The Secrets to Polishing Aluminium
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2019
- After my first attempt at polishing my aluminium gs850 engine one year ago: • How To: Polish Your Di...
I have finally learned the correct way to polish oxidized aluminium.
Watch this video to learn my method to polishing aluminium! (this is the best, easiest and fastest way to do this, trust me)
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Age has no bearing on a great idea. I'm 70, but if a 10 y/o kid has a great way of fixing my problem, I'd be stupid not to listen to him. WISH I WAS YOUR AGE AGAIN !! Great video.
Lol Not that far behind ya Nickel...totally agree with ya.
Just an observation but it seems like you buffed all the ages off the casing. The sharp edges are critical to making it look right once you're done.
A few suggestions to further improve from the perspective of someone who polishes a lot of precious metal.
Only use one wheel per compound mixing compounds will not give you the very best finish.
Polish in different directions for each compound and mop combo.
Clean between stages ideally
Best to various grades of paper on the case in different directions to avoid drag marks and heavy directional graining.
Don't use too much pressure with the case as it builds heat and renders the polish useless and takes the edges off too.
Finally use a soft mop with fine compounds and course mops with cutting compound.
Kid knows his stuff. I like his attitude, his humility, and results. I’m an old road dog, factory trained tech.
Thank you young man. So many of us are just to lazy to share what they have learned in life with others, I commend you.
Good job man, yer age is not important. Yer passion/ interest in them old bikes really shows. Most of us started out the same way. I'm 55 and been riding since I was 14. In fact, I learned to ride on a 1977 GS750! Nobody knows it all, yer vids help me for sure and I've been fixing on them old bikes for a long time. Scott in Detroit
Thanks alot, you saved me alot of time ! Just bought a 550 and it's in bad shape. I'm glad you found an easy way to make it look new again! Keep it up, love your vids!
Thumbs up for the honesty and the truth of polished engine covers. Now I know that I'll paint mine for practical reasons.
Very nicely done, really appreciate the way you presented the steps in a manner that is Lear and concise. Also thanks for presenting mistakes you made and what the solution was that you took.
When I was just a kid, I used to watch my dad polish Kirby vacuum cleaners with a bench grinder and compound. That black buffing pad brought back a lot of memories.
"You can go as far as your OCD goes."
Nice one
Tx! Mothers alum mag polish also restores fuzzy, hazy headlight covers in about 5 min with adrill and buffing wheel! Excellent.
Dude I’m an old guy and your vids are awesome. You are a very talented young man. If you can teach an older dude your doing good. Cb900c fixing to drill some jets.
Give Wenol metal polish a shot. Best I've found.
I'm proud of you! I don't like negative feedback either. Had alot of it in my 55 years of life. Watching during 2020 pandemic from Vermont.
You saved me so much time man! I was getting ready to decide what grit papers to use when I found your video. My bike looks a lot better too 😊
what impressed me the most and the fact you are saving lives,is the mask,i knew a professional buffer,he was about 53 years old had copd and then it turned to lung cancer,wear your respirators and live,LIVE,no one is immune,buffing is dangerous business,now, the finish you attained is wonderful,there are clears now that will hold the coat for about 10 years then they yellow,good job,thanks for caring and showing the correct way to buff,the clears are polyurethane and contain isocyanates and they require a respirator to spray them also,,thank you
Yes! Awesome comment
awesome job, nice to see a young dude actually try to do something productive, great work
was surprised to see how good you got that piece with the deep scratches... Nice job.. Good video!
You should use a rubbing block when sanding so that you rub away at the surface and it will be a flatter finish! You should also use heat resistant clear lacquer for metal, after you have polished the surface and that way things would remain nice and shiny.. simple!
Nice bikes bud love them old 70's,80's Hondas, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki... Love your post thanks...
Great video. I love how you don't use a electric sander like most people who do these videos. Good job man!
polished an alloy gixer frame 10 years ago, to protect the finish a mate told me to use MAAS metal polish protector, the guy was right, 10 years later it still only needs a wipe over to look like new, great stuff, really does stop the alloy furring up
I purchased this 2 months ago and have been putting it through some tests since then- I have a lot of polished parts on a few bikes. I have a polished gas cap on a Honda Cbr that no matter how mirror like I get it the finish always turns gray in a matter of a few weeks and been Repolishing this cap for 10 years. But this stuff really works great, the cap looks like I just polished it even after 2 months. Thanks for the tip mate! I have been putting this shit on everything lol!
@@EddieErion929 i recommend it to all my mates who polish alloy now, great stuff that really works, use it on my Fazer as i've polished a good few parts on it. Glad i could help mate, ride safe mate
Hi there, thank you for your great posts & your knowledge on how to get a great shine to the Aluminium pieces, thank you friend....
