If you want a bare steel finish, is it customary to spray clear lacquer over it ? Are there matt or stain clears?
Also, with aluminium, to get a bare metal finish, do you just polish it? or can you put clear over that, or will the clear not stick to it?
cheers

Cases are alloy and they are normally lacquered but I'm not sure how well it will stick. You can get flat clear for the steel though.

Aj might know more but i think if you clear a metal finish you still need to wax it or it goes yellow????

with aluminium you can get away with just polishing it with autosol if you apply it every now and then the finish stays shinny dont think youll have much luck with clear coating aluminium unless maybe you went for a brushed look so it had something to stick to. cheers

cheers y'all
so i think polish for alloy & lacquer for bare steel

HEY GUYS,
MY GOOD MATE HERE IS A "METAL POLISHER" BY TRADE. IF U CAN'T BE FCUKD PUTTING IN THE TIME, HE CAM MAKE ALLOY LOOK LIKE CHROME!! JUST LETN U KNOW.

I made a alloy cafe racer seat sanded it through all the grade of sand paper right down to 4000 grit then used autosol did it all by hand this should stop the autosol getting hot and finish is amazing although it takes time cheers

yeah thats wat im doing atm not down to 4000 grit tho im to imaptient for that
but ive got some buffing wheels for a bench grinder and ithink it cooks the autosol
just trying to polish with less effort

Yea I had that problem to theres no substitute for good old elbow grease i recon good luck cheers

i dont think thats gona happen any time soon

ha ha ha yeah thats wat happens wen y spend far to much time in the shed fortchunaly it was a verry short lived tantrum
ya know if ya brought ya lathe around we/i'de have a pretty good set up feel free to come take it for a test spin if ya need

Woman aye ??? ya can't beat them, The END