Re: cloudy sections
Well Crazieabe,
I'm no expert but, I use mothers polish in between all buffing and polishing steps. I use water between all sanding steps. I'm not so sure that the cloudiness is leftover compound. C'mon CASWELL that was a quick answer, not that i'm doubting your knowledge of the trade. I have experienced the same thing, and no matter how much buffing you do it seems to linger like an annoying rain cloud. I have had to go back to the last sanding step and start the buffing steps all over again. Could it be that we are seeing the porous nature of the aluminum in those areas and we have polished to deep? Crazieabe, i noticed that you are polishing sportbikes, therfore you understand the fact that the finished product must be perfect, and i mean perfect. These are big pieces of aluminum CASWELL, so every imperfection is noticeable. Anyway, to answer the question, I think that i have had the best results when i have done the least amount of work. in other words the more material you take off the more porous the aluminum becomes the worse your job looks. I hope this helps and please don't flame me CASWELL, i'm just trying to liven the forum up with a little debating. Remember that if we have found this forum then we are serious about polishing and we want the real secrets.
thanks
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