how do you guys make your valve covers like their crhomed out, nice and polished, and shiney, without buying one obviously?

 

Well, from my experience I just bought 300 grit and sanded using aluminum polish and worked my way up to 800 grit and then used high heat clear coat so it didn't tarnish or get **** on it...my .02

 

Lots and lots of mother's aluminum polish after removing the wrinkle paint and sanding as mentioned before. I also took 1000 grit and wet sanded it before polishing. Thats it!

 

cut it, then buff it

 

A 3m pad would work and then finish it up by hand sanding then a clearcoat.

 

im actually going in the garage to do that now, ill send a pic when im done... i did up to 400 grit already, 600-800-1000-1500-2000 (if i can find it) then mothers polish

 

so i should do 1500 grit then 1000 then 800 then 600 then down to 400 then use mothers aluminum polish? also what should i use to sand it by hand or what? and how much should i sand it at each grit. also i sandblasted it so i dunno. someone help me out



[Modified by NightHawkC5, 12:25 AM 2/22/2003]

 

wouldn't u wanna start w/the 400 then work your way up to the finer stuff, then polish?

 

Yes! work your way from the lower numbered sandpaper to the finest sandpaper you can get...then polish with mothers... and polish...and polish