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[Closed] Just had my frame powder coated and............

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my seat post is super tight due to powder inside. Who do I remove it so I don't scratch my seat post.

Can I get it faced, just like you can do with your headset??

Help!!


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:31 pm
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Yep, but you'll have to find a shop with a seat tube reaming tool in the right size, which may not be all that easy.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:32 pm
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Should be able to get the worst of it out carefully with a knife or a file, I'd have thought....


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:34 pm
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left over grit blasting media, scratched all my seatpost up, give it really good clean out..


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:35 pm
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emery clothes glued to a tube.
And some jet washing before putting the BB in.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:39 pm
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old sacrificial seatpost as a reamer ๐Ÿ™‚

or an undersized one with a bit of sand paper on it


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:53 pm
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the frame is a 853 steel, 27.2mm, but like it ieda of a smaller post with sandpaper on!


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:55 pm
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Dremel?


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:56 pm
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Careful application of a bit of paint stripper, powder generally comes off a treat.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 3:58 pm
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I think sandpaper on a broom shank should sort it.

Cheers all!


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:06 pm
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I used a long straight allen key that came with bombers, duck-taped a bit of kitchen sponge and some fine sandpaper (that green stuff?) in a spiral (if that makes sense? so they're both taped to the metal shaft) then put the other end in a drill.

Then took it off again and reversed it to match the direction of the drill.

Worked pretty well (after I got the amount of sponge right to get the right pressure on the paper). I couldn't and can't think of anything better for the job. I'm not an engineer though!


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:12 pm
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is it just me who would get the powder coaters to sort/pay for sorting it?

or is that not the done thing in such situations?


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:19 pm
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Then took it off again and reversed it to match the direction of the drill.

no just reverse the direction of the drill? most have just such a feature nowadays.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:26 pm
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depends who did it and how much you paid.
35 quid from a generic powder coater i'd do it myself.
100 quid from argos or similar and you might start asking questions.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:26 pm
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this one didn't! my grandpa's old drill.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:28 pm
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Paint stripper (carefully). You want it back to the bare metal without taking any metal away.


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:32 pm
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Depends on the amount of paint too, are we talking a bit of overspray, or have they totally coated the inside of your seat tube all the way down?


 
Posted : 02/06/2010 4:35 pm