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brass headtube badge?

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Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
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My ibis road bike has a headtube badge. I'm doing a re-paint this winter and I'd like to get the headtube badge cleaned up to match the rest of the bike. The finish appears to be brass, or maybe bronze. I don't know. My thought was to take it to a jeweler and have them re-plate it.

Anyone do this before? Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Thanks.

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dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
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Well, I decided to hand polish because it felt pretty delicate, and I broke it. Guess it’s a jeweler after all. Polishing also wasn’t doing too much. Fwiw.

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HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
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I had always assumed those badges were just squiggles, but there is an Ibis bird in there.

I'd buy the new one, doesn't look well enough made to put work in to.
Change it to bin chicken-
 
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Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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I wouldn't have known it was broken by looking at it if you didn't tell me.