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[barryc]

I have managed to lay my hands on an old MG Metro rocker cover which is manky and tarnished. I am going to strip the lacquer off of it and polish it. However I want a really bright finish from the alloy. Has anyone got any top tips for getting the "bright effect" from alloy. Also what polishing products work best?

Cheers
Barry

[Mini 360]

Solvol Autosol is good for things needing polished up but they have to hbe reasonably shiny in the first place so it probably wont help with your situation but will help once its been done. Cant help you with the actuall mirror shine. Sorry!

[clubman katie B.F]

for twenty squid i think...machine mart do a polishing kit...consists of 2 mops which attatch to your drill and a polishing compound...got my manky rocker cover nice and shiny...also useful for heavy duty polishing...have used it on both alloy and steel wheels to great effect

[TimS]

To polish things I usually start with a coarse wet and dry taking the top layer off giving you some fresh metal to work with. The I slowly go down grades to take the scratch lines out produced by the previous grade paper. Eventually working to around 1200 or 1500 grit. After using this wet I then go onto the Autosol or similar metal polish. It works a treat but will probably take you the whole day to do.

[Retro_10s]

yup, the wet and dry method is very effective, then for polishing i used brasso, and then autosol chrome polish,

brasso is moree abrasive and so it continues the whole 'start rough and get finer with grades' process.

[Big_Adam]

lots of 1200 grit and lots of spair time.

[Mini 360]

for twenty squid i think...machine mart do a polishing kit...consists of 2 mops which attatch to your drill and a polishing compound...got my manky rocker cover nice and shiny...also useful for heavy duty polishing...have used it on both alloy and steel wheels to great effect

Got any pics of this?

[Retro_10s]

Oh my god... i just found a site called google where you can type in anyword and it gives results really quick!

I typed machine mart polishing kit in and bingo!

ok, sorry lol. so.... If I was buying something like this I would ge this little doozy! looks gooood.

oooh ooh! Click me! me me!

[Mini 360]

Oh my god... i just found a site called google where you can type in anyword and it gives results really quick!

I typed machine mart polishing kit in and bingo!

ok, sorry lol. so.... If I was buying something like this I would ge this little doozy! looks gooood.

oooh ooh! Click me! me me!

Yeh i was looking for pics of the final result not the product.... >

[Retro_10s]

lol hehehe *

[clubman katie B.F]

here it is

this is the baby i was on about

[Jobu]

This is the way we have to do it at my works...

Scotch brite (Get all the C**p off), 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 then Autosol for hours.

Edited by Jobu, 16 October 2006 - 06:11 PM.

[Mini 360]

This is the way we have to do it at my works...

Scotch brite (Get all the C**p off), 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 then Autosol for hours.

Fun! LOL!

[Jobu]

This is the way we have to do it at my works...

Scotch brite (Get all the C**p off), 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 then Autosol for hours.

Fun! LOL!

I know LOL

Luckily i've been getting the good jobs though

[Brooky]

Ive been doing mine at work,

i shot blast it first, then some rough emery to get all the marks and dints out then finer emery to shine it up abit, i havent reached the fins yet which im dreading but may use a dremel or something similar. i tryed using a buffing wheel on a pedastal grinder and it bought it up realy well on a small patch, havent tried the autosoll yet but im sure it'll bring it up like a mirror. bling bling