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Just like in polishing paint.... Prep is key to polishing aluminum to a mirror. Depending on the grade/ condition of aluminum you are starting with..... You would sand with a d/a sander . If the aluminum is pretty rough... Start with 220, then 320, 400, 600. You must make sure you sand out all...

Pic is alittle far away, but it looks like they are polished aluminum lips. Comparing the pics of good rims to bad... Looks like the aluminum hadn't been cared for... Looks like aluminum here in Chicago after the winter. Combination if oxidation, water stains, if you live in a snowy region, most...

You probably have the same HD pressure washer I bought. Bought it because of the big Honda engine... Which has never gave me a problem and purrs like a kitten. But after afew years and maybe 20 hours of use... It stopped working. A little online investigating showed that home use pressure washer...

3 minutes...now thats a quick reply!!! Thanks Meghan

I know it just ended...but are the detail fest tshirts going to be available to us tshirt hounds that couldnt get down to sunny Florida this weekend???

All depends on the what grit they started with...if the casting is rough... Usually it would be 220, 320,400,600...after that you could polish it with a rotary and rouge.. But if most is by hand... Then just keep going 800, 1000... By that point, if done right.. It should already have a...

Easy with the professionalism in trucking remark. I will admit that there are some bad apples... Just like any profession. Problem is .. Those are the kind that get all the attention!! And those trucks are nasty... Shower...how about a tetanus shot!! I drive a truck and am lucky to work for a...

Learning to pinstripe.... Custom airbrushing.... Helping my 3 year old son learn to ice skate and hold his first hockey stick!! ... Home improvement ( currently building new kitchen cabinets )....motorcycles in general....aluminum polishing ( not very stress relieving, but can make some good...

My WW had the autoglym wax and the finger pocket kinda things from autoglym.... Didn't sell at all, surprise, like u said... Who goes to WW to buy $35.00 wax? Haven't seen the surf city stuff here, but have seen 105/205 at Pep Boys around here. And almost the exact same price that AG sells it...

No... That stuff is just Teflon crap. Stuff I am talking about is called MotorKote. I am in no way associated with them.... Just a loyal user for more than 10 years and the stuff is worth every penny. I usually buy off their website or get it personally at Trucking trade shows. Check out their...

Not really sure about the "renting of space" thing, for one good reason. I know of a company that has been selling a hyper lubricant oil additive for over the last 17 years that kicks the crap out of any so called friction fighters.... But because it's American made and packaged in America ...

Any pics to understand what this exactly is.... As you found out... WD40 won't do anything for u... It will just hide the spots until it dries out and they reappear.

Would love to test the Metal Wax. I can give it some real world punishment and see how it holds up. I drive a 2010 Peterbilt with all the stainless and polished aluminum on it. I can see how well it works at this time of year in Chicago at getting some of the salt staining off as well as...

My carquest happens to be attached to one on the regions distribution warehouses... Sometimes they just have to walk out there to get stuff

Don't use any kind of degreaser, etc. As it will turn your freshly polished aluminum white, quite quickly. I polish aluminum ( mostly on big rigs) during the summer. When I finish with one grade of polishing rouge and need to clean the surface of any remaining rouge / residue , I use mineral...

Have a consumer unit I bought 5 years ago and the pump finally died. I bought this pressure washer for the motor... Honda... Quiet, smooth running... Just like their generators, keep up the maintenance on them and they will last forever. So, when the pump went, I bought a commercial grade CAT...

And remember that gas pressure washers use the water going thru them to cool the pump. You can do considerable damage to internal pump parts if you leave the engine running while u soap up a car, etc. Most non pro gas pressure washers will tell you in the manual that you should not leave it...

Even easier.... If you want to leave the backing plates on... Go to IKEA or maybe a restaurant supply store and get an industrial looking towel bar ( instead of the bar being round, it looks like a piece of flat metal going across) and then just hang them by hanging them on the bar between the...

Actually most stainless steel is polished while still in flat sheet form before being bent into it's final assembly. It us put on a roller bed and fed thru a machine that polishes the surface. If you look at a grade 7 polished stainless or a grade 8 mirror polished stainless in a 4x 8 sheet...

I agree that DeWalts are quality. I do some detailing and aluminum polishing on the side ( most of the polishing is done on semis, so alot of aluminum to do on them. ) Most polishers out there use DW849's. You worry about wool from the buffing pads getting in there and messing it up?? Don't...