Polishing a Imco shortty
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Polishing a Imco shortty
What is the deal with these castings? I have polished lots of aluminum in my day but these things have me beat. 2 days of sanding and polishing for not-to-desiireable results. Any suggestions, short of "send them to me, I'll trade you for..."
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Re: Polishing a Imco shortty
The way I understand it, the satin finish is actually faster.
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Re: Polishing a Imco shortty
My Imco i had on my Scarab came pollished but it would turn about every 6 months .I use to buff mine with a paint type buffer and some cream type pollish.Made a mess but it worked .Wasnt hard .
I am thinking about doing it to my B Max painted lowers any sugestions????
I am thinking about doing it to my B Max painted lowers any sugestions????
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Re: Polishing a Imco shortty
I used this kit to polish mine after sanding it and it turned out looking pretty darn good.
http://caswellplating.com/buffs/alpolkit.htm
It has all the wheels and buffs for your power drill or die grinder and three different grits of rouge. Just follow the instrctions that come with it. Here's the process I used.
1. Clean the lower
2. Black rouge with the course sisal wheel
3. Cleaner polish to remove the black rouge
4. Brown rouge with the sewn cotton wheel
5. Cleaner polish to remove the brown rouge
6. White liquid rouge with the loose cotton wheel
8. Mothers Aluminum/Mag wheel polish with a mushroom bob
You'll want to have it wet sanded down to 600 grit and have any scratches or dings taken out before you start.
- Jeff
http://caswellplating.com/buffs/alpolkit.htm
It has all the wheels and buffs for your power drill or die grinder and three different grits of rouge. Just follow the instrctions that come with it. Here's the process I used.
1. Clean the lower
2. Black rouge with the course sisal wheel
3. Cleaner polish to remove the black rouge
4. Brown rouge with the sewn cotton wheel
5. Cleaner polish to remove the brown rouge
6. White liquid rouge with the loose cotton wheel
8. Mothers Aluminum/Mag wheel polish with a mushroom bob
You'll want to have it wet sanded down to 600 grit and have any scratches or dings taken out before you start.
- Jeff