2007-01-19 23:59:33 · 13 answers · asked by ronderouin 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
It depends upon where you are starting from? If it is already smooth finished quality ,use 'Semi Chrome' metal Polish or Honda's brand which is the same. If your starting rough, use descending grits of emery cloth finishing with 3M abrasive pads (fine). Put a good quality cotton buffing wheel on your grinder and using 'Emory or Cutting compound and make several passes over your work. Finish with 'White compound" for a glassy finish.
2007-01-20 08:05:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum. Mmmm, depends on how pitted it is. If there are very deep pits (corrosion) then you need to take off a good layer off the surface and then use Solvo Auto-sol to give a good deep shine. This is a slightly gritty cream polishing paste. If it has only light marking then using the above will give a good shine to the metal. If the aluminum is on a British bike, (such as engine casings), then you will get a good result for a lot of hard work. If its on a jap bike then you will have allot more work to do. Either way your arm will ache after using this polish. I don't advise using a machine to take off the corrosion off as when you get to the polishing stage you might end up with distortion on the surface from over use of the machine. Finally get your aluminum coated with lacquer to preserve the shine. Still, have fun it will certainly improve you stamina.
2007-01-20 07:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by F650 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have found the best way to polish aluminum is to use mothers aluminum polish with a slow speed buffer. If the aluminum has a rough look to it you can start with the finest grade steel wool you can find, then move to rubbing compound followed by polishing compound and then use the mothers polish and low speed buffer. Hope this helps
2007-01-20 00:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by Indiana 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use either Mothers Mag & Alumanum polish or use Eagle One Nevr-Dull. Either one will shine the Alumanum the way you want it to look. If their is rust on the Alumanum srucb the never dull over the rust and it will take it away. After you polish the Alumanum follow it up with a coat of wax. It will keep the metal look better longer and will protect it from corrsion.
2007-01-20 00:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Chris J 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have used Mothers, nevr-dull, and some of the others. NEVER sandpaper. No matter what you use I would like to suggest that once you do get your rims shiny, have then clear anodized. This will keep them shiny and you won't have to rub them out again. So you'll spend more time cruising instead of polishing. So do it once, pay for the polish once, and anodizing once, instead of buying polish and wasting time, every few weeks.
2007-01-20 11:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by yenkoman1969 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its pitted , start with #600 wet and dry sand paper.
then sand with #1200
then polish with 4/0 steel wool.
Mothers Billet Polish is pretty expensive but works great.
2007-01-20 06:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing to remember, most aluminum is clear coated, you have to strip that off to get things to really polish up. Once you do have things looking good you have to keep it that way because without the clear coat it will start to corrode rather quickly.
2007-01-20 16:59:46 · answer #7 · answered by Greg P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything you'll need is right here.
Including a how to polish booklet and videos.
http://www.caswellplating.com/index.html
2007-01-20 04:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Purple! you can find this product it is called Purple and it is alsom I found it a t a truck stop and got hooked. It is great I use it on every bit of Aluminum. It is really addictive.www.californiacustom.com Great Stuff.
2007-01-20 12:43:55 · answer #9 · answered by H. D. Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use the Flitz ball. It works pretty good for me.
2007-01-20 05:31:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