Excellent clean-and-polish work. One thing overlooked on such jobs, is to 'seal the aluminum' once completed. While 'carnuba wax' can temporarily seal the aluminum surface to prevent further oxidation, one of the absolute best ways is to take the part at the end of this video, wipe it down WELL with Acetone (to remove the polishing rouge residue), and airbrush an enamel clearcoat over the outer surface. It will last as long as pigmented paint, prevents further (routine) waxing maintenance, and will keep the end part (or assembled engine) looking like new...and easy-to-clean...for years to come! If you intend to do this, you can actually stop polishing prior to the felt wheel, as you need 'some texture' to adhere the clearcoat to...comparable to 600-800 grit sandpaper.
Beautiful work my man! Many people dont think of polishing aluminum, and go for chrome. When chrome gets dings and scratches in it, it begins to rust. Aluminum and stainless steel is the way to go. Lasts along time and looks good. Thanks!
and the polished aluminum wont flake away like a chrome plating will over time. Def +1 on the alum & SS over a "plating" that can chip or flake away. IMO
However, beware of using steel wool, even the fine stuff on aluminium as it leaves fine metal dust or powder on the surface of the aluminium which will begin rusting and will greatly detract from the finished appearance.
in another video people use a polishing pad but he only uses jeans used for polishing. I take my hat off to this person for improvisation in completing a job and he wants to share it for others to be used as reference material.
The Red compound is the wax for polishing. They are utilized by the people who are polishing Gold and platina for extra shine. The denim wheel is between scotch brite and cotton wheel. The bench grinder is for buffing with long edges. Original Is not a bench grinder which is converted to polishing grinder. 750watt 3000rpm for industrial use. For those people who asking. Thank u
I can't find anything close to that large red buffing wheel you're using. I really need one of those. Could you tell us where to find one? Thanks so much!
Wow that is an awesome job sir. This is why you have to pay when you want it done right. Looks brand new with a lot of man hours and someone who know what they are doing. I love it. Thanks for sharing with us.
I just spent months polishing a pickup bed for a Smyth Ute conversion. I figured it would take me a month ,turned out to be 5. I get 2-3 hours a night , and 2-3 nights a week in the shop. And one weekend evening. I haven't added up my time that it took , but it would be nice if one day my hands stopped going numb when dealing with vibrating equipment. It looks great , but I literally hurt myself getting there.
I feel your pain MrHillFork. That is why I felt I should write the above comment that has now been highlighted. It's easy to underestimate the time, horsepower, human muscle power, and supplies needed for a quality job. I bet that bed looks awesome and gets the looks you were hoping for. That said, there is now a machine that does truck wheels on the semi at your local truck stop in two steps and does an amazing job. Obviously it does not get in around the studs and lug nuts, but the rim sections come out beautiful and fast.
I like to use a piece of pipe on the wheel to get it kinda firmer and warm then use the black... then get a board with some nails slammed through and run the nails on the wheel to get that off and soften it up. Add some white and buff to a high sheen. Never used a red or green.
It did come out beautiful alright. I've done a couple of Milwaukee half inch drills, using polishing bars and a small right angle air grinder with buffing pads attached. And they came out similarly. Too many small angles for a big stand polisher wheel. Anyway, great job and a real sweet way to make bike parts shine. Though now so many are painting them black 😂. 👍👍
Aluminum does not rust, but it will oxidize. After cleaning and polishing, the part needs to be Anodized and sealed with nickel hydrate to prevent further oxidation. Simply using automotive clear coating will not last, especially under heated conditions (motor parts).
Such a great content. Simple video but this man used to share what khind of item he use step by step from the beginning to complete the wonderful outcome result. This was valuable knowledge. Thanks brother
Polished Aly scratches super easy, even from a rough rag or cloth. A lot of people say clear coat it, but when you paint anything you should scuff it up so the paint grabs - highly polished surfaces are the opposite of that so the clear coat will not last. The solution is to not bother lol, polished aly is for show cars and bikes that get trailered everywhere and never actually used for anything.
One tip. When using paint strippers, wrap the piece in cellophane after applying. This keeps the stripper from drying out and holds the vapors in allowing it to work better and faster.
1.)First off, this is the best aluminum polishing video that i have found on youtube... extremely efficient with a perfect finish. 2.) What grit was the red abrassive wheel? 600? 3.) What brand compound do you like or are they all the same? 4.) What products do you use when polishing titanium? Thankyou kind sir.
