bling guide polishing aluminum

[williamb82]

origonally posted on supraforums by BBB zooloo. this is for the peopel that cant access sf's.
william

Blingguide part II - mirror shine [pics]

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Hi! Now i had time to do a guide. The last guide i did was only fastbling.. now we go all the way and this is how i do it.

I done this one today, bacause i dont know all eng. words i did a bunch of pics that explains quite well.


Time to do mirrorshine! I spent about 4 hours doing this.

I broke the last drill polishing so i have a new one now Same as last guide, only cheap stuff used to do it.

Lots of pores:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/001.jpg


Removing unwanted metal:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/002.jpg


Time to get those pores out:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/003.jpg


Close up. They have to go:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/004.jpg


I have a 3M grinder with extension on the drill to reach well:

http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/005.jpg

[williamb82]

Removed pores:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/006.jpg


These had to go too for better result:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/007.jpg

Working with th nylon:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/008.jpg

Getting better:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/009.jpg

Wetsanding where the drill cant reach. 180paper then 400:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/010.jpg

[williamb82]

Wetsanding edges by hand:

http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/011.jpg

Wetsanding the pipe with 400paper:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/012.jpg


Flat surface with a cork block::
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/013.jpg


Finnished off with 1500paper and dregreased and cleaned:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/014.jpg


Polishtime! Rigging up with tape to prevent damage:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/015.jpg

I use a good tool(about 10$) and two vaxes. Brown(fine) polishvax and white for final shine.
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/016.jpg

[williamb82]

A coulpe of minuites waxing:
I wear red fleece shirt and blue jeans
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/017.jpg

A while later:
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/018.jpg

Time to finalize with white vax. I use a detreaded tool so i can reach well.
Notice! Always use the SAME tool to one wax! Dont mix!
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/019.jpg


Im satisfied here, wash with degreaser and then Sonax liquid hardvax.
http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/020.jpg

I add it to my "collection" and enjoy the view

http://www.zooloo.se/polering2/final.jpg
easy peasi japanisi!

:: zooloo

[trdmkii]

holy shitaki mushrooms....i'm blind...

[BuddyJ]

No such thing as too much Bling!

[Viper]

that looks spectacular.

what is stopping oxidisation btw?


is Sonax liquid hardvax the protectant???

[Andrew]

THATS DISGUSTING..........good job!

[turbogoo1]

Holy Frickin Bling!!!!

[williamb82]

yeah, the wax protects the aluminum. keeps the air from touching it so that it doesnt oxidize. like i said, the finer the sand paper you use before polishing, the shinier itll be.

[stevrock]

So I see a comp between tire shredder and william for bling king now....

[RedP85]

unbeleivable. where is that smilie which jaw dropping ?

[Supra_devil]

So I see a comp between tire shredder and william for bling king now....

origonally posted on supraforums by BBB zooloo. this is for the peopel that cant access sf's.


Thats not williams. His may be done too, but this has been on SF for a while now.

[williamb82]

i plan to have some stuff polished when i do the new engine, but nothing like that.

[walkerhiboost]

Did the power steering pump, etc. polish as easy as the regular aluminum pieces?

[williamb82]

loks like it. its an anodized peice iirc, so when you sand it the anodizing will come off. this will work the same on the stock wheels too. how do you think i got the lips on my enkie's so shiney? i posted a writeup i did similar to this a few years ago on the old yahoo list.
william

[Village]

Holy Mother of God.... I'm blind! That is some impressive bling.

*drools at pictures*

[jefe_not]

Oh my gawd that's awesome. I can't wait to see all of that stuff on your car whe it's done.

[williamb82]

that isnt my car. read the first post. this is from supraforums. its a how too for all the people that cant get to supraforums.

[batmobile]

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[williamb82]

well, depends what your sanding, like wheels, hand sanding works best, but if its somthing really rough like that 3000 pipe, the using a dremel might work faster.

[SilverMk2]

Haha it always looks easy in the photos. Several hours later your still not done and have blisters on your hands from the sanding. Looks good though :D

[dogstar]

i like taking my stuff out to be polished... all the bling, none of the buffing compound spatters and sore fingers.

[williamb82]

well, polishing my wheels wasnt that bad. only had one wheel that caused me to have blisters. and thats cause it had some kind of chemical sprayed on it before i got it that pitted it badly. i had to sand it all out. its not hard snading, just takes plenty of time, then you get impatient and push harder and thats when you get the blisters. lol. btdt.

