oh my god! you could not be any more wrong! first of all you should never use a sicel wheel on aluminum! it drags the metal creating lots of nasty pits! second never use a hand sander when you could use a cotton wheel with a 240 jackson lea grit, your final buffing is almost right, with a very fine wheel, just using the wrong color compound! try a light color compound sold from light green, yellow or white. your final product is OK but you will spend about half the time using my proven methods !
Couple of recommendations to make things easier and safer:
As was already noted; dust mask or respirator. The abrasives and metal aren't exactly good for your lungs.
Use treated buff wheels and greaseless compounds for surface prep. MUCH better to follow compound curves, and they do a faster job. Allows you to eliminate the steel-wool step. The compounds come in grits between 120 and 360.
He should be wearing a respirator for one. Working with aluminum like that is hazardous. He should have de-anodized the aluminum first. All aluminum comes with a protective anodized coating. This is why he had a black build up on the aluminum. Also from using too much rouge. You wind up working twice as hard to get a nice result.
nice heres a question for u i have a liquid neon what looks like lightning in a tube well is there a way i can make it sound active ? because i know i can make a standard L.E.D flash by wireing it upto my sub speaker and everytime the sub kicks in the led flashed but when i tried wireing up the liquid neon to it well it didnt work is there a way round this? thanks
great stuff, very helpful, something I will have a go at. one question how would you polish something big like a gas tank on a truck,would you just use a drill?
oh my god! you could not be any more wrong! first of all you should never use a sicel wheel on aluminum! it drags the metal creating lots of nasty pits! second never use a hand sander when you could use a cotton wheel with a 240 jackson lea grit, your final buffing is almost right, with a very fine wheel, just using the wrong color compound! try a light color compound sold from light green, yellow or white. your final product is OK but you will spend about half the time using my proven methods !
joebeasley3 3 years ago
Hi, what is aloominum please?
chookter1 3 years ago
Indeed, i agree with the 'masks should be worn' comments, but i reckon you didn't wear one as it's only a tutorial, good result though.
sniffmycheez 3 years ago
I was just looking around on how to polish my Lian Li thank a million.
riptor3086 3 years ago
hope this guy likes alzheimers
sgtbooty 4 years ago
Good stuff
Datsrboi 4 years ago
Couple of recommendations to make things easier and safer:
As was already noted; dust mask or respirator. The abrasives and metal aren't exactly good for your lungs.
Use treated buff wheels and greaseless compounds for surface prep. MUCH better to follow compound curves, and they do a faster job. Allows you to eliminate the steel-wool step. The compounds come in grits between 120 and 360.
Alisterwolf66 4 years ago 2
As he mentioned, never mix compounds and wheels. Use one wheel per abrasive. Yes, it means you'll have quite a few (I have about twenty).
Don't use liquid rouge on a buff wheel, as it doesn't adhere properly. They're made for manual application.
On aluminum, I'd go no farther than white rouge. Red rouge is made for soft metals like gold.
Always finish off with a good quality paste polish like Blue Magic, to keep the surface from oxidizing.
Alisterwolf66 4 years ago
Thanks for the recomendations. Any tips for modding a Zalman GT1000? Leave a note on my channel if you have any tips.
PYSFsailing 4 years ago
what a joke...........if he was doing it properly it would have been done in half the time and much better.
Makes sure you wear leather gloves otherwise there is no way yo can hold onto the part when it starts getting hot
gmavridis 4 years ago
Why didnt you use a soft ball on a drill to buff off the melted compound?
UncleJohn97420 4 years ago
He should be wearing a respirator for one. Working with aluminum like that is hazardous. He should have de-anodized the aluminum first. All aluminum comes with a protective anodized coating. This is why he had a black build up on the aluminum. Also from using too much rouge. You wind up working twice as hard to get a nice result.
lessthn0 4 years ago
Not all aluminum has an anodized coating on it...That is simply not true.
rtothemast 4 years ago
Thank you for clearing up the proper working technique for the compounds.
tenrail 4 years ago
Great tut!
sbrdal 4 years ago
nice heres a question for u i have a liquid neon what looks like lightning in a tube well is there a way i can make it sound active ? because i know i can make a standard L.E.D flash by wireing it upto my sub speaker and everytime the sub kicks in the led flashed but when i tried wireing up the liquid neon to it well it didnt work is there a way round this? thanks
unimatrix666 4 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to share your know-how.
Where can I buy the elbow grease? ;)
diezam 4 years ago
You can use laquer thinner or cornstarch on a rag to easily remove the polish residue...Saves you from getting sore!
rtothemast 5 years ago
how many HP is your buffer and what brand is it. i have a lot of old kawasaki 2 strokes and im going to do a lot of buffing.
myxhero 5 years ago
Prolly a buffer.
Valk69 5 years ago
great stuff, very helpful, something I will have a go at. one question how would you polish something big like a gas tank on a truck,would you just use a drill?
hwyrod 5 years ago