Can I polish it?

Rahdigga8188 · 10-13-2006, 05:25 PM

Well I was bored today, and felt the flat black VC was gettin old so I decided to polish it. Then I had a second gen heat sheild here so i hit that up too. Then I started in on the bov, thermostat housing, cas, and a spare intake manifold i have. Well, my question is, I also have a spare driver side motor mount arm thing. Can that be polished? Does anyone have pics? I actually think it would look pretty cool. To be more specific I dont want the really polished blingy look, just the brushed aluminum look.

Thanks.

swade · 10-13-2006, 10:34 PM

i bet it could be, i dont know how long it would stay looking good...

honda has a company called hasport and their mounts are silver and look pretty cool

swade

GVR4592 · 10-13-2006, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by swade

i bet it could be, i dont know how long it would stay looking good...

honda has a company called hasport and their mounts are silver and look pretty cool

swade

Honda doesn't own Hasport and their mounts are cnc aluminum.

Defiant · 10-14-2006, 03:41 AM

You can put a good polish on steel parts. Trouble is keeping them looking that way. They'll rust overnight.
Iron won't polish up too well, just a shiny grey.

VanIsleDSM · 10-14-2006, 10:31 AM

the heatshield is steal right? you could polish it and then clear coat? if you could find some high temp clear, I haven't had any luck, but I haven't tried that hard either.

Rahdigga8188 · 10-14-2006, 09:15 PM

well its a spare so i'll give it a go and if it looks bad, I just wont put it on.

Defiant · 10-15-2006, 01:09 AM

For use, you want to polish the underside of the heatshield, and paint the top flat black.
But of course, that's not all blingy.

swade · 10-15-2006, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by GVR4592

Honda doesn't own Hasport and their mounts are cnc aluminum.

i wasnt saying honda owned them... i aqs saying honda has, like hasport makes mounts for them and are known in the honda world for their mounts.

swade

Dragon TalonTsi · 10-15-2006, 11:14 AM

Take a real coarse heavy grit, like 60, then multiply it by 2 each time you go to sand it down... like 120, 340, 800, 1000, 2000, then polishing/scratch removers and the polishing liquids.... I have done it more than once on a lot of other metals... Aluminum is very grainy and porous, so you have to be firm when getting out all the grains... Trust me on this one.... I can email you some of my work, and the tools you will need to do a professional custom polishing job on any metal.... and when you use the polishing/scratch remover, let the buffer wheel do the work, and dont force it....

paul s · 10-15-2006, 11:21 AM

polished eng mount, tranny case, thermostat housing.

Rahdigga8188 · 10-15-2006, 12:10 PM

^ thats exactly what I was looking for. thanks. That is beautiful. And dragon I will be sending you an email. i think I've seen some of your work in another post but i'm not sure.