I commend you for your efforts. Without offence I'd like to give you a little advice. I've been doing this for decades and my way is much less labour intensive. First remove all scratches and nicks with a scotchbrite (coarse) 3 inch pad on your angle grinder. This is a super quick and effective method. Then use a sisal polishing pad on your bench grinder with a polishing compound that comes in a bar called "Fast cut". Next use a loose leaf pad on the bench grinder with "Green rouge" polishing compound. Afterwards clean up leftover compound on the alloy with kerosene or paraffin and hose off with water. you can then give it a quick go over by hand with Autosol metal polish and I guarantee you will have a flawless mirror finish that will require very little maintenance. No hand sanding involved and much quicker for probably a better result. Cheers, Gert Roewer from Jindera Australia.
Orrrrrr........skip all that jazz and spray some carpet or fabric glue on the part and chuck a drag queen sized handful of glitter on it. Blow off the excess and boom, looks shiny, 1 minute worth of work
How to prevent aluminum Oxidation on engine? WD-40? Marvel Mystery?
Gert Roewer I’m gonna have to try your method of removing the rouge. I just left a comment about using flower to remove it I’ve been doing this type of work for some time now myself. Flower helps at least I think it does less rubbing to get it off. Thanks I’ll gonna try your method.
@@jesseward2552 Flour? Like what the old lady bakes with? Ok then.
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Yes that flower I’ve found that it works pretty good. Some guy told me about it I tried it and it does.
I like the way you get right to the point and explains really well Nice video thanks
Abrasive pads (Scotchbrite, and their ilk) come in abrasive/hardness grades differentiated by colour. The classic "greenie" pad is hard enough to scratch a haze into window glass, so maybe stick to the brown grade. That's the colour safely used for dinner plates and glassware, so you won't be hazing the finish on the aluminium you're trying to turn into a mirror.
I was pleased to see you had come upon many the same truths as I've found, and for many the same reasons. You have a good, no-bullshit, always-learning head on your shoulders. We should be glad for a world of grown-ups as grown-up as you. Mind those safety tips from the various other commenters, and never stop learning. Good video. You're getting a subscription out of me, and I hardly every subscribe to anything. Cheers.
Nice work dude! Always better to restore than replace :)
Knowledge is power! Well done Man
Great vid, but love you comments and sense of humor 🤘
Very educational I was definitely doing it the wrong way now I know a better way.
I really like your method I kinda figured something like this. You have given me a lot of ideas and I thank you. I am a subscriber.
Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
I’m willing to be bet this was a long video to make. Polishing aluminum can be super tedious but it’s super rewarding. Good work man
Honestly, it didn't take that long. The bench grinder with a buffing pad combined with the mother's polish (not my mom) polished the case in under 45 minutes. Give it a try sometime!
Oh absolutely
I was a jeweler for 25 years, good video and agree with most of your process. One word of caution: I would never put a cloth up to a spinning wheel. That cloth could catch in the wheel if you’re not as experienced as you are doing that. Since there may be some real beginners checking your videos, I think you might want to mention that as a safety tip. Also, if you’re going to use a buffing wheel and white rouge, you could ignore the Mothers and use a jeweler’s compound called Tripoli as the first course. Cheaper and available at any supply house/online. Nice work overall. Thanks for posting.
Hey Mick, what would take that cloudy mess off? I'm not familiar with white rouge. Dose Tripoli not leave that cloudy, unfinished look?
Agree, I use a hack saw blade to clean a buffing wheel.
@@kirbylee57 all metal compositions are variable, so, can’t peg a yes here with certainty. If I could put a sandpaper value to Tripoli, I’d say a course 220. That should clear any fogging. There’s also a stainless steel compound that should fly through any aluminum. Use that one with caution. Good luck with your projects.
Those look awesome, nice work
Great job and good advice cheers mate keep up the great vids you make
Excellent. This kids got the mind of an old timer .keep it up
Good work dude, I just rebuilt a 2009 Harley FatBob, has the aluminium rims, and a few other aluminum parts that were oxidized, that mothers does work really well, I have a few different ones, had to use a mothers ball and drill to get it looking pretty good! Keep up the good work!
Tried some of this on a 50 year old Norton and WOW. It brought the shine back to a show room glow on the engine side cover and other aluminum parts. Mom didn't pay me either.
Good advice GoldGuy and good job!
Thanks Don!
I find solvol autosol with news paper works just fine and it’s a great way to upkeep the casings
Thanks really helped got to do my crankcase soon
I found using Nevr-Dull wadding polish before Mother’s works really well for crusty engines!
keep doing what you're doing young fella
I love mothers for buffing, but try using a Never Dull pad with Mothers mag and aluminum that works great.
Great Job Young Man.
Watched your original video a few days ago, glad I came across this follow up too :)
Good vid, man, thank ya. And I like your caff racer especially!
Nice work sir
This is awesome!
Looks great good job . Wondering if you can use something to make a clear coat stick .
Good video bro. Your A smart kid. Thanks for the lesson. Mitch
Thanks...great video. Labor intensive...no getting around it, but the results speak for themselves. A old MC mechanic told me to use silicone spray as an easy way to keep engines from oxidizing over the winter months. BTW, what HP buffer is needed? I have a 1/3 HP buffer and it will stall if you press too hard on the buffer..plus, my hands get too hot from the friction heat. Enjoy riding those machines, too!
