anyone here ever polish their x metal frame to high gloss polish?????? I have a new Romeo 2 polorized i got a month ago but would like a polished frame.

X-Metal can't be polished as I believe it is a baked on powder coat finsh so the only way to make it shine is to use some kind of gloss varnish. If you want a shinier look, get a carbon frame.

the coating just rubs off, i've started to polish up some mars...

if i cannot polish it, what do you guys think about chrome, or copper plating????

Say dude... Use CrystalClear Pro Metal Polish... It works very well... It will strip the x-metal finish right off...

I don't get it. If you are going to strip the x-metal finish right off, why not just buy a polished R2 frame......?

agrees with James. why the trouble and bother with the risk.

or, you could put up your xmetal R2 on classified for a frame trade with someone with a polished R2.

if i live in US, i'd snag longshot's R2 and trade you the polished frame for your xmetal R2 frame. i think it'd look sweet with the ti iridium lens on it.

Luckley the guys at a local o store let me trade for the polish r2, even though it way past my 30 days. thanks for all the replies.

do you mean the guy lets you trade the frame only or did you get a whole new set?

either way it's all good to know you get what you wanted! R2 customers are catered so well by oakley i hear that some of them'll switch the lenses if you by any chance want other lenses(ie: titanium for carbon frame)

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the only thing I know that will handle polishing any frame of Titanium, Stainless, or XMetal to a high polished shine is Black Polishing Rouge for a buffer like used on car parts and stuff. A high speed buffer can give you the speeds desired (like a dremel tool for these smaller items) and the Black rouge blocks are for specifically for hard metals. I used it with a Dremel on some Titanium natural shafts for my darts, and they shined up better than aluminum! and pretty easily I might add...I will upload a pic soon to show you.