@@tacticalty9693 so a 320 grit? I’m seeing 280 or 260 red I’m trying to polish some aluminum at home on my 8 inch bench grinder. I have the cotton wheels just need to find the right abrasive one ☝🏽
here is a hint for you. do not bleed on aluminum! blood will discolor it and it is realy difficult to polish it out..... had to buy a guy a new dash for his crop duster once... that was expensive!! all because of a little cut on my finger.
There's something very satisfying that takes a broken down piece and makes it look better than new - you see the chance for redemption and a new life. Something Old, made New.
Absolutely beautiful work! I have an old 1978 Honda C70 which I'm slowly restoring, so I'll definitely give this a try on some of the parts. Black and white bars are the compounds I should be using along with a cutting compound bar, as far as I'm aware.
@@Dead_Wringer Funnily enough, it's been stored over winter for the most part of the past year, but I'm just getting the peices together to make it complete before painting the frame etc
A company by the name a Eagle One has a product called Nevr Dull. It is a can full of cotton wading that has a polish in the wading. We used Nevr Dull on the aluminum fuel tanks and the aluminum wheels on my dad's big truck. It is only good to maintain the shine on polished aluminum and chrome. Eastwood company has all the polishing equipment to polish motorcycle sized aluminum and stainless steel.
Thank you so much for a proper and easy to follow tutorial video. I have watched many others trying to understand this process!! Also, thank you for not speeding up the footage. I now feel confident to attempt this myself. I wonder if you have done, or are thinking of doing a similar video for the air fins etc on a motorbike engine? Or better still, how to polish with the engine and parts still in the bike frame? Wishing you all the joy and blessings for the remainder of this year.
Bye any chance do you know where I can find a similar abrasive wheel for my bench grinder,I've been looking everywhere with no luck lol,all they have is these flap disk or sandpaper type I wanna see if I can find a round 8 inch to throw on my new bench grinder thanks
One slight downside that might be avoided: heavy polishing reduces the crisp look of the Honda stamping: all the edges are slightly rounded over. Might have been a good idea to favor that area with less strokes.
This answers my question about "color sanding" before polish. Polish will pull the metal out of the letters and there is no way to put that metal back in. By sanding first with a slightly flexible foam backer the letters would actually gain crispness especially by Going up to a really fine 1200 or finer before buffing it would also reduce the amount of rounding at the top surface of each letter and make the paint filling easier and crisper too. Sanding stays mostly at the surface while polishing goes into the letters and pulls out the metal like a dredge. Using a Dremel won't fix the rounding or widening of the letters at the top surface unless you cut away the roundness and make the letters wider in every direction. This would of course change the whole logo. This is a great video for polish and shows what will happen to details if you don't sand first. I cant think of a better short video that shows this.
Ya this not the best approach whatsoever. This is not even an intricate piece so have gone straight to the polishing wheels. I’ve got like 5 hours of hand sanding my oil filter’s cap which is about half way done. If you want a true mirror like finish and less distortion then most of this work should be done by hand and especially the corners!
Maasha Allah! That is some magic! You turned rusted alluminium into some thing which shines like chrome. Thanks for sharing with us... Love from India!
@@rigmover158 You are absolutely right Rigmover....and thanks for bringing it up. Actually Alluminium undergoes corrosion and we locally refer to it as alluminium rust. It is kind of local slang.
After polishing, do you should put some varnish or something similar to avoid aluminum corrosion? I would like to polish my motorcycle engine because now is matte and i prefer have it as mirror polished. Great job!!
@@michaelcarey299 You are one of the Durrs that make the Duh so much of a head shake.. maybe you should stick to paying people to do stuff for you "MeThinks" it would be better .. Thx
@@smilepik it is important to note that untreated aluminium does not retain its original, shiny surface as it will oxidise. So i personally absolutely see no point in polishing aluminium ever other than when "showroom" exposition is required.
@@jstrndm945 Dude do you think a year is forever or forever is a year? Either way you're wrong, so if you ever get done re-polishing your aluminum do some research.
