how to polish the small parts...

[renegade_400ex]

i started with 400 grit, went up to 600 grit then to 1000 grit. should i get the part and sand with 1000 grit? then i am going to use steel wool. but how do u get in between the honda letters on the throttle cover? i may just grind them off...

on the throttle cover...i sandblaster mine to get the paint off the lil parts of the honda...but yea after the 1000 grit...get #0000 steel wool...rub for a while in one direction...on the whole thing..back in forth so it will shine the same direction....then apply mothers...the more times you polish it with mothers the better it will look

i forgot my pic..its not very good but you get the idea

[racin 400]

do a search it will show u so many threads about polishing.

[stocktires]

On lil parts like throttle covers ect, it would be a good idea to send to pappy for clear pc.
but anything big or that will see abuse, dont

[L.Vegas400]

its in garage, so you cant see the shine very good, but about 10 minutes with 320 grit, then 400, then 600, and a bit of mothers polish. i kinda like the stuff left between the letters on the rezzie cover.

[Sparks425Ex]

Send them to me and I will make them a perfect mirror.....

Send me a Pm if you are interested in any polishing...

[DantheEXman]

like this...:D

[renegade_400ex]

what color is that dan?

[DantheEXman]

Which color? the Powder coated patrs are Translucent Red if thats what your asking. Pappy did em for me.:p

[renegade_400ex]

what did he use as the base color on those?

[Ralph]

Originally posted by renegade_400ex
what did he use as the base color on those?

most likely almost chrome

[Fleshwound]

is it okay to sandblast side cases?
before polishing??

[HONDAofTROY100]

:o i use a buffing wheel... took me 2 min to do my brake cover... i dunno why u guys do it the hard way...:blah

[HONDAofTROY100]

i did the rezzies too

[DantheEXman]

i use a buffing wheel... took me 2 min to do my brake cover... i dunno why u guys do it the hard way...

Im with him on that one.... Throw the mothers away and call eastwood company... MOTHERS IS FOR MAINTAINING POLISHED PARTS not polishing them! So get a buffing wheel and some tri-poly and white rouge and u will love it... Just look at the pic i posted above, you can see your reflection perfect.

- If ya guys want, PM me for a price quote and ill be more than happy to polish some parts to a mirror finish.

[HONDAofTROY100]

here yah go heres a pic i just did today... a before pic...

[HONDAofTROY100]

after... (it took me 10 min to do this..)... if u guys want check out my other pics.. and see if u like it i'd polish stuff for cheap..

(sry the pics are crappy my camera is messed)

my timing caps that i did using my method...along with mothers.... mothers works fine for polishing if you do it right...these took me 5 minutes each at the most

[HONDAofTROY100]

how long did it take u to do your throttle cover and brake rezzi!?.... hahaha thats what i thought.. :blah

10 minutes...or around there...i kno i did my thorttle cover faster..i sand blasted the paint..u grinded off.....

[bump1]

Check out my heat shield took me about an hour then I took it back off and worked on it some more another day.