chevybanshee91 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Always wanted to make my bike look shinny, so I got a little ambition over the holiday weekend bought some polishing equipment and thought i would give it a try. I started off doing my silencers from the R2's and spent a few hours on them and all said and done they turned out somewhat decent for being a beginer at this whole thing. And right now im iin the process of doing my clutch cover as well. getting the paint off is the biggest pain in my A** right now because the stripper i was using wasn't cutting it. But when im done ill post some pics of the cover later on. Take a look and let me know what ya think or what i could do better on! Before and After of the silencers And Both of them done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nieskes Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Lookin good! If all else fails on the clutch cover, walmart has this kick ass "chrome bumper" spray paint!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevybanshee91 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 shhh dont let out my secrets!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infamous039 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Great job, I also have neevr polished anything before, but I got a gift card to Harbor Frieght for Christmass and will be buying polishing equipment today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevybanshee91 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Well i spent the day doing my clutch cover and got it 99 percent done. Its not perfect or as good as some of the guys on here by any means, but i thought it turned out pretty good for being a first timer lol. Up close you can still see blemishes in the aluminum that i didnt sand good enough but all in all i think it will work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remi_357 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 care to share the steps you took? maybe post a picture of the equipment you used? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee Rider239 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Looks Nice definitely for a first timer makes me wanna try it, what type of materials did you need to do that ?? An where can i get them from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevybanshee91 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Paint stripper, then wet sand, I used a little dawn dish soap not sure if it helped any but I used it start with 500 grain sand paper in one direction, 1000 grit paper oposite direction, and finally 1500 grit paper in the first direction. Make sure you sand till u can see the lines in the aluminum all goin the same direction with each paper, then I washed the part with hot water n dish soap and finally buffed it on a buffer with tripoli, wiped it clean, then used red rouge for final finish and wiped clean. ... is this the right way to do it probably not but it seemed to work ok for me! Hope this helps you, and take your time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remi_357 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Bench mounted buffer I take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nieskes Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 came out good aaron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevybanshee91 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Ya a bench buffer.. I got it from harbor freight for 35 bucks works pretty good.. maybe ill put up some pics of the stuff I used tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike0chek Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 good job man, that cover came out nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtDiggler69 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I've been getting the polishing bug too , I'll have to get set up to try it out . I'd love to polish my thumb throttle , Clutch cover , exhaust etc etc . Yeah post up some pics of your equipment and maybe do a how to for us newbs that would like to learn . Major Respect on that shine bro , Great Job . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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