@@Milkmans_Son nah it just an expression. My point is, im never seen polished aluminum last for 5 month without maintenance, i do repolished my rims every month or two and getting sick of it, thats why i came to this video
@@jstrndm945 Well it's not my fault you came to the wrong video. You need to be researching corrosion protection, not polishing (hint: the aviation industry pretty much has this figured out). Your wheels, like the engine cover in this video, was originally either clear coated or clad with a thin layer of pure aluminum. When these layers of corrosion protection are gone, you can either replace them or spend the rest of your life polishing.
I had a similar question and was going to ask: do you spray coat this with some clear finish. I bought a brass cup holder in Morocco years ago. It tarnished. Had a professional polish it, then added a clear coat. Stayed polished looking for years and years. Then again, it wasn't exposed to the harsh environment of a motorcycle.
Thats the differences. Some take it all the way.the more of a mirrored polish the easier it is too clean and keep nice. As long as it dont get scratched
First video I have seen to do with polishing engine covers that realises that there is paint and lacquer on them! Not to sound condesending, but well done!
@@iccus62 Nope sorry with pitting you could not even begin to remove it with 400 grit apparently you've never restored a truly corroded metal part aluminum or otherwise !
Nice , job .... I have to ask , after you chemically strip the part . What kind of abrasive wheel is that , that you are using , as it does an amazing job to start the re-finish job... Thank you for sharing. Cheers Great job..
Thanks for appreciating. This wheel called non woven polishing abrasive wheel. This kind of wheels are available in different types like hard medium and soft. This is a fine quality soft non woven polishing abrasive wheel.
Lovely job, I didnt know about the red rouge, I have previously stopped after the white and was never totally happy. How long does the polished job last before the weather marks it all up again?
Well, at least I am not the only one who does this..lol. When my wife asked me how did you get those rims on your restored XR 650 so clean.. I said in the kitchen sink when you were not home 😎. She never knew!
Pretty basic. If you kids want a tip here ya go: when starting out you will inevitably catch the edge of a piece you are polishing and it will be snatched out of your hands and thrown to the ground instantly. Instantly? Instantly! So you will go from needing polished to needing honing or replacing or just more polish than you needed to start with! Aghhhh! So until you get your wits about you take a couple pillows that you NEVER want on a bed again or an old couch cushion and place beneath and just back of the polishing wheel. Also if there is a lot of detail then have it "vapor honed" first or do that yourself too.
There used to be a really good sealer called zoop-seal, I think they changed names though. Stacey David reviewed it on trucks years ago and water just beaded up and ran right off the test rim. Might be worth a Google
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Excellent clean-and-polish work. One thing overlooked on such jobs, is to 'seal the aluminum' once completed. While 'carnuba wax' can temporarily seal the aluminum surface to prevent further oxidation, one of the absolute best ways is to take the part at the end of this video, wipe it down WELL with Acetone (to remove the polishing rouge residue), and airbrush an enamel clearcoat over the outer surface. It will last as long as pigmented paint, prevents further (routine) waxing maintenance, and will keep the end part (or assembled engine) looking like new...and easy-to-clean...for years to come! If you intend to do this, you can actually stop polishing prior to the felt wheel, as you need 'some texture' to adhere the clearcoat to...comparable to 600-800 grit sandpaper.
We use shark hide aluminium protector. Last for one or two years
@@jstdrv 1 or 2 vs 10 or 15... Yeah, I'll take the 10 to 15
@@jordanbabcock9349 I've seen cerakoat has a good one
I do the wax and top with ceramics
@@jimmyallen3850 ceramics wont stick to the metal if you wax first
After this piece was finished, his wife came home and found he was using the good sink in the house for this work…. He was never seen again..
Plural
Comment of the year 😂😂😂
Lmao, lol, kmsl, you have to be from Louisiana like me to say something like that.
I came to the comment section to mention this, but it was already said
Story has it, she was only gonna give him a smackn but she noticed he had also used one of the good towels................
No music, no commentary, just the polishing. We are watching this and Nature Relaxation videos, having martinis. Very relaxing and informative.
Thanks 😊
Beautiful work my man! Many people dont think of polishing aluminum, and go for chrome. When chrome gets dings and scratches in it, it begins to rust. Aluminum and stainless steel is the way to go. Lasts along time and looks good. Thanks!
