Ham
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 09:18 AM |
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Polishing Ali body panels
This has probably been covered before, but what is the best method to polish ali panels?
Every time Joe Public sees the car they leave grubby fingerprints all over it!
Cheers
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 09:23 AM |
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Ya Boet
Solvol autosol
Die beste vir hierdie problem
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Ham
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 09:52 AM |
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Is autosol beskikbaar in Suid Afrika?
Geez, my Afrikaans is getting rusty!
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 10:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ham
...what is the best method to polish ali panels?
Every time Joe Public sees the car they leave grubby fingerprints all over it!
polish all you will but the surface will be porous hace suspectible to dirt ingress & fringerprints. (I think it depends on the aluminum ally )
I found this to be a problem so put on a thin coat of clear laquer which helps; dunno how long it will last.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 11:30 AM |
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What sort of clear laquer did you use? I've been wondering the same, I have used cheap hair spray in the past for some other projects, works
well (suprisingly) but will wash off in the end ..
Dan
[Edited on 19/7/06 by Bluemoon]
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Fred W B
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 11:32 AM |
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Hay Ham, really nice looking car you have there. Who/how did you bend the roll bar?
Cheers
Fred W B
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RichB
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 11:37 AM |
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I've just got some Meguiar's "NXT All Metal Polysh". Don't know how good it is yet but the marketing cr*p sounds about
right (then it always does)!
From their website :
"NXT All Metal Polysh
New anti-corrosive technology locks in the shine. NXT All Metal Polysh cleans, polishes and protects all wheels, stainless steel exhausts, chrome air
intakes and valve covers, aluminium, brass, copper, silver and all other bright-work components. Meguiar’s Microscopic Diminishing Abrasive Technology
(MDAT) removes built-up oxidation, tarnishing and staining faster and safer than traditional/harsh abrasives.
142g - £6.99" http://www.meguiars.co.uk
Rich
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 12:41 PM |
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Certainly sounds like male bovine droppings...
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Ham
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 01:13 PM |
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Howzit Fred, thanks for that.
I had the roll bar bent by Maxe in Pinetown they charged me the grand sum of.......R 120, I welded in the cross bar and base flanges, then had the
whole lot powder coated.
Cheers
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 02:47 PM |
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laquer was some ready mixed cellulose based stuff used for doing metallic paint. I diluted it a bit more..... seems to be effective but time will
tell how well.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 19/7/06 at 03:25 PM |
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Thanks 02GF74,
Not sure if that will stick in the long run, time will tell. Ali without some kind of etch primer is always a problem, but you never know... I guess
there most be a laquer that will definatly stick to ali??
Dan
[Edited on 19/7/06 by Bluemoon]
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roadrunner
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| posted on 2/8/06 at 06:16 PM |
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i used autosol a few times on ma indy , but it takes forever , but while cleaning my car this weekend , waxing and polishing so forth , i tried t-cut
and they came up lovely.
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DEAN C.
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| posted on 2/8/06 at 06:50 PM |
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Hi,I've tried Belgum alloy polish which seems pretty good but I went over it with Autoglym resin polish which seems to help.
If I didn't want keep it more traditional looking I would paint it because its bloody hard to get a good shine.
Once I've finished a project why do I start another?
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