Polishing aluminium

[FordRacingZX3]

Well, I kinda wanna pull the motor on my motorbike and polish all the aluminium on it. What kind of tools would I end up needing and how would I do it?

[ri06667]

Step 1 > pull motor
Tools: 6foot prybar, sawzall, 10lb sledge

[BogusSVO]

flapper wheels in diffrent grits, about $5 bux each..... and a PnP kit along with some air die grinders... alot of time.. and a big pile of your favorite bevarage!

[speedaddict]

Bud light

[K G]

If it's cast start with 80 or 100, then 120, 220, 400, 600, 1000, 1500. Then you can start on the buffing compounds.
K G

[phoenixfriend84]

Ship it to me and ill do it. You don't have to sand it. If you think you can tackle it. The you'll need a sander/polisher. They sell them at napa and oriellys. Run about $80. Comes with a wool pad for waxing and a few other things also. You'll need to find a place that sells chrome and accessories for tractor trailers and get a polishing pad. I suggest keystone pads if they have them. Get you a white pad and some brown jewelers rouge and some green jewelers rouge also several terry cloth or microfiber towels for wiping after polishing. I have a link to my site on myspace with many pictures of my work. You'll really want a makita 7" angle grinder but its a bit of a handful if you've never used it for polishing as you can cause severe damage to the motor and yourself if the polishing pad catches a sharp edge. I've seen guys break wrists and fingers and rip off hundreds of dollars worth of lights on trucks. Plus the makita is $160. The other doesn't spin as fast and is half the price. Do not buy a chicago. It will burn up in minutes.

[phoenixfriend84]

Ship it to me and ill do it. You don't have to sand it. If you think you can tackle it. The you'll need a sander/polisher. They sell them at napa and oriellys. Run about $80. Comes with a wool pad for waxing and a few other things also. You'll need to find a place that sells chrome and accessories for tractor trailers and get a polishing pad. I suggest keystone pads if they have them. Get you a white pad and some brown jewelers rouge and some green jewelers rouge also several terry cloth or microfiber towels for wiping after polishing. I have a link to my site on myspace with many pictures of my work on my profile here. You'll really want a makita 7" angle grinder but its a bit of a handful if you've never used it for polishing as you can cause severe damage to the motor and yourself if the polishing pad catches a sharp edge. I've seen guys break wrists and fingers and rip off hundreds of dollars worth of lights on trucks. Plus the makita is $160. The other doesn't spin as fast and is half the price. Do not buy a chicago. It will burn up in minutes. It the link isn't on my profile just search for blue avengers polishing. Or maybe this will work. http://myspace.com/blue_avengers_polishing

[jfive]

Being I am a dump truck driver, I find your work very interesting. I would like to pimp out my truck a bit and make it look like that. I also have some old aluminum rims that have not been taken care of and are in desperate need of polishing. I am gonna have to figure out how you did this. I also would like to make my fuel tank look like yours, but then it wouldn't last long, since I am not always highway driving.

[phoenixfriend84]

It is and isn't as hard as it looks. Its relatively easy work once you get used to holding a 10lbs angle grinder spinning 6500rpm for hours at a time and learn how to keep it from burning the aluminum. Don't think black lines think white lines that distort the clarity of the shine. When I get a set of bullet rims again I'm thinking of polishing the whole rim intead of just the lip. Look like chrome only without having to worry about the chrome flaking. I also guarantee my work for 6 months if you follow my after care instructions.