help for a new polishing addict

[samtgallagher]

if you're using a drill kit, more than likely that is your problem. i don't think drills have the rpm's needed to polish out stuff like a bench polisher. i bought a drill kit just to do a set of wheels, and it was a waste. i ende dup buying a big motor and flex shaft instead. the left one is polished, the right one is what they looked like before.





the drill kit was literally a waste of my time, i would suggest getting one of the flexshafts on a bench polisher IF you don't have access to a compressor/die grinder ( i do all of my work in the garage in a subdivision, a compressor would be too loud)

[89notchback]

Yep Im going to have to get me a bench polisher..... I polished my supercharger intake pipe last night and its the same way.....I guess my drill isnt doing the job.....I may try going up in grit to 1000 then hiting it with white

[89notchback]

Originally Posted by KENLUDE97

Finished it yesterday, pretty soft aluminum.


Harder aluminum

see this is the results im after...nice work

[samtgallagher]

Originally Posted by 89notchback

Yep Im going to have to get me a bench polisher..... I polished my supercharger intake pipe last night and its the same way.....I guess my drill isnt doing the job.....I may try going up in grit to 1000 then hiting it with white

after taking advice from people on here, i don't go over a good 400 grit sanding. sometimes i won't even use sandpaper.

here's what some parts look like just by starting off with emery and a sisal wheel, no sanding at all

[89notchback]

well Im going shopping then for a bench buffer.... what di I need to look for and also can you get longer shaft for them........most I have looked at are just 2 inches long

also here is some I tried last night

[89notchback]

I just need to ditch my cheap wal-mart drill and get a bench buffer

[samtgallagher]

yeah it just looks like the compounds aren't doing much, which would be a polisher problem. i sent u a pm to the polisher i have been using

since you appear to be into superchargers... here's a pic of a procharger i did back in january

[89notchback]

yep I started that and am going to be at it for a while
here is the start

[89notchback]

this part is going to suck

and this

this should make a semi-pro polisher out of me

[89notchback]

Yep it was my drill...... My dad had a old 3/4hp bench grinder so i put my buffs on it and MANdid it make a huge diff..... So I will go shopping around tomorrow for a actual bench buffer.....Thanks for all the tips and help
Now Im redoing all my polishing today