Finally tried my hand at polishing

[Zero Signal]

I picked up a bench grinder/buffer at Lowes over the weekend and bought some accessories and compounds. I first did the 5.0 V8 plate from the upper intake. I went too hevy on the grit and it ended up looking pitted so I will need to re-do it. Then I decided I didn't have anything to do for an hour so I grabbed the coil bracket and shined it up. It turned out ok, alittle rough in spots, but I'm gonna pick up some more compounds and wheels from Caswell Plating and do it untill I get it to look like a mirror.

When I get the technique down, I'm gonna go for the MAF, TB, elbow and maybe the intake plenum if I have the patience. Anyway, just thought I would share, it's pretty fun to do.

Here is the bracket and one of the bolts. The bolts look AWSOME after taking the compounds to them and it only takes a couple minutes per bolt.
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[SeventyMach1]

How long will that bracket stay like that?


Looks good John.

 

[69clark]

Isn't the coil bracket made of steel. Looks good though, it almost looks like a black chrome from the pic.

 

[94MustangGT5.0]

Wow, looks great. Keep up the good work... and if you don't mind, could you list all of the supplies (product names) that you picked up to polish with?

 

[urban96]

i would spray a coat of clear on that to stop it from rusting

 

[zkillrr]

Looks great now list the supplies

 

[Zero Signal]

I'm thinking it will last about a month, lol. Like mentioned, I'll maybe clear it but that won't help the bolts unfortunately. Maybe Zoop seal will do the trick instead.

BUT, basicly what I got at Lowes:
6" bench grinder/buffer + polishing bars and buffing wheels.

In that same tool section they have polishing bars in plastic containers labeled 1-6. I bought one of each @ $3.50 or so ea. It includes the standard bars, black/grey/brown/white/green. I only used black and white for that piece.

Then I bought the wire bristle wheel (fine, not course), and a couple cotton buffing wheels.

So when I hit the bracket, it was painted so I used the wire wheel to remove the paint and bring it to a dull bare metal. Then I used my flex grinder with some cartridge rolls left over from my porting job and took it to 120 grit. I could have done that by hand but I was impatient. From there I did a little hand sanding to take it down some more to a finer grit and then hit it with the black bar and buffing wheel and finally the white bar on the buffing wheel.

 

[VibrantRedGT]

i would spray a coat of clear on that to stop it from rusting

It's a must at this point. It will rust when touched if you don't.