aluminum polishing..sled deck in particular

[maxwell]

made the mistake of taking the 5 year old decals off my stf deck in attempt to polish. obviously i failed and either it needs to be gone over 1000 times or the aluminum is damaged and wont polish out to origional like under the stickers? i can see my reflection in it but its dull in comparison.


any advice? better polishes? or get boydo to take care of it lol?

 

[Mike270412]

sand it first

 

[Bnorth]

Sand it or acid wash it first.

 

[maxwell]

What kind of paper? I had some really fine stuff but just makes scratches lol

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[maxwell]

Damnit mike that's what I want mine to look like lol

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[Mike270412]

1000,1500...someting like that

What kind of paper? I had some really fine stuff but just makes scratches lol

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[Bnorth]

1000,1500...someting like that

You start that high or at a 400-600 grit?

 

[Mike270412]

depends how rough it is to start with

You start that high or at a 400-600 grit?

 

[Mike270412]

SOS pads work good too.

 

[medler]

Start with a 800 wet paper and get finer from there...Dont wanna go too coarse right off the bat

 

[Lowlife82]

Pm'ed.

 

[goodngrubby]

2 or 3 cans of gravel guard, a couple beer, an hour of your time, and voila....no need to ever polish again.

 

[maxwell]

2 or 3 cans of gravel guard, a couple beer, an hour of your time, and voila....no need to ever polish again.

a couple cans of beer to kill 2 aerosol cans? i like the way you work

 

[Mike270412]

2 or 3 cans of gravel guard, a couple beer, an hour of your time, and voila....no need to ever polish again.

Don't know if that stuff would stick to my shiny deck

 

[Vets07]

Ive always used the clay bars with a buffer (green, red then white). can get all from princess auto for a decent price.

 

[250mark1]

sand it first

that looks really good i want to get mine to look like that
did you hand sand it or use a machine ?
do you sand straight or in a circular motion or does it matter

 

[TylerG]

that looks really good i want to get mine to look like that
did you hand sand it or use a machine ?
do you sand straight or in a circular motion or does it matter

best guess is he used that drill that's sitting right there on the deck in the photo....

 

[goodngrubby]

best guess is he used that drill that's sitting right there on the deck in the photo....

Holy hell Sherlock...that's some good detective work.

 

[TylerG]

Holy hell Sherlock...that's some good detective work.

thanks Watson!......

 

[Summitric]

Maxwell........ Get boydo to doo it......... Way quicker and he's cheap enough ...... It'll give you more time to post on here