Polished a Polisher

[smooth72]

I saw some one over Autopia refresh their polish so I had to do mine, I know sick at least that what the wife says. Subject: Makita 9207, bought in 1996.Just a quick note if you had a polisher for while you may need to re grease it, or just push the grease back into the gears. Mine had lots of grease but hardly any around the gears.I sand it down the head first, 80 grit up to 1500 then polished it with red and then white polishing bars. Then hit with a little English custom polish. The trick to takeing aluminum from a rough texture to polish is in the snding. The plastic started with 500 grit, up to 1500. Then buffed it with different compounds and finished it with Meguiar's plastic polish
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[rsanter]

nice looking, but did you know that a rough cast or natural finish on the aluminum will disperse heat faster than a polished finish?
polishing smoothes and closes the pores of the metal reducing the ability to heat transfer


bob

 

[smooth72]

nice looking, but did you know that a rough cast or natural finish on the aluminum will disperse heat faster than a polished finish?
polishing smoothes and closes the pores of the metal reducing the ability to heat transfer


bob

I have heard that,but I have polished intakes, heads, etc. and have never had a problem. Also I don't plan on working that hard, so the tool is not going to work that hard.

 

[e-tek]

You're a sick, sick man - but your polisher looks great! LOL!!

 

[jonsdoghouse]

I saw some one over Autopia refresh their polish so I had to do mine, I know sick at least that what the wife says. Subject: Makita 9207, bought in 1996.Just a quick note if you had a polisher for while you may need to re grease it, or just push the grease back into the gears. Mine had lots of grease but hardly any around the gears.I sand it down the head first, 80 grit up to 1500 then polished it with red and then white polishing bars. Then hit with a little English custom polish. The trick to takeing aluminum from a rough texture to polish is in the snding. The plastic started with 500 grit, up to 1500. Then buffed it with different compounds and finished it with Meguiar's plastic polish
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Im just curious how long did that take?

 

[ddawg16]

If you are that bored.....you can come over and do the ones in my tool box.....

Which will give my wife more time to polish 'my' tool.....

 

[Rocket]

If you are that bored.....you can come over and do the ones in my tool box.....

I was going to say something similar, but more like.

COME & HELP BUILD A FEW CARS, make some tools or even some equipment!!

(I can not find good help around here )

You are a SICK puppy

 

[michael Mccoy]

And to lay it out finished on the red velvet, very classy, my kind of guy. Now lets see what the car looks like after you hit it with thw NEW polisher

 

[smooth72]

Im just curious how long did that take?

Couple of hours, couple of beers.
Here is on of my subjects:

Dad's truck

Daughter's truck

the list goes on and on the who family is into custom vehicles. The wife has a custom Black avalanche with foose 22.

 

[smooth72]

The polshing and detail sickness is bad and I don't think there is no cure.

Future subject to polish.

 

[vette-kid]

You, my friend, have good taste in cars

 

[hguerrero]

so you polished your tool and then posted pics?

 

[smooth72]

so you polished your tool and then posted pics?

.....but the tool is larger than it appears

 

[thesupersized]

i know a guy that is obsessed with polishing things...he has a huge *** vice that he got chromed!!! im jelous!

 

[mechamunch]

I saw some one over Autopia refresh their polish so I had to do mine, I know sick at least that what the wife says. Subject: Makita 9207, bought in 1996.Just a quick note if you had a polisher for while you may need to re grease it, or just push the grease back into the gears. Mine had lots of grease but hardly any around the gears.I sand it down the head first, 80 grit up to 1500 then polished it with red and then white polishing bars. Then hit with a little English custom polish. The trick to takeing aluminum from a rough texture to polish is in the snding. The plastic started with 500 grit, up to 1500. Then buffed it with different compounds and finished it with Meguiar's plastic polish
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after

For your next trick, are you going to sand a sander?