ya... polly should be in general, but i nevere post in there anymore...

im polishing up an intake manifold... got all the casting imperfections out.. and it's a lil shiny...

need to find the best aluminum polish by later today (so i can polish/finish this weekend)

cheers
thank you

I think Mothers works pretty good. I've never tried anything else so I couldn't tell you if it's the "best" or not.

ty... already heard about muthas...

any tricks?????

i've used another polish and bought polishing wheels and clay for my dremel and neither worked out too well...

flitz is pretty good

yes Mothers and a dremel with polish bit... oooooooooooooo ya :)


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Vegas, you are so close to 4663 posts. That will look kind of cool.

Mythbusters did a thing with coke & aluminum/tin foil, but I think that was for cleaning oxidation and surface rust off aluminum & chrome.

It did better than the other polishers.

Originally posted by burntheblobs
Vegas, you are so close to 4663 posts. That will look kind of cool.

why would 4663 look cool??? 4g63?? im mopar powered beeeyatch!! (w/a mitsu turbo)

edit: i remember the myth-busters coke vs. all for best polishing compound...

they polished already chromed objects and some that were rusted...

i'm going from cast aluminum to high luster aluminum....(that "bling" look)

Originally posted by vegasdsmr
i'm going from cast aluminum to high luster aluminum....(that "bling" look)

Start with 600 grit sand paper, work your way down to 1200 grit wet sanding. When you get it all nice and smooth, use the mothers mag and aluminum polish.
Worked great on my turbo when I did it! :thumbsup

i started with 60 grit, went to 100, then 400 wet, then 800 wet....

hit her w/the polish, didnt like what i got, hit her w/a dremel and clay polish compound, didnt like what i got...

now im lookin for help..

cheers

Two suggestions.

Simichrome Polish. Used in a lot of manufacturing plants to polish optical grade plastics and dies. I used this shit on a Swiss Army Knife back in the day and turned it into a mirror. I actually walked out of the plant with a tube one day just because it was that good. Might not be easy to find locally.

FlyinESi showed me this stuff last week. Looked pretty damn cool and I bet you can get it anywhere. I will have him check this thread and relpy. Txtmsg sent.

Yep, there is some stuff called Never Dull. It is at any Checker/AutoZone and it comes in a silver can.

Looks like this...
http://www.nevrdull.com/

But silver, not blue.

You put a coat on, rubbing the wadding all over to take off any excess dirt or corrosion, let it haze, and wipe it clean with a terry cloth.

Originally posted by vegasdsmr
i started with 60 grit, went to 100, then 400 wet, then 800 wet.... hit her w/the polish, didnt like what i got, hit her w/a dremel and clay polish compound, didnt like what i got... now im lookin for help.. cheers

You have to go to at LEAST 1000 grit. 1200 is better. That will make it super smooth and will look flat grey with no "lines". Then you hit it with the polish. I did my compressor housing this way and a couple BOV's. The results were always the same. Beautiful.
I also have access to simichrome. They use it to polish the lens molds at work. I didn't mention it before because I don't think it's sold at chain stores. It does work good though. :thumbsup