Thanks a lot
and the polished aluminum wont flake away like a chrome plating will over time. Def +1 on the alum & SS over a "plating" that can chip or flake away. IMO
However, beware of using steel wool, even the fine stuff on aluminium as it leaves fine metal dust or powder on the surface of the aluminium which will begin rusting and will greatly detract from the finished appearance.
chrome last way longer then paint or polishing alu.
in another video people use a polishing pad but he only uses jeans used for polishing. I take my hat off to this person for improvisation in completing a job and he wants to share it for others to be used as reference material.
I tried to shave in the reflection but my phone screen kept shutting off! That's a great polish job!👍
Thank you cheers 🥂
Haaaaaa!
The Red compound is the wax for polishing. They are utilized by the people who are polishing Gold and platina for extra shine. The denim wheel is between scotch brite and cotton wheel. The bench grinder is for buffing with long edges. Original
Is not a bench grinder which is converted to polishing grinder. 750watt 3000rpm for industrial use.
For those people who asking. Thank u
Thanks for helping people
I can't find anything close to that large red buffing wheel you're using. I really need one of those. Could you tell us where to find one? Thanks so much!
Which speed is best?
If you heat the aluminum with a torch and warm it up a bit, just to the point you can barely handle it, you can cut the polishing time in half.
Wow that is an awesome job sir. This is why you have to pay when you want it done right. Looks brand new with a lot of man hours and someone who know what they are doing. I love it. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you too
And I thought I was the only person on the planet to use a kitchen or bathroom sink as a parts washer. Great work!
😁
I just spent months polishing a pickup bed for a Smyth Ute conversion.
I figured it would take me a month ,turned out to be 5.
I get 2-3 hours a night , and 2-3 nights a week in the shop.
And one weekend evening.
I haven't added up my time that it took , but it would be nice if one day my hands stopped going numb when dealing with vibrating equipment.
It looks great , but I literally hurt myself getting there.
I feel your pain MrHillFork. That is why I felt I should write the above comment that has now been highlighted. It's easy to underestimate the time, horsepower, human muscle power, and supplies needed for a quality job. I bet that bed looks awesome and gets the looks you were hoping for.
That said, there is now a machine that does truck wheels on the semi at your local truck stop in two steps and does an amazing job.
Obviously it does not get in around the studs and lug nuts, but the rim sections come out beautiful and fast.
I like to use a piece of pipe on the wheel to get it kinda firmer and warm then use the black... then get a board with some nails slammed through and run the nails on the wheel to get that off and soften it up. Add some white and buff to a high sheen. Never used a red or green.
Amazing mirror-like finishing it even looks like chrome!
It did come out beautiful alright. I've done a couple of Milwaukee half inch drills, using polishing bars and a small right angle air grinder with buffing pads attached. And they came out similarly. Too many small angles for a big stand polisher wheel.
Anyway, great job and a real sweet way to make bike parts shine. Though now so many are painting them black 😂. 👍👍
Aluminum does not rust, but it will oxidize. After cleaning and polishing, the part needs to be Anodized and sealed with nickel hydrate to prevent further oxidation. Simply using automotive clear coating will not last, especially under heated conditions (motor parts).
What products would you recommend for a restored electric aluminum percolator? I would like to keep it looking good. Thanks for being me out.
Washing motorcycle parts in the bathroom sink ?
... must be single.
Judging from the tile floor, I wonder what room the buffer is located in?
azul8811 I had logged-in to make a very similar remark!
😆
azul8811 I guess being single every room is considered a man cave :-) must be 5 o’clock somewhere where is that beer 🍻
I used to paint my Triumph gas tank on the kitchen table then put it in the oven to bake . My "EX" wife hated it.🤪🤪🤪
Inspiring! Now I want to try and polish a set of valve covers after seeing video! A++ VERY WELL DONE!
*The skill that some people have just absolutely amazes me*
Thanks
Such a great content. Simple video but this man used to share what khind of item he use step by step from the beginning to complete the wonderful outcome result. This was valuable knowledge. Thanks brother
Thanks brother
Polished Aly scratches super easy, even from a rough rag or cloth. A lot of people say clear coat it, but when you paint anything you should scuff it up so the paint grabs - highly polished surfaces are the opposite of that so the clear coat will not last. The solution is to not bother lol, polished aly is for show cars and bikes that get trailered everywhere and never actually used for anything.
Never seen a jeans wheel before 👌
Now That is a high speed grinder/buffer!! Well done!
...even an infidel can appreciate a good polishing job.
