View Full Version : Polishing Stainless Steel to a mirror Finsh?
blue-sun
10-18-2004, 09:17 AM
So I just bought this for my car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/highboostsw20/for%20sale/P9170081.jpg
because it was cheaper than buying this one
http://www.koracing.net/img/EngFanShroud2.jpg
They are both stainless steel, only the second one is polished to a mirror shine.
How can I achieve this? DACP using the PC?
Thanks!
David
Bobby G
10-18-2004, 09:41 AM
You need to use a metal polish and a 3" to 4" wool pad.
blue-sun
10-18-2004, 09:49 AM
metal polish? is there a specific polish that`s available? Mothers? Meguiars? Etc?
I have a 5" wool pad. . .too big?
erok01
10-18-2004, 01:29 PM
to polish aluminum, depending on the shape it is in you want to start with sanding paper and a block. sand up to 1500 grit each time making sure you remove the sanding marks left from the prior grit. after you done wet sanding, move on to the metal polishing compounds, ie tripoli, white. caswell has some pretty decent kits and also a handbook that will walk you through it. if you google "how to polish aluminum" you should find a lot of stuff.
blue-sun
10-18-2004, 01:37 PM
thanks erok01. . .
Setec Astronomy
10-18-2004, 05:12 PM
What kinda car/contraption is that, anyway?
Treatment man
10-18-2004, 06:01 PM
that is stainless not Aluminum stainless is much harder to polish then Aluminum go to jacksonlea.com they are the world leader in plishing meatals I wooldn`t recomend using sandpaper
Bill D
10-18-2004, 06:06 PM
Hmm that site looks awfully interesting for the answer to polishing my mid stainless steel exhaust pipe .I have no idea which product: liquid(?) to use with the PC or rotary, of if not how to polish using one of those sticks :confused:
Setec Astronomy
10-18-2004, 06:09 PM
Bill, those "sticks" are bars of polishing compound, which would be applied to a polishing buff.
blue-sun
10-18-2004, 06:10 PM
Originally posted by Setec Astronomy
What kinda car/contraption is that, anyway?
It`s for a MR2. It`s a pair of puller fans. . .given the mid engine design of the MR2, heating can be a bit of a problem. These fans can lower engine tempatures by 20 degrees or so.
Setec Astronomy
10-18-2004, 06:17 PM
Originally posted by blue-sun
It`s for a MR2. It`s a pair of puller fans. . .given the mid engine design of the MR2, heating can be a bit of a problem. These fans can lower engine tempatures by 20 degrees or so.
Good deal!
blue-sun
10-18-2004, 09:48 PM
yah. . .I`m swapping the 135 HP NA motor for a 225 HP JDM Turbo motor, it`s gonna produce a little extra heat. . .
david