Polishing Questions
05-02-2006, 02:08 AM
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Polishing Questions
I've been thinking about polishing my upper intake, not till next week tho when schools out and i have tons of free time, cause you cant just stop there. you have to do the lower, and all the accessories and brackets. i found some really helpful sites and the general idea is that you strip the powdercoating off, then start with 80 or 120 grit sandpaper, then work up to 320 or so. then use tripoli compound then white rouge. i think it would look pretty good all polished, almost like chrome. just wanted to see if anyone else tried this
05-02-2006, 02:12 AM
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RE: Polishing Questions
On other automotive forums that I used to frequent, people who home-polished went all the way up to 800-1000grit and then wet sanded at an even higher grit to get a perfect finish, can't say for sure tho
05-02-2006, 02:18 AM
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RE: Polishing Questions
next week im gonna get all my supplies and practice on the AC compressor i deleted from my car awhile back, and if it comes out nice and purdy ill tackle parts on the actual engine. would definately stand out at shows. ill keep you guys posted
05-02-2006, 02:27 AM
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RE: Polishing Questions
I had a Harley and spent quite alot of time doin this. Scotch brite pads work good for takin off the initial layer of oxide and flatten things out. then Mother's with the blue paper towels from the local parts store. But, it will blush eventualy and need constant touch up if you don't seal it. First humid day you'll see what I mean. There are products out there that will seal it so it does'nt keep oxidizing.
05-02-2006, 02:28 AM
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RE: Polishing Questions
i was messing around with my die grinder but i was using griding stones cause thats all i had, and it wasnt pretty lol. i thought, screw that, im sticking with sand paper. a wire brush was working pretty good, but stuff kept flying off and hiting my arm. im thinking either do the sanding by hand, or get the dremel attachments. ill probably have to use both, freehand for the tight spaces and dremel so it wont take forever and a day
05-02-2006, 02:28 AM
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RE: Polishing Questions
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I had a Harley and spent quite alot of time doin this. Scotch brite pads work good for takin off the initial layer of oxide and flatten things out. then Mother's with the blue paper towels from the local parts store. But, it will blush eventualy and need constant touch up if you don't seal it. First humid day you'll see what I mean. There are products out there that will seal it so it does'nt keep oxidizing.
I had a Harley and spent quite alot of time doin this. Scotch brite pads work good for takin off the initial layer of oxide and flatten things out. then Mother's with the blue paper towels from the local parts store. But, it will blush eventualy and need constant touch up if you don't seal it. First humid day you'll see what I mean. There are products out there that will seal it so it does'nt keep oxidizing.
what about high temp clearcoat in a spray can?