Thank you
Hahaha
😂😂😂😂😂
😂This infidel likes the polish too
Fell asleep 5 times watching this
One tip. When using paint strippers, wrap the piece in cellophane after applying. This keeps the stripper from drying out and holds the vapors in allowing it to work better and faster.
For a moment I could smell the polishing.
Nice work.
1.)First off, this is the best aluminum polishing video that i have found on youtube... extremely efficient with a perfect finish.
2.) What grit was the red abrassive wheel? 600?
3.) What brand compound do you like or are they all the same?
4.) What products do you use when polishing titanium?
Thankyou kind sir.
Red abrasive wheel equals out to be about 320ish I use all renegade stuff there maverick rouge is the shiz
@@tacticalty9693 so a 320 grit? I’m seeing 280 or 260 red I’m trying to polish some aluminum at home on my 8 inch bench grinder. I have the cotton wheels just need to find the right abrasive one ☝🏽
What an amazing job, brother. From what it was to what it is, the journey is awesome...
Thanks great job polished aluminum always looks so much better than Chrome
Thanks
here is a hint for you. do not bleed on aluminum! blood will discolor it and it is realy difficult to polish it out..... had to buy a guy a new dash for his crop duster once... that was expensive!! all because of a little cut on my finger.
There's something very satisfying that takes a broken down piece and makes it look better than new - you see the chance for redemption and a new life. Something Old, made New.
Absolutely beautiful work! I have an old 1978 Honda C70 which I'm slowly restoring, so I'll definitely give this a try on some of the parts. Black and white bars are the compounds I should be using along with a cutting compound bar, as far as I'm aware.
Howd it come out?
@@Dead_Wringer Funnily enough, it's been stored over winter for the most part of the past year, but I'm just getting the peices together to make it complete before painting the frame etc
That was so peaceful watching him polish the metal on the wheel. I could watch and listen to that all night.
A company by the name a Eagle One has a product called Nevr Dull. It is a can full of cotton wading that has a polish in the wading. We used Nevr Dull on the aluminum fuel tanks and the aluminum wheels on my dad's big truck. It is only good to maintain the shine on polished aluminum and chrome. Eastwood company has all the polishing equipment to polish motorcycle sized aluminum and stainless steel.
FANTASTIC JOB!!! I'm sure that many would believe that result to be next to impossible!!
Thanks bro
Very satisfying! A great result! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
I have never skipped through a video so much
I would have stopped after the abrasive wheel and been happy. looks great
Thank you
To call this impressive would be the understatement of the year
Thank you so much for a proper and easy to follow tutorial video. I have watched many others trying to understand this process!! Also, thank you for not speeding up the footage. I now feel confident to attempt this myself.
I wonder if you have done, or are thinking of doing a similar video for the air fins etc on a motorbike engine? Or better still, how to polish with the engine and parts still in the bike frame?
Wishing you all the joy and blessings for the remainder of this year.
Thanks scott
Bye any chance do you know where I can find a similar abrasive wheel for my bench grinder,I've been looking everywhere with no luck lol,all they have is these flap disk or sandpaper type I wanna see if I can find a round 8 inch to throw on my new bench grinder thanks
One slight downside that might be avoided: heavy polishing reduces the crisp look of the Honda stamping: all the edges are slightly rounded over. Might have been a good idea to favor that area with less strokes.
It can be fixed by doing some slight Dremel work
This answers my question about "color sanding" before polish. Polish will pull the metal out of the letters and there is no way to put that metal back in. By sanding first with a slightly flexible foam backer the letters would actually gain crispness especially by Going up to a really fine 1200 or finer before buffing it would also reduce the amount of rounding at the top surface of each letter and make the paint filling easier and crisper too. Sanding stays mostly at the surface while polishing goes into the letters and pulls out the metal like a dredge. Using a Dremel won't fix the rounding or widening of the letters at the top surface unless you cut away the roundness and make the letters wider in every direction. This would of course change the whole logo. This is a great video for polish and shows what will happen to details if you don't sand first. I cant think of a better short video that shows this.
Ya this not the best approach whatsoever. This is not even an intricate piece so have gone straight to the polishing wheels. I’ve got like 5 hours of hand sanding my oil filter’s cap which is about half way done. If you want a true mirror like finish and less distortion then most of this work should be done by hand and especially the corners!
