I'm now well into the '07 refurb exercise.

Sorted out the exhausts (with elbow grease!), spokes are in to be acid-bathed and plated, fork stanchions sent to be re-hardchromed, everything else I'm basically sorting out meself as I go.

BUT, I've hit a snag with my hubs. They weren't (aren't) in good nick, and I was wondering if anyone else here has gone through the pain of trying to clean these puppies. I've considered bead-blasting and/or more acid baths. I have already tried elbow grease and autosol / alusol, various grades of water-paper, and everything else in between including steel wool, pot scourers, Zeb oven cleaner, spray-oil in combination with all sorts of scouring utensils etc etc.

Those hubs seem impervious to cleaning. They also seem to be painted or plated or summink? Or is that my weary phosporic acid soaked brain speaking?

So, any suggestions? I'm not gonna buy new ones, these are fine, just in a bit of a state cosmetically.