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 BASHOdi
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| posted on July 6th, 2007 at 04:20 PM |
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Chrome Polish.
Can anyone recomend a GOOD chrome polish and maybe technique I've got bumpers with good chrome but need to polish out 35 years worth of superfine
(not deep) scratches Brasso's fine but I need better.
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 Bizarre
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| posted on July 6th, 2007 at 04:26 PM |
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I use Autosol
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| posted on July 6th, 2007 at 04:30 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Bizarre
I use Autosol
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I also use Autosol
Keeping it real !
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| posted on July 6th, 2007 at 05:01 PM |
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Yeah go for Autosol. Plus it's made in Germany!
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...
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Bizarre
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| posted on July 6th, 2007 at 05:06 PM |
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started out here
ended up here
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BASHOdi
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| posted on July 6th, 2007 at 08:10 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Bizarre
I use Autosol
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OK Good ole solvol it shall be , thanks folks---now how many millenium did those take bizarre ??? he he he I'm gettin on in years and I like to
think I have a reasonable chance of finishing what I start before I kark it.
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| posted on July 7th, 2007 at 07:10 AM |
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Have you considered buying a drill mounted polishing wheel and some polishing compound? It will cost more than a tube of Autosol, but it will be alot
quicker and give better results.
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BASHOdi
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| posted on July 7th, 2007 at 07:41 AM |
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No I hadn't as the last time I tried that on some alloy parts the compound was like rock and wouldn't apply to the wheel proprerly and I couldn't
get any kind of a result attall , cost me a few buck for nada . Hand polished in the end took ages but worked.
I know buffin works but I just couldn't get how-- and I'm pretty handy with most of that kind of save work shit--I might give it another go --not
optiistic though , some other kind of compound or buffing wheel perhaps.
I currently live in Ipswich and it can --I have found--be quite dangerous to buy something when you're not 100% sure of what you're wanting ,
they'll sell you shit as soon as look at you.
Any advice on wheel types and compounds ?
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posted by PurpleT3
Have you considered buying a drill mounted polishing wheel and some polishing compound? It will cost more than a tube of Autosol, but it will be alot
quicker and give better results.
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| posted on July 7th, 2007 at 08:32 AM |
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I have a polishing wheel on a bench grinder. Works a treat. I've done alloy, stainless and chrome all with excellent results. Admittedly I have
never tried a drill mounted one, I just figured trying to do a bumper with a bench polisher would be kind of awkward
There are a number of different grades of compounds and type of wheels. The compounds all require different amounts of heat to get them to soften and
work properly. I would suggest a loose calico buff as they are the softest, along with a compound suitable for aluminium as they soften at the lowest
temperatures, they also give the finest finish. I also find them the easiest to work with. You have to match the buff to the polishing compound to
the material to be polished. Wrong combo and you will have the problems you have had previously. The brand I use is Josco. Their packaging gives a
fairly good guide as to what combinations of buff/coumpound/material works best.
With reference to your earlier attempts. The harder polishing compounds don't work well on aluminium as they require alot of heat to melt. You will
need to push the compound against the wheel hard enough to get it to melt. The compound for aluminium is relatively soft (the one I use is white in
colour). It sounds like you may have bought a hard coupound, which I generally find a bit more difficult to use.
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| posted on July 7th, 2007 at 09:38 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by BASHOdi
---now how many millenium did those take bizarre ??? he he he I'm gettin on in years and I like to think I have a reasonable chance of finishing
what I start before I kark it.
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Not long - a weekend
Hammer, derust and prime one day
Hammertone, polish and fit the next
A few more pics in this post
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=45899&page=1#pid427837
[ Edited on 6-7-2007 by Bizarre ]
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| posted on July 7th, 2007 at 07:14 PM |
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i also hear Bowdens Own have a good metal polish. available from autobahn or the website http://www.bowdensown.com.au
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| posted on July 12th, 2007 at 10:43 AM |
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there is also a tin you can buy in Kmart with cotton soaked in somethign inside, yellow tin that looks 30 years old but is fairly cheap and works a
treat.
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on July 12th, 2007 at 12:01 PM |
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Thanks guys,
I'm gonna stick with the solvol first and see how I go , if that don't work I'll look at the buffing--the front's ok it's the overiders and rails
at the back that are needy the back blade just plain needs a replate so if I go there I'll boofem while they're off and the blade is being
redone,
Thanks again,
Al .
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| posted on July 12th, 2007 at 12:49 PM |
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i also :thumb autosol but another good one i've used which is similar is eagle one chrome polish
i had a set of hotwires on a bug i bought that probably hadnt been polished since they were put on in the 70s and both these products give thema
mirror finish
-Joel
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| posted on July 12th, 2007 at 01:08 PM |
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I use autosol, but will try bowdens soon.
have used mothers and other ones like that, and always seem to go back to autosol..... but would like teh bowdens to work properly so iam using a semi
aust product.
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
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| posted on July 12th, 2007 at 08:30 PM |
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That yellow tin that looks 30 years old is Brite Shine.. I bought a tin over two years ago and i'm still using it.. and i polish the chrome on my car
every few weeks..
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