Thanks for this video. I never would have thought to use paint remover to clean aluminum.
Excellent video, thank you. Praise be to God our father and Jesus his son our savior.
so easy as long as you have a giant buffing wheel
😂🤣
I have just a variable speed polisher/grinder and I do just fine
Great job. Diligent, methodical, slow and sure. Well done.
Thanks for appreciating
Can you put a link to where I can purchase the abrasive wheel? What grit is it?
You make that look very easy. I have no doubt that lots of practise makes perfect!
Just one tip, just don't catch a leading edge it will jerk it out of your hands. just rotate it around. Great video.
Now that is craftsmanship! Damn fine work!
OH NO !!! YOU JUST DESTROYED A MILLION DOLLAR PIECE OF MODERN ART !!
Maasha Allah!
That is some magic! You turned rusted alluminium into some thing which shines like chrome.
Thanks for sharing with us...
Love from India!
Asef Sha aluminum doesn’t rust. It oxidizes.
@@rigmover158
You are absolutely right Rigmover....and thanks for bringing it up.
Actually Alluminium undergoes corrosion and we locally refer to it as alluminium rust. It is kind of local slang.
Its brighter than my future 🥲
After polishing, do you should put some varnish or something similar to avoid aluminum corrosion?
I would like to polish my motorcycle engine because now is matte and i prefer have it as mirror polished.
Great job!!
Ceramic coat it with opticoat. That’ll provide corrosion protection for five years.
Yeah! Who doesn't have a buffing wheel, like seriously i really need one of those
For the first minute I thought something was wrong with my headphones 😂
Me too lol
Unless you read, speak and understand Arabic, your not gonna understand the silence!
Best tutorial i ever seen..
That was so good it was therapeutic 👍
WOW ... Who would of thought of using a POLISHING WHEEL !!! OMG U R SOOOOooo SMART..
Thanks a lot
Sarcastic smart arse, guess what - some people have no experience polishing aluminium and don't know how to do it. Duh!
@@michaelcarey299 You are one of the Durrs that make the Duh so much of a head shake.. maybe you should stick to paying people to do stuff for you "MeThinks" it would be better .. Thx
@@Meatcleaver101 6 months for a reply but worth the wait, you're funny, thank you!
If you had used a sanding brush with triple sanding paste after the glass brush, the polishing would be even more effective.
Thanks bro for good advice
Is it rust or heat proof for future use? How long time it will stay glazed?
Red compound is called aluminium polishing compound and compound is called cutting compound
@@smilepik are you stupid?
@@smilepik it is important to note that untreated aluminium does not retain its original, shiny surface as it will oxidise. So i personally absolutely see no point in polishing aluminium ever other than when "showroom" exposition is required.
Thank you very much. I have been using the wrong methods to take the corrosion and coatings off. You have saved me so much work. Have a nice day.
It doesn't matter what it looks like at the end of the video, it matters what it looks like at the end of a year.
Dude its polished aluminium, do you really think its gonna last forever? Do some research, we have what we called google RN.
@@jstrndm945 Dude do you think a year is forever or forever is a year?
Either way you're wrong, so if you ever get done re-polishing your aluminum do some research.
@@Milkmans_Son nah it just an expression. My point is, im never seen polished aluminum last for 5 month without maintenance, i do repolished my rims every month or two and getting sick of it, thats why i came to this video
@@jstrndm945 Well it's not my fault you came to the wrong video. You need to be researching corrosion protection, not polishing (hint: the aviation industry pretty much has this figured out). Your wheels, like the engine cover in this video, was originally either clear coated or clad with a thin layer of pure aluminum. When these layers of corrosion protection are gone, you can either replace them or spend the rest of your life polishing.
I had a similar question and was going to ask: do you spray coat this with some clear finish. I bought a brass cup holder in Morocco years ago. It tarnished. Had a professional polish it, then added a clear coat. Stayed polished looking for years and years. Then again, it wasn't exposed to the harsh environment of a motorcycle.
Looks brand new!
4:27 i would of stopped there and thought i was a pro
You are obviously not
@@_Synt4x3rr0r you obviously don’t get it
Lol me too i was looking like , done
Thats the differences. Some take it all the way.the more of a mirrored polish the easier it is too clean and keep nice. As long as it dont get scratched
By jesus that came up a treat .wow very nice m8
That looks beautiful and shiny like a mirror great 👌 job.
