Polishing question

[May]

What is the best/easy way to polish cases and jugs to that chrome shine

[smokin 2 stroke]

What is the best/easy way to polish cases and jugs to that chrome shine

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send em off

[May]

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send em off

 

lol

[smokin 2 stroke]

it just worth the time and if u send em off u know they will be top mitch send em to casscade

[theshee]

Contact majicmike. He as a guy that does polishing at a very good price. Check out this clutch cover I got from him. It friggin shines!

[xLastShotx]

Well if you decide against sending them off I can tell you how to do it. You need:

 

*A polishing wheel or two.

*180-600 grit sand paper.

*Jewelers Rouge: Brown, White, and Red.

*Mothers Aluminum Polish (or any brand you prefer)

*A Lot of time.

 

>Fist you need to take off all the paint and primer of whatever your polishing and get it down to bare metal, You can sand it down or sand blast it (which is way easier and faster).

 

>Then you need to start with the lowest grit sand paper and sand the whole thing till its smooth, after using the lowest grit go to the next one up, and so on. Until you get to 600 grit.

 

>Next apply the Jewelers Rouge to the polishing wheel and go over the entire thing until its nice and shiny then wipe of the extra rouge and apply the next rouge, and do the same with the next. Start with Brown, then White, then Red.

 

>Then clean off all of the rouge using something like Simple Green or WD40 (i found those take of the rouge the easiest)

 

>Finally polish it using the aluminum polish.

 

 

That should be it. I found that it is very difficult to get into the tight areas. If I had to do it again... I wouldn't, I would send it off; It just took to much time and it still didn't come out perfect, but if your low on money and have a lot of time like I did then do it yourself.

Edited January 24, 2007 by xLastShotx

[MDS2106]

Where can I buy jewelers rouge?

[Snopczynski]

Those components are pretty pourus in places. Usually my cousin wire wheels them, then sands them with sandpaper, then he starts the buffing with rouge on the electric buffer. In the end he gets the mirror finish with some gold old regular polishing compound and a rag by hand.

 

Careful of mating surfaces, dont round em off or gouge them.

[xLastShotx]

I found Jewelers Rouge at my local specialty hardware store "Hank's Hardware". You can find it online to even kits.

[MDS2106]

Thanks

[GFB]

If you don't have a good buffing wheel you can just sand with progressively finer grit. I polish with 80, 200, 400, 800, 1000, 2000, fine steel wool, and finally some mothers polish. A dremel works great for those hard to reach places. A mouse sander makes quick work of large flat surfaces. I did the aluminum on my conquest's engine while it was out.

[zboy]

to take the paint off i use paint remover them i wet sand it then i use a brilo pad then just use mothers heres one for a blaster i did

 

 

its not done in this pics it still has polish on it so it looks kinda dull

[Animalman294]

Damn that engine turned out pretty sweet.

 

Lot of work for a four banger................. :yelrotflmao:

[GFB]

Damn that engine turned out pretty sweet.

 

Lot of work for a four banger................. :yelrotflmao:

 

that four banger with dinosaur throttle body injection runs a 12.9 :cool:

[ToomeySheeLE]

Did you paint that clutch cover with Chrome paint? turned out pretty nice.

Edited January 29, 2007 by ToomeySheeLE