Due to popular demand... The Ivanko Barbell crew!

[SomeIronBoy]

Just picked up 545 pounds of unbranded Ivanko deep dish plates today. Half still have the Ivanko sticker on the fronts. They have very minor rusting. Opinions on the best way to restore these?

Strip/paint or remove rust only?

Leave as is..... wipe the rust spots with oil.

They are beautiful plates.

[TheFitz7]

Will do. Would post pics if I didn’t have to make a new account...

I have newer OM series plates but have yet to deal with older, rusty plates. I’m in love with them already

[Sboarder1964]

Will do. Would post pics if I didn’t have to make a new account...

I have newer OM series plates but have yet to deal with older, rusty plates. I’m in love with them already

You can attach images to your posts.

[TheFitz7]

Got it, attached a pic!

[EricAtl]

Got it, attached a pic!

Here you go, embedded

[irongrandpa]

Got it, attached a pic!

Very nice addition!

[dstahl11]

I can finally stop being a lurker. I got my first set of M plates. They were painted a pretty horrendous flat green and showed signs of rusting underneath. I ended up stripping them to bare, clear coated, and did the letters in silver metallic.
pics are attached.

[1651Naismith]

I can finally stop being a lurker. I got my first set of M plates. They were painted a pretty horrendous flat green and showed signs of rusting underneath. I ended up stripping them to bare, clear coated, and did the letters in silver metallic.
pics are attached.

Strong first post. Congrats on the pick up..

[Skidmarx]

Nice !

[Sboarder1964]

I can finally stop being a lurker. I got my first set of M plates. They were painted a pretty horrendous flat green and showed signs of rusting underneath. I ended up stripping them to bare, clear coated, and did the letters in silver metallic.
pics are attached.

Embedded. Those plates looked brand-spankin-new before you stripped them...

[dstahl11]

Embedded. Those plates looked brand-spankin-new before you stripped them...

Those before pictures didn't do them justice. I forgot to shoot close ups of the before stripping and that pic was taken from FB Marketplace ad. It was an awful flat green paint that smelled and had rust coming through.

[Sboarder1964]

Got my first Ivanko pick-up. I found out, unfortunately, that the "O" series is the lowest grade they offer.



Hit 'em with a soft bristle nylon wheel brush then wiped down with an oil soaked rag.

[Duplicitous]

Aside from a couple unmatched plates, this is the only Ivanko equipment I have right now.

[toantdo]

I recently picked up a set of Ivanko's and they all are clearly from different years/versions. Can you help me identify them?

Some observations, not sure if i'm right:

1. The bottom one is the O2B because it was a faded black when I got it
2. None of the three 45s have the OM stamp on the back, center bore area. *Question* Do all OM plates have this stamp? even 45s?
3. The center 45 is a very rough cast on all surface areas, especially the lettering. Very similar roughness of the O2B. The letter "O" has a very pronounced slant in the inner circle.
4. The top 45 has a much smoother cast, but I noticed the spacing between the N and K are very wide apart
5. All 3 "A" letters in Ivanko are different between the 3 plates

[DarthCholo]

Y'all still giving out ivanko barbell crew numbers!

Really like this company even though got all my ivanko stuff second hand.

Their support helped me unstick a frozen collar on an other wise mint 30 year old OB84 barbell and paid 5 dollars to send me some stickers for my COC collars.

Found out that the 30 yr old collars I picked up only had a messed up protective sticker still in them. But they sent me some cool stickers !

[Dantyac]

but hardly know anything about them. Think they where made especially for the European market (?)

[DarthCholo]

but hardly know anything about them. Think they where made especially for the European market (?)

Discontinued chrome versions. Brand New that set probably was 3000 dollars or more.

[swimmer32]

but hardly know anything about them. Think they where made especially for the European market (?)

Awesome find. Even used those things can cost a bundle.

[MGM711]

but hardly know anything about them. Think they where made especially for the European market (?)

Not European, those are competition discs. I don't want to say fairly common because they aren't common compared to their regular plates, but they were fairly common in the Powerlifting world...most meets had those plates at some points, especially 20+ years ago.

