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aluminum finish

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is there anyway to shine up aluminum again lik eon the engine casing could i use that snowmobile polish or steal wool? my 78 gs has some flaws in the metal from aluminum corrosion
 
Get a 3m abrasive wheel.

Get a 3m abrasive wheel.

Get a 3M paint and varnish abrasive wheel.

I got a couple from wall mart.

These wheels are really good for removing clear and corosion. I just polished the parts on my CB engine, and it worked great.

Once I was done with the wheel I was ready to wet sand. With a little extra wheel work I was abble to remove most of the scratches as well.

These are not the agressive rust removal wheels. They look similar to a green scotch pad, but are more sturdy and more abbrasive.

After wet sanding I put some super fine 0000 steel wool in a rubber sanding block and went to work with some Mothers.

Useing the block made bringing up the shine really fast.

I finished with a buffing wheel chocked up in my drill, and then cleaned out the compound with a tooth brush, and some amonia.
 
get some metal polish after that, and rub till your fingers fall off
 
I have done the rub till your fingers fall off.

I have done the rub till your fingers fall off.

The Poot method of rubbing till your fingers fall of is what I did to my GS.

The 3M wheel and sanding block made my CB job much faster, and with no blisters.
 
Not hard but verry verry time consuming. I used a polishing wheel "the little white soft wheels" with my dremmel tool and mothers aluminum polish on the front lower legs of my XS650 and they came out to a mirror finish.
 
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