Polishing Aluminium
Polishing Aluminium
Hey Suba-dudes,
Got a 5 poster aluminium bull bar which I hang off the front of my Brumbies and want to polish it up to as close to a chrome finish as possible and was wondering what is the best stuff to use? Went to the local auto shop and there was about 6 products claiming that they would do the job. Anybody have any ideas/thoughts which brand will do the job? Thanks for any advice.
Cheers,
Corax.
Got a 5 poster aluminium bull bar which I hang off the front of my Brumbies and want to polish it up to as close to a chrome finish as possible and was wondering what is the best stuff to use? Went to the local auto shop and there was about 6 products claiming that they would do the job. Anybody have any ideas/thoughts which brand will do the job? Thanks for any advice.
Cheers,
Corax.
My opinion and what i use AutoSol... love the stuff.
Dave
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for me... I find Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish
Ive used this stuff on nearly everything (brass, copper, alloy, steel etc) I find it better than AutoSol.. (not having a go at you SuBaRiNo as everyone has their own opinion.)
Cheers
AP
Ive used this stuff on nearly everything (brass, copper, alloy, steel etc) I find it better than AutoSol.. (not having a go at you SuBaRiNo as everyone has their own opinion.)
Cheers
AP
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1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic
when we built the fuel injection we used a cloth impregnated polish, not too sure maybe somone can help me out, basicly it came in a tub and you pull bits of almost cotton wool out and just start polishing away came up mint, were now using that on everything aluminium instead of the car polish we used to use
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It is 000 grade wool, last thing i polished was some chrome wheel dress rims, and no scratches at all, but ive done wheels, bullbars, switches etc all with the same resultssteptoe wrote:that would be 000 or 0000 grade steel wool too now wouldn't it. Sometime needs a cleaning supplies or craft supplies type shop to get it this fine. The more zeros, the finer it is. Use normal steel wool on glass and gets scratches, same may be for aluminium.
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Brasso, used to use it on my old Cruiser bar & it came up like chrome, easy to use, lasts for ages & relatively cheap, a mate of mine has an aluminum manufacturing workshop and he swears by it too. If you want to seal it use Incralac, it's designed for brass but works as well on alloy and wipes off with thinners if you want to redo it a year or 2 down the track.
You could also buy a cloth buff for a drill & buy the brown polishing block from a tool shop, worked brilliantly when I was buffing my alloy engine parts but I used it on a bench grinder.
You could also buy a cloth buff for a drill & buy the brown polishing block from a tool shop, worked brilliantly when I was buffing my alloy engine parts but I used it on a bench grinder.
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iv used steelo soap pads , all sort of alloy polish that wading stuf ,but found using jewellers rouge with all of the above to do first part and a soft polishing pad on a drill or bench grinder was the best for buffing to the finish you want ,but remember alloy needs a lot of attention when polished
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A True polish is done with sandpaper, starting coarser, getting finer with the soapy steel wool pads in between each grade of paper, rubbing in small circles. the paper 'opens' the metal up, while the steelwool 'closes' the grain of the metal. get to 2000 paper, and dont use steel wool after that, just autosol (brassos good too, and the others, probly) this will be a mirrior finish. the 'proper' way to polish, it just takes ages and heaps of elbow grease. I was taught by a friends dad who did it for a living. he was awsome.
Cheers, Rohan Maxim
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Cheers, Rohan Maxim
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