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Offline Hulmie

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Re: Help with alloy polishing.
« Reply #10 on: 01 March 2011, 12:54 »
Rich, to get the best polished finish then you will need a polishing kit and maybe some small bobs on a dremel to get in the hard to reach area's.


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Re: Help with alloy polishing.
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Re: Help with alloy polishing.
« Reply #12 on: 01 March 2011, 18:25 »
did mine with good old wet and dry

then lots of autosol





  


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Re: Help with alloy polishing.
« Reply #13 on: 01 March 2011, 21:24 »
Rich, to get the best polished finish then you will need a polishing kit and maybe some small bobs on a dremel to get in the hard to reach area's.

Thanks for the help bud :afro:



Best thing to do is get a kit with it all the stuff in it.

http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/acatalog/Polishing_Kits.html

But Ive been told that this one is a good starting point

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_764631_langId_-1_categoryId_165594


Cheers for that bud :afro:

did mine with good old wet and dry

then lots of autosol







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Re: Help with alloy polishing.
« Reply #14 on: 01 March 2011, 21:32 »
iv done all the meatal bits in the bay now including those little brass brake line nipple things  :grin:

will be sorry to see the engine go, new one is going to have a mix of powdercoated black and a few polished bits - they are very hard to keep up with so keep that in mind. i polish mine with autosol and give it a top coat wax evey couple of weeks to keep it all mint
  


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