Polishing up aluminum

Polishing rouge will work (requires a buffer or Dremel - though one could do it by hand....slowly).

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There are a messof different metal polishes and not all of them work real well.

First off all the scratches need to be very light to merely polishout, Polish is really best on a slightly oxidized otherwise perfect surface.

I have several motorcycles--and some have a LOT of of aluminum to polish..
what I found to work really well is Simichrome and a white cotton buffing wheel attched to a drill with a mandrel.

Apply the simichrome to the edge of the wheel and polish a small area ata time wiping it with a clean cotton rag to remove the black residue from polishing.

You will be AMAZED at how fast this works.

However if your Aluminum is coated oranodized such polishing opens a can of worms since it burns off the coating and therein lies a problem as you will have to remove the entire coating to look right.

You can acheive remarkable results by hand with Simichrome or Flitz and soft cloth. Just work a small area at a time.

Cheers CD

Its angle, and the place which was selling it was also selling an anodized version. Anyway for me to check if its coated? I don't think it is...

I'll have a look through the tools to see if I've got a mandrel, I know I've got a drill

Is this the stuff your talking about?

The scratches don't seem to be very deep - most of them are just from getting knocked about by the drill or screws, that sorted thing. Its quite soft stuff really

Woohoo, a UK guy What stuff did you use?

I was lapping for the first time and my dad suggested this stuff link, as he had some lying around.
Note : It's now called Autosol, Was called Solvol if you can't get the new stuff.
He just ordered a couple of tubes for himself and said "If they come you can keep the other one"

Awesome, cheers

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