Aluminium Polishing

[r33cruiser]

wow! all the peices looks really good, i was going to get into over the uni holidayz and i think i just might looks like alot of effort but well worth the finished product (i hope) i going to buy a small bench ginder tomorrow (it is 125mm, 150watt, is this too small)??

yep. i did my plenum all by hand sanding it. man, u will know when to start buffing man, will be soooo smooth. it is totally worth it, just take your time, and dont rush

[H@ME]

i want to be doing my cooler piping etc, plenumn, CC and BOV, strut brace & other peices, u think the brend grinder size iz tooo small?

[Craved]

you can get 6" sisal mops .. so as long as you can get an arbor/taper for the grinder your looking at, then you should be fine ..

[GeeTR]

Post #17 I said...

"I’m never polishing anything again, at least nothing as complicated as an RB26 inlet plenum!"

Well, I must be a sadist, as bored yesterday, I paint stripped, cleaned, file finished and almost finished running a paper wheel over the stock BNR32 IC.

Now 6hours of sanding - yay. Worst part is, im not even into the shiny look. I want it to go natural matt silver.

I blame idle hands & beer + pinch of resentment over US shipping times.

Edited April 19, 2008 by GeeTR

[Craved]

getting better at this polishing

i was polishing this plenum prior to powdercoating it with a candy - but it doesnt fit in my oven new oven in a month or so, so that'll fix that

[silver gts-t]

wow thats super fantastical!

lucky bastard that owns that baby

[rb26s13]

www.yellowpages.com.au

on another note.. i did my silvia's intercooler piping to 1500 or 2000 grit wetndry on the stainless piping.. NEVER again.. turned out great tho but f**k that.. closest ill come to polishing now is hitting welds on ic piping to take the burn mark off with the hard stitched wheel.. other than that i try to buy my piping polished already.. saves me alota work

[RustyR32Gtst]

www.yellowpages.com.au

Please explain how you polished parts using the yellow pages ?

Do you use the white pages first and then the yellow or is it the other way around ???

[Craved]

www.yellowpages.com.au

on another note.. i did my silvia's intercooler piping to 1500 or 2000 grit wetndry on the stainless piping.. NEVER again.. turned out great tho but f**k that.. closest ill come to polishing now is hitting welds on ic piping to take the burn mark off with the hard stitched wheel.. other than that i try to buy my piping polished already.. saves me alota work

Have you tried Ali-Brite on your welds? i have a bottle just need to try it out. Mate of mine swears by this stuff to clean the oxide off the welds, less work on the polishing wheel

Ali-Brite is basically sulfuric acid and water. i have some of my old learning welds, just need some time to run a test with this stuff.

Other trick with the welds, pre soaped steel wool from coles - works awesome as the marks from that buff out easy too.

Please explain how you polished parts using the yellow pages ?

Do you use the white pages first and then the yellow or is it the other way around ???

hahahaha - im guessing he'll be outsourcing polishing from now on

[rb26s13]

Have you tried Ali-Brite on your welds? i have a bottle just need to try it out. Mate of mine swears by this stuff to clean the oxide off the welds, less work on the polishing wheel

Ali-Brite is basically sulfuric acid and water. i have some of my old learning welds, just need some time to run a test with this stuff.

Other trick with the welds, pre soaped steel wool from coles - works awesome as the marks from that buff out easy too.

hahahaha - im guessing he'll be outsourcing polishing from now on

i have been meaning to buy some more pickling paste

and yes.. i absolutely hate polishing if i can i get it done elsewhere