polishing aluminium?
 

whats the best way to polish/buff aluminium? like headlight bezzels, grill chrome, billet, and just raw aluminium?

Re: polishing aluminium?
 

bench buffer with compound.

or by hand.

Re: polishing aluminium?
 

go to major swapmeets theres always a vendor with all the supplies you'll need really depends on how deep you want to go//you can start with a small drill operated buff kit for around$5 from sears or ace hardware or expand well beyond$1000 without much effort

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what kind of compound

Re: polishing aluminium?
 

jewelers rouge, it comes in a stick form. there is green, red, and white. each color is for different cutting. you can find it at truck stops. i even saw it at sears

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Northern Tools also sells all the wheels and buffing compounds that you'll need.

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yup sears has a kit that you attach to your drill, comes with 3 sticks also. last time i bought one it was 10bucks

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I have a new kit that I purchased from Sears a few years ago, and never used it and never plan on it. I even bought the polishing wheel for my bench grinder. Still new in the package. I take my stuff to a pro, now. It takes patience.

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I polished the lips on my Hayabusa rims with diff grades if sand paper, the the polishing compounds down to the last stage with Blue magic alum and chrome polish. I had a mirror finish when done. Took forever though. About guessing 20hrs. a rim. Worth it though.

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most may disagree, but....i used the powerball mini on a set of irocs that i refinished. came out PERFECT! and its cheap.:metal:

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if you want to learn the art of polishing aluminum,stainless and other metals. the eastwood Company has an instruction videos the art of buffing video 1 will be all you need. just putting some jewlers rouge will work but theres a lot to it if you really want to have some showroom stuff. i have no aliegence to eastwood but they're about the best out there on resto stuff IMHO a bit pricy though good luck phipp

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+1 on the mothers ball,,,,

it works wonders with a good drill and Eagle Carnuba Chrome polish,,,,

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I moved this since there are other threads here on the same subject.

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The best online tutorial is on Caswell's page.
http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffman.htm
They have good supplies also.
Lee