[935motorsports]

That's a pretty cool guide. I didn't realize it was that easy to remove the casting. I just started on my 1J piping.

[Dave A.]

i plan to have some stuff polished when i do the new engine, but nothing like that.

Why Not? 3M flap wheels can make the job a lot easier. :) Those parts look awesome!! :ss_bling:

That guy obviously has a lot of patience, seeing as how the rubber grommets didn't suffer any damage. :)

[williamb82]

nah, when its all polished, its harder to keep that way. i plan to paint lots of stuff. the intake manifold, turbo compressor housing, lower timing cover, i/c, etc.. will be poished. everything else will be black, the duplicolor red red anodized look paint, or gunmetal. i want an even amount of everythign so it doesnt look overdone in any 1 color.

[RaptorRacing]

:new_jerki Holly F :censored: n crap man...that $shit is nuts...thanks for the link William.

[Funkycheeze]

uh, wow!

i'm going to settle for a good bead blasting, but thumbs up to that guy for effort!

but then, noone will be able to see what it looks like under the hood of my car when i am hurtling away from them!

[Tire Shredder]

No such thing as too much Bling!
True dat!

[batmobile]

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[ddd228]

WOW! What was your final polishing compound? The finished product looks "mondo-beyondo"shiney and very pretty! I really must applaud you on youra(cannot correct typos,here) (super) step by step process of prep and polish progressions of photos! Not only can you make it shine,you take great pix,too! WAAAAA! I wanna do that,too!

[Ross]

Nice. Just today I was thinking of polishing my 3000 pipe and intake manifold, and here's a howto.

[williamb82]

WOW! What was your final polishing compound? The finished product looks "mondo-beyondo"shiney and very pretty! I really must applaud you on youra(cannot correct typos,here) (super) step by step process of prep and polish progressions of photos! Not only can you make it shine,you take great pix,too! WAAAAA! I wanna do that,too!


first off this isnt my writeup. if you read it, the very first sentance says that and who wrote it. ive done a similar writeup but didnt have pics. anyhow, his final compund was whit rouge. and then he used the wax to seal it. the info is right there. all you have to do is read it. why does no one actually READ the writeup. the written words are there. everyone seems to go oooooooooohhhh pretty pictures, and then ignore everything else, and then reply asking questions that are already answered, or pm me and ask me the what was used when the info is right there on the writeup. its agervating. "end rant"

[RedP85]

:stupid:

[bracham]

lol I read it and I have nothing to polish yet. :(
I'm kind of divided on what I'll do with my own stuff. I want to shine it up myself, just because it'll be my project car, and yet I'm not sure I want to do all that work so I might get it done.
Thanks for copying the writeup, will!

[Malchick]

Just curious as to where I can buy those polishing compounds and those 3m wheels?

[Supra_Newfie]

Nice write-up William!!! Come do mine now!! haha....oh...I know it wasn't your write-up but I thought you'd like to hear it once more!! ;)

If I only had the patience to do all those parts he did!! I wonder how long it would be before the shine is to the point where you'd want (well never WANT to do all that again) to re-polish!??

Grant

[Dave A.]

Just curious as to where I can buy those polishing compounds and those 3m wheels?

You can buy the large tubes of Tripoli (brown) and Rouge (white) from the Eastwood Company. The 3M flap wheel and sandpaper assortment should be available at any good hardware store.

[Tire Shredder]

I purcahse my polishing supplies (black, brown tripoli and white rouge) from caswell plating http://www.caswellplating.com/

Nice write-up William!!! Come do mine now!! haha....oh...I know it wasn't your write-up but I thought you'd like to hear it once more!! ;)

If I only had the patience to do all those parts he did!! I wonder how long it would be before the shine is to the point where you'd want (well never WANT to do all that again) to re-polish!??

Grant
it immediatley starts to get dull...in a few weeks it will be noticably different. some parts are just way too time consuming and intricate to polish regularly and even polishing regularly with a hand polish, you'll probably never get it back to the condition you had it after the initial polish. Wheels can be an exception. with a good coat of wax they can be protected and are not hard to acess. Engine parts on the other hand...i'd rather never touch again except for a wash. I prefer to use a high quality clearcoat after the initial polish and good cleaning....never have to polish it again.

[NashMan]

zoolo is one bligy guy but his car is nice so it's all gravy

but there is some thing out there that is better then wax cost abit but well worth it if you want to keep raw alumin shinney it's called zoop seal salt water will nto even fuck up your shine for year and year s


http://www.zoops.com/zoopseal.asp