220, 400, 800, 1000, 2000

mothers polish

all hand sanded!!!! i was just trying it out

i still need to buff the rims and use a polishing ball on it !

BEFORE


220


800


1000


NOW I NEED TO BUFF WITH SOME MOTHERS AND THEN USE MY POLISHING PAD!!

feedback would be nice what do you think i can do to make this bling?

 

my SIR wheels are polished,

dont use a ball, use a rotary polisher - get as much contact as you can, i used a dremel with a soft brush and i had so much swirls!

u dont have to use so much polish either, just make sure u add some water on it, until the whole rim becomes black then wipe off

it should turn out good!
keep it up!

 

keep us posted on how its gonna look...

 

looks good so far

 

how long it take to do that?.

 

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did you strip off the clearcoat?

And I can see some fine lines in it, shouldnt be there after 1000. Go back a few levels, and then keep going, i'd stop at 1600 or so and then step up to the polish. I used aluminum polish and it worked great.

 

go 2000

 

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Wow....not bad for hand sanding.

 

Check my sig on the wheels...see if you like dem joints

 

damn the first pic is pretty ratty, even by now they look pretty good

 

ill be doing this once the weather breaks

 

Post more pics once polished. I'd like to see the end product.

-Red

 

You should step up to 1200, 1500 then 2000 BEFORE you use some polish on them...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JRSC EM1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You should step up to 1200, 1500 then 2000 BEFORE you use some polish on them...</TD></TR></TABLE>I'm polishing a valve cover right now (write-up in progress) and I went with:

1.) 240 grit
2.) 320 grit
3.) 400 grit
4.) 600 grit
5.) 1200 grit
6.)1500 grit
7.) 2000 grit
8.) 2500 grit

I would like to go with finer grit than that to remove any and all of the fine swirls left in the metal but the local paint shop doesn't carry anything finer than 2500 grit. Does anyone know where I could order some finer sandpaper?

-Red

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nitrared &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm polishing a valve cover right now (write-up in progress) and I went with:

1.) 240 grit
2.) 320 grit
3.) 400 grit
4.) 600 grit
5.) 1200 grit
6.)1500 grit
7.) 2000 grit
8.) 2500 grit

I would like to go with finer grit than that to remove any and all of the fine swirls left in the metal but the local paint shop doesn't carry anything finer than 2500 grit. Does anyone know where I could order some finer sandpaper?

-Red</TD></TR></TABLE>

Congratulations you won wheel polishing, and thread jacking, I wish I had a cookie for you but all I have is this .

Nice blades JDM fantasy, I was hoping to see some final shots though, keep us updated.

 

are you wet sanding? because if you are, you shouldn't getting so much fine lines, get it done right now or you'll have to come back later down the line to finish it off.

 

post the final product for sure

 

lookin good so far

 

do 1500 and 2000. use rubbing compound followed by mothers billet polish ($13 stuff not $4)

use a buffing wheel for the polish. heres my polished blades
wetsanding should be done too, will help

 

what's the difference between the reg mother polish to the billet polish? do you have any before pictures of your blades?

 

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Congratulations you won wheel polishing, and thread jacking, I wish I had a cookie for you but all I have is this .

Nice blades JDM fantasy, I was hoping to see some final shots though, keep us updated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually, he did it the right way. He was showing what he did to get results, and asked a viable question that the OP should be asking right now to get finer paper to be able to finish this right.

Strip off clearcoat: I used aircraft remover and it removed it very easily. may have to do touch ups to get everything off.

Wetsand- keep the damned thing wet, wash it off every time you've done a section, redip, change paper frequently (every 3 or 4 dips).


Start with 220-400-600-800-1000-1200-1400-1500-2000. Then I used aluminum polish followed up by 3m rubbing compound. Came out like a mirror.

Then all you have to do is find a way to keep it like that...

 

heres what i did:

1.) Sandlbast

2.)wet sand with 200/400/800/1000/1500/2000

3.) rub on some rubbing compound i used 3m fine grit

4.) rub on some mother incredible billet (the $13 stuff works TONS better than the $3 stuff)

( i used a loose cotton wheel for the polishing compound, it turned out alot better than doing it by hand)

 

heres some helpfull links

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffman.htm

https://www.caswellplating.com/kits/complete.htm#