Rusty Bowtie
Miscellaneous => Outdoors Area: Hunting, Fishing, Firearms, Camping, Hobbies, Videos etc => Topic started by: Kiwijeff on December 18, 2014, 04:07:49 PM
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The guys at the local wreaking yard get me to do all their polishing as well as their painting.
Here's what I did for them recently.
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You need to tell us more...ie wheels...polishing compound grit etc.. :P :P :P
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Are those old fire extinguishers Kiwijeff ?
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You need to tell us more...ie wheels...polishing compound grit etc.. :P :P :P
Nothing to flash for me, I'm cheap. ;)
I start with 320 wet n dry sandpaper on the real dirty stuff.
Then move to 600, and maybe 800, before finishing with 1200 wet n dry.
Once that's done, (depends on arm strength) I do the final polish with Auto sole, but prefer Mothers metal polish.
After that, to keep it from dulling off sooner than later, I use car wax.
Polishing sucks, but I like the results.
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Are you using wheels or doing this by HAND?? I did the valve covers and scoop for my car, but even with those after sanding I used a small wheel on the drill. I think it would have taken forever if I did it by hand.
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All done by hand Chopper. :)
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I polished an aluminum wheel by hand following the same procedure Kiwijeff used and it takes very little machine polishing after that to bring out the luster.