Help Polishing GSXR 1000 subframe

[btorres09]

Help please...i am trying to polish my subframe off a 06 gsxr 1000 and while sanding it i can see what looks like veins in the metal...and for some reason i can seem to get rid of them....i dont want them to ruin the shine at the end process by showing up....can some one off some assistance

[jrow]

btorres09,

Are you seeing "veins" or mold marks? Picture?

John

[ninjinja]

I have been working on a GSXR frame myself and seen the same thing, if you are seeing what I think you are seeing, in the sanding process but I found that they came out during the polishing process, some needed a little extra pressure but with a little persuasion they dissapeared. but to determine if we are talking about the same thing it would be better to see a photo.

[btorres09]

thanks for the reply guys...im working on getting a pic...but they look like veins....im new at this so i have never seen anything like that....the only thing i have polished so far is a heel guard with no problems...another question. after using emery/sewen,then brown/ canton, then red/ sewen, then white/ loose i can see my reflection but for some reason it looks dull and dark....

[lcaswell]

Your steps are wrong, as are your wheel/compound combinations. Please read the buffing booklet at http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffman.htm

[btorres09]

the steps i used i got from the polishing 101 class at the top of this forum...i new sorry for the stupid questions....i didnt have a sisal wheel so i used a spiral sewen one with the emery...other than that where did i go wrong...thanks for your help in advance i appreciate it....

[jrow]

btorres09,

Buffs in relation to there hardness would be Sisal, Sewn and Loose. Now in between the sisal and the sewn would be treated airway and untreated airway buffs. Compounds according to there coarseness would be Emery, Stainless Steel, Tripoli and White. Yes you can use Stainless Steel compound to buff aluminum if it get you the desired effect. A lot of polishing can depend on the type of aluminum that you are polishing IE, if you can polish the aluminum to the finish that you want using Tripoli and a sewn buff as your last step thats fine. You want to use a dedicated buff for each compound and rake the buff often.
Obviously this is over simplified but I think you get the picture.

John

[btorres09]

Thanks for the info John...im going to try it out and see what happens...I appreciate the help....

[btorres09]

Has anyone polished a subframe off a 2005-06 gsxr 1000 and has pics to show....

[gbtweedy]

Try doing a search on gixxer.com for a polished swingarm. Sometimes you cant get a cast piece to look perfect.