stuff to fix. It's still a work in progress. Kinda stopped since the new maps for BF3 came out recently.

 

[MaukaRunner]

Here is a pic, the top pair is the Juliets I polished. The bottom pair is a stock polished Juliet w/fire polarized for the OP to show the hammerstems. Polishing was a chore, used 300 grit to remove the plasma. I followed up with 400 to 600 then 1500 grit. Final polish was with a dremel and blue magic polish. Oakley HQ took them apart for me and popped new rivets and rubber after I polished the component parts. Both visits were no charge while I waited, gota love that customer service. Are you taking yours apart to polish? If not use caution with a dremel on or near the nose bridge. The metal will heat up and possibly destroy the rubber in the bridge.

WOW! That's really nice! I've got a way to go til mine is that nice.

The pair I'm working on already had bad coupler rubber so I just punched the rivets out so I can polish between the nose bridge and the orbitals.

You are lucky you can just head to HQ and have them work on it. I thought I read somewhere that HQ doesn't work on "custom or modified" pairs?

Man, you are inspiring me to start back on them again. Thanks!

 

[xmetalmaniac]

Kinda like this too......Custom polished Jury with Oakley custom cut Ruby Lenses....

 

[Oakleynerd]

the jury looks sweet xmetalmaniac . . . do you know which icons from a other model would work for the jury?!?

 

[xmetalmaniac]

the jury looks sweet xmetalmaniac . . . do you know which icons from a other model would work for the jury?!?

Hmmmm Not sure, I put the original ones back in when I was done....

 

[qtrain23]

the jury looks sweet xmetalmaniac . . . do you know which icons from a other model would work for the jury?!?

I think there's an icon size list on o-review. Should help you out.

 

[Oakleynerd]

i know qtrain - but i could not find the list . . .

 

[xmetalmaniac]

i know qtrain - but i could not find the list . . .

Neither could I when I went to look for it....

 

[qtrain23]

That's odd. I just saw it the other day but I can't find it either.

 

[Oakleynerd]

damn it . . . :laugh: