Gav
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 11:41 AM |
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Ali polishing
The side panels on my car are ali and want to get them nice and shiny, i have a few scratches from building it too that i would like to get rid of.
What would people recommend for polishing these panels?.
I was looking at getting an air polisher from machine mart, anygood?
What compounds should i use too? was thinking of using AutoSol as that works pretty well by hand but not sure if it would be suitable for a machine
polisher.
[Edited on 8/9/09 by Gav]
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locoboy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 11:54 AM |
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Air polishers use a lot of air so make sure your compressor is man enough or you will get frastrated and end up not using it.
I feel your pain with ally polishing, mine was as ruff as a badgers when i bought it and i got it too look like this by hand.
 
Alloy Wheel
ATB
Locoboy
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rgrs
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 11:58 AM |
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For the finishing polish try using McGuires polish, gives fantastic results on ali .
Roger
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 02:49 PM |
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I did it by hand Gav using some cheap liquid from the pound shop and although it took a lot of work, 2 or 3 goes in reality, they've come right
up and look loads better.They just need a final finishing off with something decent and we're there.
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marcjagman
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 05:06 PM |
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I would forget the air polisher and do it by hand, better results in the long run.
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Dave Ashurst
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:30 PM |
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hot tip...
Apply any metal polish with plenty of energy and then polish off with a soft cloth dipped in flour.
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:43 PM |
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DON'T FORGET THE FLOUR, AND DON'T WEAR OR USE ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN "BLACK"
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