ok i stripped down my valve cover with aircraft remover. found quite a bit of diff grits at my house, 180/320/600/800/1000/1500 thinking about go out and buying 2000 grit (anyone have any pics of 2000grit polished?)

my question is what kind of polish is better, i saw a member on here using mothers mag&aluminum polish and other ppl saying to get a rubbing compound?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OneThirtyEight &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Start out coarse and move your way to finer and finer grits. Once you do not have "scratches" in it anymore you need to hit it up with an electric buffing wheel and some rouge if you want it a "mirror finish".

Alum polish is for after its done to clean it and remove oxidation with. A rubbing compound is simliar to rouge and would also probably work but a machine will polish it so much faster. </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks man but what is rouge? where can i buy it/how much? i know it will take long, but can i do the rouge and polish part by hand? i did some testing on a old valve cover with just sanding it and aluminum polish and it looks ok so far, but not the "mirror finish" i want

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Slipjack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1500 grit is probably enough. It'll be way smooth. As for the rest ^^^^^ -- ditto.

EDIT: Wet sand once you get to the finest grit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh i was told to wetsand every grit. is it where you dip the sand paper in the cup of water and soap and then sand for a bit, then dip again and sand again?

 

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i think it's best to soak the sand paper for a while...