I have created two sections. One International and one Swedish. The Group is here: Facebook Polishing Group

You should be able to post pictures/movie to show off your engines or whatever piece of blinged thing you may have made.

Thanks everyone for your support!

Gå vidare till Poleringsguiden

mvh Anders Tibbling

From polishing small trim pieces to valve covers; from an intake manifold to car or motorcycle wheels, this book shows you how!

Table of Contents

* Definitions and terms
* Metal preparation
* Equipment
* Buffing wheels and compounds
* Basic buffing: aluminum and other soft metals
* Basic buffing: stainless steel and other hard metals
* Abrasive “set up” polishing wheels
* Detailed polishing and buffing
* Polishing and buffing prior to plating
* More quick tips and tech examples

Notice: the procedures and photos in the book are provided to help you understand metal refinishing, not to show you how to use power tools.”

http://www.themotorbookstore.com/metal-polishing-guide.html

The comments to this video is from youtube and useful info:

“As was already noted; dust mask or respirator. The abrasives and metal aren’t exactly good for your lungs.
Use treated buff wheels and greaseless compounds for surface prep. MUCH better to follow compound curves, and they do a faster job. Allows you to eliminate the steel-wool step. The compounds come in grits between 120 and 360.”

“As he mentioned, never mix compounds and wheels. Use one wheel per abrasive. Yes, it means you’ll have quite a few (I have about twenty).
Don’t use liquid rouge on a buff wheel, as it doesn’t adhere properly. They’re made for manual application.
On aluminum, I’d go no farther than white rouge. Red rouge is made for soft metals like gold.
Always finish off with a good quality paste polish like Blue Magic, to keep the surface from oxidizing.”

“He should be wearing a respirator for one. Working with aluminum like that is hazardous. He should have de-anodized the aluminum first. All aluminum comes with a protective anodized coating. This is why he had a black build up on the aluminum. Also from using too much rouge. You wind up working twice as hard to get a nice result.”

Video and text from youtube.com

To help you find the tools you need i have gathered some links to online webshops that sells buffing tools, polishing waxes and polishing tools, Polishing Compound Kit. I hope it will help you find what you need.

www.hobbytool.com

Alloy polishing kits

Polishing-Kits-and-Accessories

www.caswellplating.com/buffs (they have a Pick-A-Buff Helper)

Metallic aluminum has many properties that make it useful in a wide range of applications. It is lightweight, strong, nonmagnetic, and nontoxic. It conducts heat and electricity and reflects heat and light. It is strong but easily workable, and it retains its strength under extreme cold without becoming brittle. The surface of aluminum quickly oxidizes to form an invisible barrier to corrosion. Furthermore, aluminum can easily and economically be recycled into new products.

Background

Aluminum compounds have proven useful for thousands of years. Around 5000 B.C., Persian potters made their strongest vessels from clay that contained aluminum oxide. Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians used aluminum compounds in fabric dyes, cosmetics, and medicines. However, it was not until the early nineteenth century that aluminum was identified as an element and isolated as a pure metal. The difficulty of extracting aluminum from its natural compounds kept the metal rare for many years; half a century after its discovery, it was still as rare and valuable as silver.

Hittade en gammal bild som togs när jag jobbade på min supra vintern 2005. Här har jag polerat både aluminium och stål. Täckgummit på stötdämpartornet har fått kromlack med sprutförsilvring. Har man trimmat sin bil och stylat den så är det ju inte mer än rätt att det blänker snyggt under huven. Det är lättare att se läckage och hålla en fin yta ren. Motorstyling is the shit! *smile*

Jag har några bilder på min turbo Supra och min V8 Mercedes här: www.zooloo.se/cars

Välkommen hit! mvh zooloo