Polishing Aluminum

[Iggyshane]

So i have looked over the search about polishing aluminum and it says to basically start with a 120 grit, then slowly move up to a wet sanding at 400 then start polishing.. what is a good type of polish that i should use? to do my intake and alternator

Thanks for the help

 

[YEAHLOH95]

i go higher on the paper, but thats just me. i go up to 600 or so, then go to a buffing wheel with white rouse"sp", then try mothers alum pollish ,then send onebad95 a pm and get his pollish you won't be disapointed

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Try Here.
http://darkside351.tripod.com/mustang50world/id19.html

If you're just starting out, the intake is too big an undertaking....You need to practice and get good first...the intake takes 10-20 hrs of total labor without machines even for someone good.

Once you start....you have to continue to the end.
RC

 

[Iggyshane]

yea well i figured im going to stop playing video games and start up polishing my whole motor :-/ yea its alot of work but at least i get something out of it and this guy was telling me about burning the metal? is it easy to do when polishing?

YEAHLOH95 - i wasnt sure how far to go up but i dont want any deep lines in it so i may be going higher.

 

[YEAHLOH95]

i'll put up some pics on here tomorrow, of my latest project with no sanding just buffing

 

[Guero]

last time i checked this was stangnet, not polishingaluminum.com

 

[Iggyshane]

<3

 

[YEAHLOH95]

WHATEVER GO POST SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO ADD

 

[94GTLaserRC]

WHATEVER GO POST SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO ADD

This is the talk section.!
RC

 

[YEAHLOH95]

i know thats what i ment

 

[Killercanary]

last time i checked this was stangnet, not polishingaluminum.com

Seriously, keep the crap limited to your thread as there is more than enough there and don't bring it into others.



On topic...

I'm not the polishing master that some of the other guys here are but I never start wet sanding with anything less than 320, then I move to 440, 600, 1000, and sometimes I'll do a quick hit with 2000 before I move to the polish.

 

[94GTLaserRC]

i know thats what i ment

I know Troy..I was laughing at your comment and stating that to the retard.
RC

 

[94GTLaserRC]

I'm not the polishing master that some of the other guys here are but I never start wet sanding with anything less than 320, then I move to 440, 600, 1000, and sometimes I'll do a quick hit with 2000 before I move to the polish.

If you read stuff from the guyz who are REALLY good, they usually dont even sand past 400 when they start the compounds. Even the polishing shop I use for tough stuff only goes to 320.... but that's with high speed pro equipment.

RC

 

[Iggyshane]

thanks for all your help soon as i get a nice day im going to take it all apart and start goign at it

 

[69clark]

Good luck, I wish I had the time you do to polish some of my stuff.

 

[onebad95]

take your time and you will be happy with the results. Just look at car's like 94gtlaserrc, 94turbo50, yeahloh95 and some other's. You can also see the results the polish I sell gives at

http://www.onebadpolish.com

 

[Iggyshane]

well today was the first say it was some what warm in Michigan. so i washed under my car with a power washer... now that i think of it people must of thought i was nuts, for pulling out a jack at a car wash. Jacking my car up and laying under my car spraying it. But tomorrow I'm pulling the alt then taking it to a local place and having the casing removed because i don't have the 200psi impact gun thats needed to get that pulley off.
Then the sanding starts :-D thanks for all the help and onebad95, i think i might be emailing you soon about that polish.

 

[xkuntrycowboyx]

guys... question.. can you only polish the aluminum components... what all metals can you polish, or parts on a car? and what are they made up.. ? thanks
adam

 

[Zero Signal]

This is a good site for the compounds, wheels, tutorials etc! http://www.caswellplating.com/ Here is a decent looking kit from them http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/alpolkit.htm I guess all you would need is a bench grinder and the sanding stuff.


You would probably find that one of these would be a really good investment http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34948

 

[Killercanary]

guys... question.. can you only polish the aluminum components... what all metals can you polish, or parts on a car? and what are they made up.. ? thanks
adam

On the car, the only things that come to mind that can be polished are the aluminum parts and the plastic lens on the lights and such. The compounds are different for both normally, but both can be polished. I've polished my headlights, accessory brackets, alt., brakes (99-up PBR's), and aluminum driveshaft.