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Anyone try polishing their Technics platter dots?

I had a great idea this morning playing around with my technics platter... I wonder if anyone has polished their dots on the side of the platter? I've never polished stainless steel before but I've read numerous different techniques on how to (using higher grit sandpaper and moving down to lower grit). I'd like to try this out, but then again I don't want to screw up my platter.

Anything done anything like this before?

Hmmm, I always had the same plan, but to do that with a DeLorean. I want to buy an old DeLorean, completely polish it and blind everyone on the highway. So tight.

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Originally posted by Endo I had a great idea this morning playing around with my technics platter... I wonder if anyone has polished their dots on the side of the platter? I've never polished stainless steel before but I've read numerous different techniques on how to (using higher grit sandpaper and moving down to lower grit). I'd like to try this out, but then again I don't want to screw up my platter. Anything done anything like this before?

i've thought about it too with my mk2... but i rather get an LED replacement (BLUE!) so that i can SEE the dots more clearly (because the red led on my mk2 is so damn weak)

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Originally posted by subtledreamer i've thought about it too with my mk2... but i rather get an LED replacement (BLUE!) so that i can SEE the dots more clearly (because the red led on my mk2 is so damn weak)

the after market blue led's have been known to short the electrical and void the warranty

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Originally posted by CosmoKid the after market blue led's have been known to short the electrical and void the warranty

Is this very common, because I was contemplating installing the blue led kits on my mk5s?

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Originally posted by CosmoKid the after market blue led's have been known to short the electrical and void the warranty

oh man, really?
do you have a thread/article from anywhere saying so? no that i dont trust you... i just wanna see why and how.

although i don't have techs, i finish mine with a swiffer thingy. Works great... surprising how much dirt comes off!

No, blue leds have exactly the same duration of life than any other leds... My blue leds have been working for a year now (2hrs/day) and they're still 100% working . I'd go for blue leds in my technics too, it looks soo cool

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Originally posted by Tiger777 No, blue leds have exactly the same duration of life than any other leds... My blue leds have been working for a year now (2hrs/day) and they're still 100% working . I'd go for blue leds in my technics too, it looks soo cool

phew!
where did you get your leds? did you just buy a few from a local electronics store like radio shack or... you bought one of those led packs geared for modding the tech's (which im sure cost more)?

I've bought them at my local electronics shop and built them in my TT's (that aren't SL1200's). With the others I've enlighted the wooden box under my mixer(2 X 3 leds of 4500mCd in the Turntables and 10 X 4500mCd leds in the box). That way my mixer's buttons are visible when i'm in the dark.

If I were you, I'd buy those build-in kits, 'cuz you need to be pretty handy with the connections and the small parts. You can easely damage parts with your iron.

Always be sure that you have MAX 3V on your leds and a max of 0.025 mA current running though your leds. If you go to higher voltages, you'll burn the LED through. This is standard current for all leds, so in fact, there shouldn't be a problem replacing the red leds in your TT with blue ones.

But, blue LEDs are pretty expensive. For the pop up light, I'd use 1 blue led of 10000mCd and for the leds in the strobo I've used 4500mCd leds.

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Originally posted by subtledreamer phew! where did you get your leds? did you just buy a few from a local electronics store like radio shack or... you bought one of those led packs geared for modding the tech's (which im sure cost more)?

i wouldnt get the ones "specaly" for techs coz its a fucking rip off! LED's are dirt cheap and as long as you get decent ones they will be identical to the ones that are aparently specaly for. that said if you dont have a clue about electronics then by all means get the "special" ones.


i recon the people who have had problems with shorting out their decks probly didnt know what they were doing.

I been meaning to crack open the old techs and putting blues in, but I'm to lazy, they have leds now that change colour aswell, got a vid of one and it cycles through about 10 colours, but dunno if that would look cheesey, but would be cool to see.

Dukes, blue LEDS are pretty expensive. I've paid for the 10000mCd led 7�. It's true that other color leds are alot cheaper. Ordinary leds don't have more than 50mCd and those are the ones that are cheap as hell... The blue leds are 4 times as expensive as other colors.