[jesseforeman]

So I bought 10 M Series 45lb plates not too long ago. All but one of the plates fit perfectly as expected on all my bars (York Split Sleeve, Ohio Bar, and HD Nexgen) But one of the plates won’t fit on any bar I own. The center isn’t dented and there’s no obstructions looking at this plate and the others there’s no visual difference. Have any of you guys had this issue? Also any suggestions on some sort of filing or sanding to make the plate fit?

[IvankoBarbellCo]

So I bought 10 M Series 45lb plates not too long ago. All but one of the plates fit perfectly as expected on all my bars (York Split Sleeve, Ohio Bar, and HD Nexgen) But one of the plates won’t fit on any bar I own. The center isn’t dented and there’s no obstructions looking at this plate and the others there’s no visual difference. Have any of you guys had this issue? Also any suggestions on some sort of filing or sanding to make the plate fit?

If there are no obstructions (paint chip or drip, etc), Merit flap wheel (60 grit) on end of drill -- be careful not to make the hole oblong. Probably just needs 10-15 secs at a high speed.

[bosseternal]

Can someone help ID this bar?

No center knurl, only 1 set of knurl marks

i.imgur.com/U77D6Iy.jpg

i.imgur.com/2pLClcd.jpg

[trnk1001]

Can someone help ID this bar?

No center knurl, only 1 set of knurl marks

i.imgur.com/U77D6Iy.jpg

i.imgur.com/2pLClcd.jpg

Probably one of those rare OB-20kg that did not have the "silly" knurl. That bar does not look new. Ivanko only had 4 straight olympic bars with black oxide finish, only 2 of those 4 have end caps, and only 1 of those 2 has no center knurl.

[efrenlifts]

Hi everyone, I’m obsessed with finding a set of Ivanko OMC plates. Is anyone willing to part with a set or even let go of a few pairs? I’m willing to pay top $!

Appreciate it thank you.

[efrenlifts]

but hardly know anything about them. Think they where made especially for the European market (?)

Hi these are just their normal powerlifting calibrated plates aren’t they? Beautiful! Let me know if you’d like to sell them. I have the big 50kg ones.

[vhd16]

Any body has any ideas on how to clean the OMC especially the face ? Back I think will get cleaned with light metal chrome polish. Tired the following

Coke
Barkeeper's friend
vinegar

They did clean little bit but not much luck.

This thread did not have much info on OMC's .

Got quiet a few including hundo's

[DarthCholo]

Any body has any ideas on how to clean the OMC especially the face ? Back I think will get cleaned with light metal chrome polish. Tired the following

Coke
Barkeeper's friend
vinegar

They did clean little bit but not much luck.

This thread did not have much info on OMC's .

Got quiet a few including hundo's

You gotta post pics of the plates. It's like posting celebrity nudes for us.

But it would so help with what to suggest based on condition. I'd worry about chrome flaking so vinegar and chrome polishes may be best bet for those surfaces. Never knew if it was white paint on the inside of the dish or what exactly. But repainting isn't out of the question if it's really bad.

[vhd16]

You gotta post pics of the plates. It's like posting celebrity nudes for us.

But it would so help with what to suggest based on condition. I'd worry about chrome flaking so vinegar and chrome polishes may be best bet for those surfaces. Never knew if it was white paint on the inside of the dish or what exactly. But repainting isn't out of the question if it's really bad.

Here we go ..













These are the ones that I tried to restore the face . The bottom right 5 was with Coke .







The back one of the worst. I think light metal polish from chemical guys or Mothers should take of this is what I am hoping








One of the worst front

[efrenlifts]

Any body has any ideas on how to clean the OMC especially the face ? Back I think will get cleaned with light metal chrome polish. Tired the following

Coke
Barkeeper's friend
vinegar

They did clean little bit but not much luck.

This thread did not have much info on OMC's .

Got quiet a few including hundo's

Would love to have some if you’d be willing to let some go. Let me know thank you!

[klax410]

I just got some used Ivanko plates. They’re the standard tri-spoke deep dish, but no markings on them. Guy I bought them from said they’re really old, before the OM line was released. But they do say Ivanko, not the Standard Barbell (unbranded). Any way of knowing what these are exactly? They’re just old rusty Ivanko plates with no markings anywhere, besides some made in Taiwan stickers.