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Re: What am I missing!!!
Mario, I'm not a pro, but after all the wet sanding is done I've gotten some great results using just my Dremel and the Dremel polishing rouge, along with their white felt buffing wheels. That said, I don't think you'll ever get the aluminum to be perfect from all angles. My fenders, for example, turned out nice, but I think from the right angle some haze can be seen. I really don't notice it much.
Here is a kit that includes the rouge and felt wheels. http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pa...spx?pid=684-01 I think you're on the right path. I don't really know any tricks except to always travel in the same direction when you polish. Sounds like you are doing everything right, and I'll agree that Mother's aluminum polish seemed to give me worse results then just using the Dremel rouge with a felt wheel. Wax did the same. Something you could try is to wipe down the aluminum with Windex before you do a final polish. Ammonia cleans bare metals very well. Let us know if you ever figure this out! We could all use the tips.
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Re: What am I missing!!!
No matter how much you polish, some small scratches will be seen from various angles. if you can, try and polish on one plane, only go one direction. this will assure that the scratches can only be seen when viewing one certain angle. This is just the nature of polishing aluminum.
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DO NOT USE ammonia on aluminum unless you plan on a completely wash and re-polish after. Ammonia attacks aluminum if left on for any length of time. This is ones of the reasons that some of the better gun cleaning chemicals should never be used on any firearm that has aluminum parts in them.
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Re: What am I missing!!!
I use ZEPHYR PRO40 and I do not notice any swirl marks. I use it on a new micro fiber rag to polish with. After I am done I throw the rag away you can't clean them good enough after once used. I then use another clean micro fiber to finish polishing and clean what is left on off. I also use a dermal with a felt wheel then the micro fiber rags. Ed
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I will let you know how it turns out for sure. I might try getting a few pics of where I'm at but not sure I can capture in a pic. Quote:
Hmmm, if I put a longer shaft on my motor, maybe I could try a 5" wide buffing wheel? Or maybe at least 3" wide wheel. That's one thing I haven't tried, more wheels maybe! Quote:
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Thanks everyone. You have all re inspired me to get back at it. With your input I have a few more things to try before I accept this as the nature of the beast. Mario |
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