Thanks
First video I have seen to do with polishing engine covers that realises that there is paint and lacquer on them! Not to sound condesending, but well done!
That is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! Great video, can’t wait to get a grinder!
Thank you cheers
Beautiful work brother 🫱🏻🫲🏼
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video and great information
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice job and good video...thanks
Outstanding video. looks better than new.
Thank you very much!
I'm willing to bet the missus was very happy with you for washing off all that paint stripper in the bathroom sink.....
Not as (un)happy as the time she found an ACTUAL stripper in the bathroom.
Outstanding video and presentation.
He could have used his arm hairs for polishing.😂 Amazing stuff... Looks brand new.
Fantastic. I’ve bought an old Yamaha sr motorcycle and this video has really inspired me. Thankyou
Just a point to add, this cover has minimal pitting, if you've got medium to heavy pitting the pitting will still be present after polishing!
@@iccus62 Nope sorry with pitting you could not even begin to remove it with 400 grit apparently you've never restored a truly corroded metal part aluminum or otherwise !
Awesome Share my Friend
Great job. Every negative commentator reflects his own mindset.
Well said!
Wow. Amazing work!
thanks man you saved my money and time
“Easy” as long as you have all the tools
What a dumb comment lol. If you're going to work on bikes etc you'll obviously need tools, one of the first things most people get is a bench grinder
You can achieve the same results by hand, it's just going to take you a LOT longer. 😂
That's typically what makes any job easy...
@@fiftyracer192 is there a bench grinder that has polishing too? Thank you
@@dadigitechmanjunior and u forgot knowledge
That was an excellent job
Amazing tutorials, i love this
Glad you like them!
Sweet deal, looks great! Thanks for listing the pads you used too
great idea to rinse your chemicals down the drain.
Awesome detailed work
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow! You brought it from ugly burnt pile of dog turd to a beautiful, new-looking piece. Great work!!
Thanks
Excellent work my friend.
BEAUTIFUL job! Good on you!
Nice , job .... I have to ask , after you chemically strip the part . What kind of abrasive wheel is that , that you are using , as it does an amazing job to start the re-finish job...
Thank you for sharing.
Cheers Great job..
Thanks for appreciating.
This wheel called non woven polishing abrasive wheel. This kind of wheels are available in different types like hard medium and soft. This is a fine quality soft non woven polishing abrasive wheel.
@@IronManRestoration, thank you for your reply , that wheel will be on my list .
Again thanks for sharing.
Wow thats shinier than the Popes ring...in fact you can have that one for the name of your business...thank me later
Thanks
Where u from nula
@paul mcbride a woman's place is n d kitchen
A very satisfying video to watch...
back in the day we used to do this by hand on our dio 2 engine
This guy is good. Bravo!
Lovely job, I didnt know about the red rouge, I have previously stopped after the white and was never totally happy. How long does the polished job last before the weather marks it all up again?
Put a coat of car wax on it every 3 months and it will stay shiny and protected
@@LimitedWarranty Or shoot it with lacquer...I prefer the wax method tho
absolutely phenomenal"!! great work greater results"!! PJP
Thank you
Lovely work!!
Well, at least I am not the only one who does this..lol. When my wife asked me how did you get those rims on your restored XR 650 so clean.. I said in the kitchen sink when you were not home 😎. She never knew!
Weldon buddy 🤩
Pretty basic. If you kids want a tip here ya go: when starting out you will inevitably catch the edge of a piece you are polishing and it will be snatched out of your hands and thrown to the ground instantly. Instantly? Instantly! So you will go from needing polished to needing honing or replacing or just more polish than you needed to start with! Aghhhh! So until you get your wits about you take a couple pillows that you NEVER want on a bed again or an old couch cushion and place beneath and just back of the polishing wheel. Also if there is a lot of detail then have it "vapor honed" first or do that yourself too.
Buffing wheel has snatched metal out of my hands on several occasions and even made dings in it 😟
great job
and in 1 month you start again to maintain, unless it is a decorative motorcycle.
unless you varnish
No really a quick clean with Mothers polish on a rag will have it back in minutes.
There used to be a really good sealer called zoop-seal, I think they changed names though. Stacey David reviewed it on trucks years ago and water just beaded up and ran right off the test rim. Might be worth a Google
Never stop plssss