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Robin
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29th May 07 at 00:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I want to polish an old rocker cover up, but I'm not sure how to do it.

It's quite tatty, so I'm not sure metal polish would do it to start with?

Would I be best going through the wet and dry paper grades gradually getting finer til it was ready for the polish?

Has anyone done it before by hand?
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i did mine by hand, use wet and dry to get it flat, then down the grades to some peek metal polish
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me too, i used a drill attachment (metal brush) to clean all the shit/oxidisation off. Then used wet and dry then polished it properly. took hours
marklawton
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
me too, i used a drill attachment (metal brush) to clean all the shit/oxidisation off. Then used wet and dry then polished it properly. took hours


thats what my brother did, he also has done his inlet manifold, that took 2 whole days to do, lol
this is how his looks at the moment


[Edited on 29-05-2007 by marklawton]
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looks good, whats with the ind kit
marklawton
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Originally posted by topshot_2k
looks good, whats with the ind kit


i lent him my carbon bmc and he didnt want to scractch it so taped it up and then used the ducting to get it far away from the engine as possible so it got less hot air from it
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ahhh how long did it take him to do inlet? i did my rocker covers but they were smooth to start with the inlet is quite rough
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ahhh how long did it take him to do inlet? i did my rocker covers but they were smooth to start with the inlet is quite rough


2 solid days, lol. trying to get him to do mine but hes having none of it, lol
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29th May 07 at 16:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ok, I've been told to use 600grit, 800grit, 1000grit, 1200 grit and 1500grit, in that order.

Can I find anything finer than 600grit anywhere?

Can I balls

I think I'm going to have to use the 600grit then some Peek, it that'll do it?

I might just break in to my old school and use the buffer in the DT block
Scotty C
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29th May 07 at 16:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Try B&Q for the 600 grit.
Scotty C
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-X-HERMES-VELCRO-SANDING-DISCS-125MM-600-GRIT-FINE_W0QQitemZ200113466484QQihZ010QQcategoryZ98641QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Yeah, I got 600 grit from B&Q earlier, but couldn't get anything finer, I went to B&Q, Homecase and Halfords (they're the only places near me who sell it) and none had anything finer than 600
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Sorry, mis-read it.

How fine do you need it to be?

[Edited on 29-05-2007 by Monster]
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Well, I need 5 sheets of 800, 5 sheets of 1200, I think that should do it.

I've looked on ebay though, it seems I can only buy 50 sheets of it
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I'll have a search
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There we go -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WET-DRY-PAPER-800-GRIT-5-IN-A-PACK_W0QQitemZ140123371625QQihZ004QQcategoryZ121875QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Nice one, cheers Scott
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just get paper from the local motor factors
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1200 is finer than 600 bigger the number the finer it is
Rob B
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eletric sander the fuker, then its easy
tom_simes
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Rob, Halfords should stock right up to 1200 grit. Maybe you should just wait and try them again later in the week?

 
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