aluminum polish

[400ex99]

i'v seen pics on here where the parts of the engine was taken off and polished to a shine, how is this process done, i'v heard u sprey the part with oven cleaner to take off the paint, then u polish it? what brand is the best polish, and what are ya using to polish it with, please let me know how this is done, i want to shine some parts too !!!!!! thanks

[bama400ex]

the trick is the part has to be as smoooth as possible. you can strip the paint of or sand it off its up to you. what i usally do if the part is pretty rough casting is grind it smooth with a scotchbright pad on a die grinder. then i strat with about 600 grit sand paper and go up to it is completely slick. the key is to have no scratches left from the last sand paper you use. you will probally want to go up to about 1200 grit. then i use a buffing wheel with some rouge on it. it works very well. but a cheaper way is to use mothers aluminum and mag polish. its cheap and you can rub it in with a cloth by hand and the results are pretty good. you can get it at wal mart and its only like 3 dollars a can. hope this helps, get ready to spend some time though working on the pieces.

[TRFOXX]

I used NeverDull and it works pretty good, but a lot of rubbing. I would recommend a buffing wheel.

[FoxRacer400ex]

I use Mother's aluminum polish.

[Woodsrider]

Met-all and a buffing wheel

[MR.EX-TREME]

On parts you can take off like the throttle cover the master cyl. cover ,starter cover ,and the oil filter cover take them off (make sure you remove the gaskets or o-rings oil cover, and save them)! next step sounds crude but it works!! let the parts set in brake fluid for a couple of hours clean with soap and water after the paint wrinkles up...the paint will come right off!--lightly sand smooth with 600 grit sand paper then 2000 grit next light rubbing compound and then polish with a good polish my favorite by far is flitz its what show car guys use for there stainless trim and jewelers use for rings it really brightens it up!! other parts that cant be taken off start with 220 grit to remove the paint then 600.....and the rest of the steps i just polished the side cases on mine on the bike the round circles on the sides only (where it says honda)it looks good it would be to hard to polish the whole case witout removing the case halves! hope this helps you out some.....later!! :devil

[MR.EX-TREME]

P.S. ELBOW GREASE....ELBOW GREASE!!!LOL:devil

[Sparky416ex]

Hey fox racer mothers is about the worst polish you can buy. Use wenol!!

[shamisc]

where do you get wenol?

[bama400ex]

well with mothers polish you get a mirror like finish, what more could you ask for? maybe im missing something but when i polish things thats the look i go for.

[Honda250XRacer]

I know how could MOTHERS ALUMINUM POLISH BE THE WORST ????? IT ALWAYS WORKS GOOD FOR ME .....AND SO DOES MOTHERS CHROME POLISH I ALWAYS USE THEM ON MY 4 WHEELERS AND MY DADS TRACTOR-TRAILER MAKES THEM LOOK GREAT ~~!!!!

[Sparky416ex]

Then wait till you use wenol!!

[Smoker]

Aircraft stripper is the easiet. Spray it on, let it sit and hose it off, bare metal is all you will have. It is also a powerful tool for revenge.:p

[Honda250XRacer]

WERE DO U GET WENOL !!!????????????:confused: :confused: :devil :huh :blah :confused:

[James70214]

Aircraft stripper works great on MIschief night. YOu can wear gloves and write phrases on peoples cars.

[Honda250XRacer]

IVE DONE THAT BEFORE THEN ME AND MY CUZ FOLLOWED THEM THE NEXT DAY AND THEY NEVER NOTICED TILL PEOPLE STARTED FLIPPING THEM OFF it was pretty funny lol :devil :D :huh

[Chef]

I use Heavy Metal Polish...it works pretty good...and it comes in three different "grits", from red to blue..blue is for chrome and stuff thats already polished, and red is for the stuff that hasnt really been polsihed yet...green is right in the middle of those..

[Sparkles]

i used a little dremal tool, its alittle bit bigger than a quarter and its like a sponge but harder...anyways i used about 10 packs of those, they're about $6 for a pack of two...works good then i used mothers aluminum polish or autosol works great:)

[Sparkles]

looks way better outside