lastnline75 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 went to sears last night and got the craftsman 6 inch buffer,and polish. i have tried repeatedly and just cant get the damn shine back on the aluminium! i am not trying to polish out rough aluminium, these are cascade patrs and some pipe silencers that i am trying to shine back up and its just not working. any hints or ideas that will help? :: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE420 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) Go grab your self some Real polishing compounds. http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffing.htm Read on there what each bar is for and go from there, but i always get a kit with all the colors so you can do a variety of things. I usually use the brown and then some white when i polish my pipes back up and other things too and the shit comes out looking like chrome. Then get your self a nice loose cotton wheel and a spiral sewn cotton wheel and go to town on the parts. The shit works wonders, give it a shot. You can pick the bars and wheels up at a variety of places. Edited February 14, 2009 by savage420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastnline75 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Go grab your self some Real polishing compounds. http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffing.htm Read on there what each bar is for and go from there, but i always get a kit with all the colors so you can do a variety of things. I usually use the brown and then some white when i polish my pipes back up and other things too and the shit comes out looking like chrome. Then get your self a nice loose cotton wheel and a spiral sewn cotton wheel and go to town on the parts. The shit works wonders, give it a shot. You can pick the bars and wheels up at a variety of places. i got the whole kit at sears with the different color bars and the two kinda wheels and my shit definitely aint looking like chrome.it just makes light black smears on the aluminium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE420 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 It takes a lil time and elbow grease to get it to shine be patient and it will shine. What colors are you using ? Also what are you using a bench grinder style or angle grinder setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastnline75 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 brown and white and a bench style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE GRIM RIPPER Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 http://www.bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?...=105187&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE420 Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Ok ive heard some people complain that a 6" bench is a lil under powered...maybe that's why it's taking a long time, My 8" is 2HP and works great :thumbsup: I think most 6" are 1/2-3/4hp. I say just keep on it and it will proly take some time with a 6". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastnline75 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Ok ive heard some people complain that a 6" bench is a lil under powered...maybe that's why it's taking a long time, My 8" is 2HP and works great :thumbsup: I think most 6" are 1/2-3/4hp. I say just keep on it and it will proly take some time with a 6". ok thanks bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACIFIC NW BANSHEE Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 i got the whole kit at sears with the different color bars and the two kinda wheels and my shit definitely aint looking like chrome.it just makes light black smears on the aluminium. I use the green bar from sears and get a nice finish on my cascade parts .Just got done polishing some parts i am going to sell .And i use a 3/4 horsepower 3600 rpm motor works good after you get done with the polshing wheel hand buff them with a microfiber towel and a product like simichrome polish or what ever you can get your hands on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o1banshee Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 YOU CAN GET THE POLISHING WHEEL THAT GOES INTO A HIGH SPEED DRILL AND USE IT THE SAME WAY THEN AFTER YOU GET THEM LOOKING REAL GOOD USE TRUCK POLISH AND A POWERBALL TO KEEP EM CLEAN ALSO T GET AROUND ALL THE BENDS GET A COTTON CONE BIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 It takes time to get A good polish, I use the rough cotton wheel with the brown and then the soft cotton wheel with the white. Don't be afraid to really push the part into the wheel, just make sure you got A good hold of it lol. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheefreak Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Need to build some heat. Once you start to build heat, you start to lose the black marks and get shine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark101180 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 quickquestion is there anything out there that i can coat my shit so the shine lasts for more than 1 ride and wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE420 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Yeah :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Mothers billet polish works wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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