If you understand simple electronics, you can replace the LED yourself for a fraction of the price of the bought replacements.
LEDs can be bought in a range of colours in any local component store.

As for polishing the dots on the platter... I'm not sure if they are really silver at all, but you can use Silvo polishing agent if they are. or just windex will shine em nicely.
I've got the 1210M5Gs so I've been dusting and polishing the top casing b/c it's all pretty and sparkly, so keeping it clean makes alot of sense.

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Originally posted by Tiger777 Dukes, blue LEDS are pretty expensive. I've paid for the 10000mCd led 7�. It's true that other color leds are alot cheaper. Ordinary leds don't have more than 50mCd and those are the ones that are cheap as hell... The blue leds are 4 times as expensive as other colors.

yes of course top end electronic components can cost a bit but i find it hard to believe that you are going to require 10000mCd for the techs.

i see people selling these kits for the techs at about 25euros so even the LED you bought is a great deal cheaper. so my coment about getting them being dirt cheap from electronic component retailers still really stands.

10Cd for the popup light and 3 x 4.5Cd for the strobo. I've put those in my turntables and the light is comparable to what it used to be, maybe a little sharper light.


If you're 100% sure about what you're doing and you know how to use the iron properly, I'd suggest you buy the components yourself, but if you don't, you can wreck an expensive piece of equipment...

You guys hi-jacked this thread... its suppose to be about polishing the platter dots!

i got a set of blue leds. but im actually scared to install them.. mostly cause im afraid to damage the turntable.. man this toy is more like a treasure to me.

hopefully one day i'll get them insatalled

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Originally posted by BeatSMiTH You guys hi-jacked this thread... its suppose to be about polishing the platter dots!

LOL.
oh my goodness... you have no idea how hard i laughed when i saw that... HAHHAHHAhhhaa
sorry about that, matey!

well, my view on this is... sure why not? that's just like a regular cleanup of the tech's and wouldnt damage it in any way--unless you start pouring too much liquid around the platter~

i got a set of these off of ebay. they were pretty easy to install, and look good. i only wish they had come with an led for the pop up light.

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Originally posted by dartman i got a set of these off of ebay. they were pretty easy to install, and look good. i only wish they had come with an led for the pop up light.

ouch, 19.99 + 10 shipping.

dont think i'll be getting those from there... but at least i found a link to a site with guides on the how-to part EXCELLENT
http://www.technologytransplant.us/...s/1200main.html

now, whenever i have the time, shall hunt for led's @ radio shack/fry's

yeah, they were kind of expensive but i have never soldered a single thing in my life and didnt want to learn on my nice new technics so i figured i would cough up the cash and get that kit.

Hey Dartman,
What kind of tables do you have? I have M3Ds and I was looking at the same kit from the same seller but that dick never answered my question on whether or not they would work....

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Originally posted by Tiger777 10Cd for the popup light and 3 x 4.5Cd for the strobo. I've put those in my turntables and the light is comparable to what it used to be, maybe a little sharper light. If you're 100% sure about what you're doing and you know how to use the iron properly, I'd suggest you buy the components yourself, but if you don't, you can wreck an expensive piece of equipment...

you still got ripped of for your LED. for one 10,000mCd blue LED is nowhere near 7euros = �4.50 you can get them for �1.

you can actualy get an entige set of blue leds for the techs for as little as �7.

yes you were right enough with the mCd rating im still rather suprised due to how high this is but oh well.

i would stronly recomend (like Tiger777) not do do it yourself unless you know what your doing.




on topic....
i personaly dont see the point in polishing your dots. its not like i even pay attention to them.

the platter isn't stainless steel, it's aluminum. you could polish it up no problem if you wanted. the problem would be keeping the shine. aluminum oxidizes pretty quickly, and it will look dull within months. though if you were into keeping up the shine it would reflect those blue led's pretty nice!

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