Greasemonkey
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this is my half finished polished cam cover off my old engine, want ya opinions, how do i get it real real shiney, this heads been sold now but i started the cover on my new engine and want it better than this when finished
cheers
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R Lee
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is it alluminium? if it is then im sure the same could work for your cam cover...
don't quote me though, im useless at things like this
http://www.englishcustompolishing.com/eneu/aluminum1.html
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Greasemonkey
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yeah its aluminium matey, gonna try some 1500 wet and dry on the new one but i wanna go a step further than that, it will need a good polish from time to time but should look sweet, i will have a butchers at ya link cheers
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Greasemonkey
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thats a bloody good site matey, looks like i aint even a 1/4 way there lol, dont think i will ever get a mirror finish, but we will see, time to get into me show and shine lol, i have done the prepping up to the finner compounds 100% right according to that site and it was just guess work, nice one
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R Lee
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i want to have a bash at some wheels, i like shiny things 
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Ian
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That looks fantastic - how did you get it to that stage?
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Kris TD
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wat about laquering it?
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burt16v
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once uve went down to the finest compound of wet n dry finish it off with some autosol metal polish, its very slightly abrahsive and gives that final finish.
then just give it a go over now and again to restore the shine.
Good luck boss
Burt
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broster
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i used to t-cut alloy trim to get it looking like chrome at my old job, took a while working through the stages but worth it in the end u wanna do mine matey? lol
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Greasemonkey
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i started with 180 grit to get all the well stuck on stuff off, then went to a 400grit using a bit of water with it, then moved down the grades of wet and dry to 1200 grit, gonna use a compound next, that head hasnt had the 1200grit stage finished coompletely only in places, there are allot of casting marks on the covers use ya 180 grit to flatten these out, dont press too hard the deeper the scratches the more ya gotta polish, sand it all quite lightly, started doing my air flow meter too, cos thats small i got a near mirror finish
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DangerousDave16v
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you need to buy i polishing mop set, theyre around £30, comes with compounds and different texture mops which u stick in your electric drill, i done the exhaust pipes on my honda vfr (u know up the sidey ones like a 996) and they look amazing ,i got a mirror finish.
post some pics when youve done it
[Edited on 18-02-2004 by DangerousDave16v]
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Greasemonkey
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ooohhh polishing mob set, i will invest in one, maybe today, can i get them at Halfords
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Tom
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looks well good  polish mop set thing sounds good, save u alot of time i suspect
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Greasemonkey
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yeah think it will save time lol, took me about 6 hours to get it to that stage by hand, well the cam cover on my engine is nearly at the stage of the one above so i will use a polishing mop on than this time hehe
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
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I poished my rocker cover and as soon as it got wet it tarnished and I was back to square one! Personally i'd take the bits off, take them to a metal polishers and then get them chrome plated if you talk nicely to your local chrome platers. It will cost (approx £50-£100) but when you work out its allready took you 6hours... and it will come out mirror finish! Unless you treat it it will just tarnish again in no time!
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PaulW
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This is mainly for CPU Coolers, but its effectivly the same principal as this!
http://www.modsynergy.com/Article%206.htm
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