SANDSTAR Posted March 27, 2004 Report Posted March 27, 2004 Those covers look tight. Damn, now I gotta go get some polishing wheels and rouge..... Quote
sweetshee4312 Posted March 27, 2004 Report Posted March 27, 2004 so, if i get some piant remover and take the paint off, then just polish the cover it well shine like that?? Quote
SCOTT PRESSLEY Posted March 27, 2004 Report Posted March 27, 2004 The over heating thing is just what I was told ,but never give it much thought in doing it, just throwed it out there .Sweetshee yes if you remove the paint and rub really really hard yours will look like that to.It just takes time to do Quote
got1banshee Posted March 27, 2004 Report Posted March 27, 2004 I have a cover that the paint has been striped off and its ready to polish. Is there anyone here that will do mine for me??? I really want it done. Please PM me!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Meat_Head Posted March 27, 2004 Report Posted March 27, 2004 Is there anyone here that will do mine for me??? got1banshee there are thousands of shops in the US that will polish your cover,just pick up the phone book... Quote
die_infidel Posted March 29, 2004 Report Posted March 29, 2004 Being cast aluminum, it won't polish as shiney as billet, at least that is what I have found with cast aluminum Very true but its close. Yes this is soooo true, but i do have my clutch cover and jugs DAMNNN!!!!! close. The clutch cover is easy, but the jugs is where ALOT of time was spent, but well worth it hehehehe. Quote
Nighty Posted March 29, 2004 Report Posted March 29, 2004 Must be alot of maintainance after every ride to keep em shining. Not for the swampie or mx riders? Quote
SCOTT PRESSLEY Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 Nice avatar Nighty.Anit that much work to keep clean. Quote
Cotton eyed Joe Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 Nice avatar Nighty.Anit that much work to keep clean. WTF??? I'd have to clean it after every ride!!!!!! She'd be messy as hell Quote
sheebroke Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 Nice avatar Nighty.Anit that much work to keep clean. WTF??? I'd have to clean it after every ride!!!!!! She'd be messy as hell and so would i , come up with face lookin like a glazed doughnut ! Quote
ranshee Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 I just started my cover today. Stayed home from work due to banshee injury. Anyway, its a lot harder than I thought it would be, I've got all the big areas sanded real nice its just them areas like where the bolts go and little corners and crap. I pm'd stan today about some water pump covers and cluch covers. Theres now way in hell I'm goin to mess the look of polised metal with a plastic clutch cover. stan, what little triks do you have for them hard to get little areas? And I'll be gettin back to real soon about the covers. Quote
Cotton eyed Joe Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 I just started my cover today. Stayed home from work due to banshee injury. Anyway, its a lot harder than I thought it would be, I've got all the big areas sanded real nice its just them areas like where the bolts go and little corners and crap. I pm'd stan today about some water pump covers and cluch covers. Theres now way in hell I'm goin to mess the look of polised metal with a plastic clutch cover. stan, what little triks do you have for them hard to get little areas? And I'll be gettin back to real soon about the covers. Well, since I don't have the correct bobs or sanding rolls yet, what I did is I took a pencil and put the sand paper over the eraser part, and kind of twisted it in the smaller areas where it would fit. In the other parts, I used a small piece of wood that had been cut on about a 10 degree angle to a point with the sand paper on it. (like a wedge). I also went to WalMart and bought a 320 grit sanding sponge. Those small areas are a BITCH!!!! When I buffed, I just crammed the whole thing into my wheels to get as much in there as I could. I've tried the small buffs, and I end up either busting up my part with the nut that holds the buff on the air tool, or I end up spinning it too fast and burning the buff. It takes a delicate touch!! I also would recommend that after you think** you are done with a particular grit, that you sand in a direction 90 degrees to what you just sanded. This will show every deep scratch that you thought you got, and didn't. These will stick out bad when you get around to polishing. Also, when you use a finer grit like 400, either wet sand it, or un clog the paper very often by smacking it on to something, like your pants (thats what I did). I've found that the paper will unload itself for you, and put a nice fat 220 grit scratch right in the part, and that means you get to resand that area. Something else I did, is I had some larger cartrige rolls, and I used those to clean up the mis matches in some parts of the casting. This made for quick work around some of those bolt bosses and some corners. The edges of the cartriges round very quickly, so I was careful, and changed them often just so I could have a cylinder shaped cartridge, and not a bullet shaped one. I think that was about all I did to it. I just spent tons of time on it while my lathe was running, and my hands would hurt so bad at the end of the day. I think all told I spent over a week in the shop here and there while a machine was running, or if I had a day off. It wasn't fun, but the pay off was worth it. Quote
Ducman Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 I just started my cover today. Stayed home from work due to banshee injury. Anyway, its a lot harder than I thought it would be, I've got all the big areas sanded real nice its just them areas like where the bolts go and little corners and crap. I pm'd stan today about some water pump covers and cluch covers. Theres now way in hell I'm goin to mess the look of polised metal with a plastic clutch cover. stan, what little triks do you have for them hard to get little areas? And I'll be gettin back to real soon about the covers. You can get those little scotch brite pad like material sanding wheels for the dremmelf, about 1" diameter, from wallmart for about $2 for 2 of them. They will get into the tight corners and hard to reach spots. They will get it down to approx 320 grit. Then I take a 400 grit sand paper wet-n-dry and cut a little 1x1 square and hot glue it to te end of a dremmel sanding drum or 1/2 inch grinder stone. Then I use a little finger action with the 600 wet-n-dry to get a little random sanding pattern so you dont leave any swirl marks and then hit it with a 1" felt buffing wheel on the Rotozip with the emery compound or a 2" cloth sewn buffing wheel if it will fit in the tight spot. One more tip is, use a Rotozip instead of a dremmel if you can, they have 5 times as much power and make the buffing go 5 times as fast. The chuck will hold all the same tools as a dremmel and can hold 1/4" bits too. The only bad thing is they are a bit bulky, heavyer, harder to get into the tight spots and only have 1 speed - 35000 rpm, but wont bog down at all. I funally bought one after burning up 2 dremmels , Home Depot - $60, still going strong after much hard work. Quote
Meat_Head Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 The only bad thing is they are a bit bulky, heavyer, harder to get into the tight spots and only have 1 speed - 35000 rpm, 35000 rpm!!! I guess as long as you keep the fire extinguisher close you should be allright... My die grinder spins at 27000 rpm and will destroy any mini buffs or felt bobs in a few secs, spins way too fast i can only use it with sanding rolls and lotsa grease.I have found out that no buffs or bobs will last if spun over 20000rpm and even then you will smoke them rather quickly.On top of it too many RPMs will cause overheating and you will never get the finish you are looking for. Quote
ranshee Posted March 30, 2004 Report Posted March 30, 2004 Thanks alot stan and ducman. I'm gonna get back to sanding after work. I know I have alot more work ahead of me but the pay off will be well worth it. Too bad the others side (stator) is plastic or I would do that one to. Guess i'll have to spend the three or four hundred bucks. Quote
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