I am trying to polish my new valve cover. i was wondering if anyone out there had a better idea than what i am doing. i am useing a drill with a soft brissle wire brush attachment.

 

that will take forever,just take it to a polisher.Trust me you'll be more happy with the results rather than spending hours and hours sanding then polishing it out.

 

I have a great idea.. use the SEARCH utility.. because there are a million topics on this and how its done. Not to be a dick.. just giving you the heads up.

 

a friend of mine did this himself and it came out beautiful!!!
but it took a hella long time
take to a polisher if you wanna save time but if not do it yourself

 

um this was done by hand-sorry for the big pic

 

When simply refinishing my valve cover I realized how much work it was for just making it "look" prettier. If you are going to polish it, spend the money and get it done right. Half *** polished stuff looks like crotch!

 

 

If you want to do it yourself the best way to do it is take the time and use plain old sand paper. Start with a low grit, around 150 depending on if there are any stray marks... then work up to about 2000 grit. Then use a buffing wheel and polish it to that elusive mirror shine once you've removed ALL those little casting dimples...

Check out my website for some picture... http://www.smpolishing.tk

Hope this helps,
Scott

 

after your done with the soft wire wheel switch to a buffing wheel and try different buffing compounds . mothers polish works good for the final . good luck

 

i agree that is what i used on mine and you can see the results on the pic a few replies up.