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Originally Posted by mpierich
I might try it, it's just that I enjoy buffing more than sanding...plus I have no 600-grit tools for the tight areas. What do you do about that? Or don't you...?
As you know there are a multitude of aluminum alloys. Most of the time the white colors up the little bit of haze from the emery OK for me, if it's a good hard type of aluminum. But I do use tripoli occasionally as an intermediate step if necessary. There's no way to tell (before you start) exactly what will work. Right now I'm working on a set of HD shovelhead cases which are poor quality caveman-type castings. It looks like I'll have to use the tripoli in this case since the black is leaving a lot of haze.
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i havn t done shovel head cases for a while but caveman castings is probably an understatement i that case . for the tight areas i make my own cartrige rolls
i have different size and shape mandrels with a split opening so i insert and roll my abrasive paper on it , might sound caveman type way of doing but i get the roll the size and shape i need in the grit that i want . have a look at my vrod engine in the member galery .i dont like working with real cartrige rolls
the tips wear out too fast i go through a box of 100 in no time