Polishing The Rocker Cover

[sIIgtst]

Hi all

I want to bring my rocker cover and plenum up nice and shiny but all the buff and polishing stuff ive seen

isnt heavy duty enough to remove the rough surface or the rocker cover and plenum.

do i rub it back with sand paper first to get an even surface then polish /buff the sand paper

scratches out or what??

What buffing wheels do those whohave done this recommend?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Edited July 11, 2008 by sIIgtst

[axe s]

yes use sand paper... not to rough but,

Then work down to a nice smoth sand paper,

Then used a stiched cloth buff wheel and some buffing soap

[Craved]

plenum will be rough paper first as the casting is large

cam covers would start at 400 grit

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have a look at the polishing thread in the fabrication section.

[johnbarry88]

start with

180

240

320

400wd

600wd

800wd

1000wd

1200wd

1500wd

2000wd

hand polish with megiurs metal polish

just did this to my intercooler pipes on the weekend comes up like porn...

[maximumrpm]

will the steel evenually get surface rust? do you have to continually repolish them to keep the shine?

cheers

[grandmasterb]

will the steel evenually get surface rust? do you have to continually repolish them to keep the shine?

cheers

Its recommended that you give it a flick of clear to help reduce the likely hood of them oxidising

[maximumrpm]

cheers thanks for that champ might give it a go this weekend too

[grandmasterb]

cheers thanks for that champ might give it a go this weekend too

No worries

good luck with it and like Chris said have a read over the threads in the Fabrication section that covers it if you haven't already done so

[Craved]

just a little bit of inf0 - Cam covers/rocker covers are alloy so they wont "rust" but you can get white oxidisation on them. clear coating will seal them, but also reduces the shine of the polishing.