http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Has anyone painted brake lever en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:28:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19622#post-307593 Mon, 27 May 2019 20:28:55 +0000 gembo 307593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@baldycyclist, it sounds like a hobby so good for you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19622#post-307577 Mon, 27 May 2019 16:58:31 +0000 Baldcyclist 307577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Odd request, I mistakenly bought some fairly scraped Tiagra shifters on fleabay (long story), luckily managed to negotiate the price down after telling the business seller how stupid I was. To the point that when they arrived they didn't seem that bad for the price.</p> <p>Now I want to refurbish them - they are mechanically fine. I've bought some new hoods, and some wet sandpaper, which goes up to 5000 grit, so I should be able to sand out the scratches on the plastic pretty well.</p> <p>I want to paint the aluminium levers, and I thought given my work bike is pretty retro I could paint them a chrome colour to match handlebars etc.</p> <p>So 2 questions, does anyone know what the tool is called to detach the lever from the shifter?<br /> and presumably to paint, sand, prime (2 coats) 3 coats of car? paint, then a clear coat and we're good?</p> <p>I have a modellers airbrush, so should be able to get a reasonable finish.</p> <p>Has anyone done this before, or am I mad for going to this level of detail and cost to fix up some old shifters... </p>