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Getting Back Into It
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Alpharetta, GA
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HOW DO YOU PEOPLE DO IT???
There was a $5 skate, $50... and now this. People in Atlanta must just be greedy. ![]() |
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Jump On It
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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No they don't. In 1992 the boots were around $160.00, the plates were around $270.00, the bearings around $65.00 and the wheels.... well those were obsolete by 1992... Now a word of caution... Ultimates corrode like mad between the boots and the plates... I suggest you get them pulled down and verify the plates are not in dire need of help... ![]()
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On the plates can I clean them in a solvant bath? As for any restoration being that their magnisium can they be polished? Or should I send them of to the powder coater? I've seen them nickle plated can the be crhomed or gold plated?
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Yankee Catfish
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Not solvent...at least till you are done..
1) Rotary wire brush 2) Strip off the old powder coat. 3) Sand and polish if you wish (now you can clean 'em with solvent) BUT... 4) Get 'em to the platers. ASAP!! dvw is the go to guy for Ultimate plating..at least he is for me.... I imagine other than Nickle can be done but IDK for sure....
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The PM inside the boot means they were made in the afternoon ,as opposed to AM which means they would've been made in the morning
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Secretary of Skate
Join Date: Aug 2007
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I use this stuff. Get some disposable aluminum pans and put the plates in for a soak. Use a plastic spatula to ease off the goo.
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Chrome is the next best thing. There's a black nickel available, but it scratches if you look at it funny. Might be able to do chrome over it, but I'd have to check. There's also copper, silver, and gold, but they're industrial coatings, not intended to be cosmetic.
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Careful with the solvents. Methanol + magnesium = spontaneous fire. Magnesium burns hot enough that putting water on it will make it mad. If you use a common household fire extinguisher, the fire wouldn't even notice it.
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While you're at it, Google Class D Fire Extinguishers.
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just a question on this sealing thing... how bad would clear coating them work??? mine are just spray painted at the moment and i havent really seen any thing bad other then it scrapping off... figured that was from the cheapo paint the has been frozen over the past 2 winters
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I Whistle at Derby Girls
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^.. methanol rapidly corrodes mg. and " spirited offgassing" is the nice way to describe what happens.
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Jam Skate Mafia
Join Date: May 2010
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The PM in the "M-10-PM" is the year that the boot was made for all you wondering.
We will just say this boot was made in the mid 80's |
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Yankee Catfish
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So you have the code key to break these down??
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I dont have it physically but its a call away. Did you have a question about a boot and when it was made?
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Yankee Catfish
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No I don't have a specific question.... but it would be nice to know the code... It could settle a lot of bar bets, I'll bet...
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I was told from a pretty good source that pm was a 1987 production. The source is good but lets not bet the farm on it!!!!!!!
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