Polishing aluminum
08-25-2006, 11:45 PM
#3
Safety Car
yes, depending on the item you're polishing, the approach can vary greatly. I polished my sportbike frame down from anodized aluminum to mirror finish -- Man , that was a piece of work - I'm still coughing out black dust 3 years later !
If you just mean taking something like a polished wheel, and bringing it back to life, that's a lot easier ---- please clarify.
If you just mean taking something like a polished wheel, and bringing it back to life, that's a lot easier ---- please clarify.
08-26-2006, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Killrwheels@Autogeek
Wheels --- A Mothers Mini-Powerball , and a good metal polish like Mothers, or Simichrome, or Flitz
Larger items --- Hire a professional
Larger items --- Hire a professional
"larger items" like say an RV ?!
see link!
http://www.properautocare.com/blmeposy.html
see bottom of 'linked' page for the shiniest airstream around
good info on metal polishing,,,as well as just about any other type of detailing, waxing, polishing, etc...............
08-26-2006, 10:19 PM
#6
Safety Car
08-27-2006, 12:56 AM
#7
Safety Car
Agree : Mother's Mag/Aluminum polish is fantastic. Can use it with a drill and buffing wheel, or the powerball, for small projects.
On a tougher project, there are some varying approaches. For my bike frame, simple sanding (start with 100 grit, then 200, then 400, then wet sanding with 1000, then buffing compounds on a polishing wheel) made a nice transformation. Here's a small test spot:
Here's the original frame: (ignore the text, it's from my bike web site):
Here's the final look:
It took a lot of time, but the process is extremely simple.
No matter what I polish, the final step is always mother's mag/aluminum polish - it's really fantastic and works GREAT by machine on anything aluminum.
Link reference if interested: http://bugman.81x.com - click on "Polish Frame".
On a tougher project, there are some varying approaches. For my bike frame, simple sanding (start with 100 grit, then 200, then 400, then wet sanding with 1000, then buffing compounds on a polishing wheel) made a nice transformation. Here's a small test spot:
Here's the original frame: (ignore the text, it's from my bike web site):
Here's the final look:
It took a lot of time, but the process is extremely simple.
No matter what I polish, the final step is always mother's mag/aluminum polish - it's really fantastic and works GREAT by machine on anything aluminum.
Link reference if interested: http://bugman.81x.com - click on "Polish Frame".
08-27-2006, 05:59 PM
#8
Safety Car
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by C5naples
try this web-site a lot of your questions can be answered here;
www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
08-27-2006, 11:42 PM
#9
Safety Car
Originally Posted by C5naples
try this web-site a lot of your questions can be answered here;
www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
www.caswellplating.com/buffs/
have to get me one of those thingies.BTW - the compounds also are found in ACE - love that place
