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Title: Polishing metal.. How??? Post by: FieroDough on April 30, 2003, 10:26:59 am Ok, well getting the new engine envy, so I want to start polishing the brackets, supercharger, valve covers, you name it.
What i want to do is take the "pitting" away from the aliminium (did I spell that right? ) and make it silk smooth for a fresh coat of paint. I'd like to keep the sma eengine color theme as the 2.8L Fiero engine (red plenium / valve covers with the shinny ridges) so is there a trick to polishing and "sanding" this type of metal? any tools? (I was thinking a rotary tool) and I heard somethign about polishing pastes??? any info will be really appreciated! Cheers! Eric Title: Re:Polishing metal.. How??? Post by: fiero1 on April 30, 2003, 10:54:26 am ;DHello Eric concerning the new hwy act they want to put through aren't you concerned especially all the money & time involved with this conversion
Title: Re:Polishing metal.. How??? Post by: WillEV on April 30, 2003, 11:24:16 am I you want a chrome like finish then you'll have to use sand paper (this will also get rid of the pitts)here a list of supplies:
400 grit 600 grit 800 grit 1000 grit 1500 grit 2000 grit finish it of with a metal polish. What I use when sanding is WD-40 it lubes and keeps the dust down. Title: Re:Polishing metal.. How??? Post by: FieroDough on April 30, 2003, 12:22:47 pm ;DHello Eric concerning the new hwy act they want to put through aren't you concerned especially all the money & time involved with this conversion Nah, that will never go through, and it is a production engine. they just don't know the Fiero never had it. :) that's why the engine needs to look stock. :) |