Van Riebeeck ( bylock) floor polisher Restoration

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This very neglected Van Riebeeck 3 brush polisher.

It was sourced from Bylock and painted green for our market, although their have been some red ones too.
Here is the restoration as it went

 

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For some reason I forgot to take pics of the motor when it was apart. Its bearings were regreased and it was reassembled.

 

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Body colour matched and it was given a fresh coat of paint.

 

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I used Rustoleum chrome spray and it came out really nicely,
I however made a mistake though, always polish up the paintwork after it has dried and this did not take kindly to that, it lost some of its shine and Unfortunately I ran out of the paint so I will need to redo it again.

 

[madman]

You probably need to use a very high grit on the silver paint. 2k or 3k perhaps. And sand it wet. Also, I believe to really get the chrome look, you're meant to clear coat it. Probably a high gloss poly or maybe lacquer.

 

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Madman

HI
Yea I checked with the manufacturer and you must not sand it at all after application, but apparently you can clearcoat it.

I will be going over it again shortly and will post pics.

In the mean time here are more pics of it going back together

 

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And some pics of it all assembled

 

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I forgot to add, I kept the switch on on the handle that had been fitted by the previous owner. Although not original I did think it looked cool and added some personal history to the machine.. and it worked which the original one did not, I have two of these and know of another 5 ? Still in use by their owners regularly, not one has the original switch anymore.

 

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In a word.......................

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!