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Old 06-02-2012, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by strelnik View Post
You can polish and rectify stainless steel, and make them all new in an afternoon, unless they have huge holes and/or bends in them.

Too bad someone knocked off all the paint, they would have been worth more if they had paint.
I agree for light scratches but if they've been heavily curbed then you're going to struggle to get them back to a decent condition. Even if you polished and polished you'd end up with a kind of wierd ripple effect if you had to remove some serious metal.
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