GS Ace for polishing

[Guest]

Had my 1100e side covers polished out by GS ace (Frank) a member here..what a fantasic job, I highly recommend his services...

[Maddog209]

What was the reason for not polishing the parts yourself? Afterall, you already did the time comsuming part of removing all of the parts. What was the fee for polishing all items shown?

[almarconi]

Looks nice..is there anything applied to them to keep them nice and shiny?

[Nessism]

What was the reason for not polishing the parts yourself? Afterall, you already did the time comsuming part of removing all of the parts. What was the fee for polishing all items shown?

Polishing is a sucky job. I'm not a fan but do it myself. Life changing event was getting my first sisal pad and heavy gray cutting compound. No more hand sanding.

[sschering]

So the sisal wheels really do the trick?

That's the last wheel I need to buy but nobody local caries them.

[jwhelan65]

What was the reason for not polishing the parts yourself? Afterall, you already did the time comsuming part of removing all of the parts. What was the fee for polishing all items shown?

Removing the parts is easy, I do not have the equipment to do it right so I had it done. Frank is fast, efficient and affordable and its one more thing I can check off my list on this project...

[Nessism]

So the sisal wheels really do the trick?

That's the last wheel I need to buy but nobody local caries them.

Sisal wheels are the cats meow! Bought mine at Caswell's Plating and crammed it on my old Black and Decker auto polisher- a little awkward to hold but I'm used to it. You need a stout motor that doesn't bog down too bad when polishing otherwise you are going to be there all day. You also need some heavy gloves because the aluminum gets HOT! Sears sells polishing compound sticks for cheap so that's where I get mine. The finish will come out brighter than OE even when using the coarse wheel/compounds. I don't even bother to go finer most of the time although some members here work to progressively finer compounds and more fluffy wheels.

Sorry to thread jack Joe, I'll stop now. Your parts look great!

[chuck hahn]

ED the sisal wheel wheel is the whip..i would suggest using a rouge called BLACK MAGIC..It is a cut AND color compound meaning it cuts the oxidation and polishes in one rouge.. Then i use the soft rag style wheel and my favorite liquid aluminum polish to real give it the mirror finish..

[Nessism]

ED the sisal wheel wheel is the whip..i would suggest using a rouge called BLACK MAGIC..It is a cut AND color compound meaning it cuts the oxidation and polishes in one rouge.. Then i use the soft rag style wheel and my favorite liquid aluminum polish to real give it the mirror finish..

I sometimes follow the sisal wheel with a stitched wheel and red rouge but honestly, the sisal/cutting compound looks plenty bright to me so I usually don't bother going farther.

[GS ace]

Shiny

Almarconi, to keep it shiny, you just use a wee bit of what I used.........elbow grease. Oh, and a good metal polish like Mother's or Flitz needs to be included.

By the way, my Baldor only reaches a portion of a part.