How-To: Polishing Aluminum

This isn't a write-up, but I found this GREAT article on polishing aluminum, I think you guys will enjoy it.

http://www.poleringsguide.se/english/

Wonderful article!!! This is exactly how I did all my stuff that I polished. Thanks, now I don't have to write up an article for it. lol :p

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Kinda leaves you hanging. I wish it would show how he polished it and the finished product.

Kinda leaves you hanging. I wish it would show how he polished it and the finished product.
It does... Go to page 2, and 3, and 4 and... :rolleyes:

His stuff turned out way nicer than mine even did. His is like a mirror finish in the end.

O shit, yea I see it now. I was in a hurry this morning and just missed it I guess.

Damn that's nice. I'm going to do that to stuff when I get to that stage. But I really don't' have anything to polish. Someone show strip the paint off their car and polish the whole thing. Mirror car... awesome!

It would have to be a brand new car that had no flaws in the metal. Bodywork couldn't be done on it.

:eek7: Oh my god, thats amazing! I definately dont have the drive for the upkeep though.

I wanna try and polish an extra IM that I have laying around....that'd be sweeeeeeet. :D

Holy shit that was awesome, I really want to try that now. It looks freagin ridiculous. I like his step by step instructions. Great find Garrett.

Aluminum gets so corroded and shitty looking over time, so this is a good way to make aluminum look good i guess. I'd like to do my head, IM, waterpump, and alternator. But its just too much work.

Chrome paint FTW

have u ever used chrome paint?

Yes all the f*ckin time. Im to lazy to polish everything out.

Yes all the f*ckin time. Im to lazy to polish everything out.

:useless:

They will be coming soon. Give me a couple weeks. I haven't had any free time to work on anything lately.

I'm hoping to try doing some polishing this weekend over Easter being as we get a 4 day break. I'm excited to see how it will turn out. I guess I've already sort-of done a little polishing like this when I polished the letters on my VC, but that's just a tiny area, I want my IM to shiiiiiiiinnnneee. :D

What brand chrome paint do you use and whats the process? Ive used Krylon spray chrome but with doo doo results..its like no matter how long I let it dry...it never completly dries. It blings until I touch it then it turns grey. But I once talked to this guy that told me that he uses it all the time with good reults....he says you have to heat the part up first with a torch then paint it, or somthing like that, anyways. How do you do it?

Hmm.. I have used many different types of chrome paint and never had any problems with it. Maybe you should try a different kind. You dont need to heat up the part either. I only do that on things like exhaust manifold that need high temp paint. It helps the paint stay on better. But things that dont get extremely hot dont need to be done like that.