Ive found that using some scotchbrite after cleaning to remove the oxidation gives a good starting point for the polish. There are some rust protection oil i use on my polished cases and they have Held up for about a year now. Like once a month i get a cloth and spray som rust protection oil in it then i wipe it down and leave it for about 24 hours to dry.
Love this mate
Great video...thank you for sharing!!
Autosol... Great metal polish... Been using it for 40 years now... Tried a lot of others. And still keep coming back to autosol
Good work mate. Great vid again 👍
I know it's a old Video but , lots of Good Tips, I will give it a Try and Stay Safe on That Bike !!! Thanks for The Video.
Great video, Thank You
Think I'll stick to my brushed aluminium chassis! Haven't got time for the maintenance but great video mate
Your cleaning info is great. The step you missed prior to that, will save tons of time and give better results. Vintage aluminum on Japanese bikes is originally poorly polished and clear coated or painted silver. Whether it's fork legs or engine covers, I use paint stripper to remove the coating before doing anything. Once the old finish is removed and the surface is cleaned, you will often find aluminum that is ready to refinish on my buffing wheel unless it has road rash or other damage. Everyone has their own ideas about buffing, compounds and wheels so I won't go there, but keep in mind that anything abrasive used to clean the aluminum leaves damage/marks that you'll have to polish out later. Paint and varnish stripper from the local hardware store gives you bare aluminum without hard work or damage to the surface that has been covered for years with clearcoat.
Does naval jelly work for this step?
@@youtube.youtube.01 I use automotive paint stripper. I would think that any paint remover should work fine. Once the clear coat has been removed, polishing the part is easy.
Great vid.just wondering,is it better to use mothers mag polish than rogues? Tnx
Covers are pretty easy, getting into cases themselves is a trick. I polished the cases of my 74 Harley Ironhead Sportster along with the outer covers. A Rotozip with polishing mandrels works great using Mothers or Wenol compound. Finish it up with red rouge and clean using WD40 and then wash with soap and water making sure to dry completely. Never dull or Mothers will keep it looking great. Also a great way to make those fork lowers look MUCH better.
I polished metals for 40 years. When you go to the final high shine stage I would use a new wheel. Take a sharpe blade and cut threw about 2 or 3 rows of the stitching on the wheel, pull off the thread. Then take something like a stiff putty knife and with the wheel spinning rub it firmly against the wheel in a back and forth motion to fluff it. Wear a mask because it will produce a lot of wheel dust. When I got ready to polish I would use a slower speed if possilbe. I would do the final high shine with either tripoli (good) or rouge (best). Or tripoli first then rouge. Refluff your wheel occasionally and especially between application of the different polishing compounds.
Try Jewelers rouge on your buffing wheel. The aluminum will look like a mirror. It only works on surfaces that aren't deeply scratched. Deep scratches need to be lightly sanded or bead blasted, then polished.
Good job!
Polishing aluminum is a pain in the ass. Good video.
Clear coating a surface entails a lot of work. This is why most people prefer polishing./ once buffed and polish I have found ProtectaClear adheres to metals and has a tough clear finish! Great video and Bikes/
Would this work on after porting and polished aluminum cylinder heads and making the intake and exhaust ports more shinny and making the exhaust a non carbon stick Surface
Perfect brother,
Plus 1 subscriber, serious young man, ty sir
*whistle* purdy! Great tip about the steel wool man! I truly would not have thought anything about that. Steel wool is great for smoothing in between coats of spray paint, but I'll never use it on bare aluminium again.
I use it on bare aluminum all the time and don't have the problems he mentioned, but it is not a final step, must be polished afterwards to go from smooth to shiny, and yet it makes the surface too smooth for good paint adhesion if you were planning on painting as he ultimately decided was the better route for longevity which I agree with.
Hey Bud,you’re on your way. I started the same way ,then this is what I found to (wish I had pics)truly give a mirror sheen to my 1978 kenworth tractor fuel tanks and Alcoa wheels. I started at Blue Beacon truck wash for the well known acid/brightenerbath to clean all grime and crud off which turns aluminum white. Now it’s time to cut,you can start with black jewelers rouge for ruff and scratched up aluminum then red the white the blue rouge for the final luster. You can skip colors depending on the condition of your subject. I found that moving slowly back and forth in a straight line starting at the bottom and moving upwards to the top was best for my subjects. I could stand 5 ft away from my fuel tanks and count whiskers! The tightly sewn cutting wheels,safety glasses and resperator are all you need. Well a day off ,good tunes, a container of Blue Magic or Mother’s or a mag POLISH of your choice and a Girl friend/Wife/Ole Lady who isn’t afraid of sporting /helping with the project she will be modeling !!! Happy Polishing
I forgot a hand held high speed grinder and the Bikini for her. My girl didn’t want to help til I mentioned the modeling part.
Keep the shine for longer, on my Classic Bikes alloy components I wipe them over frequently with Kerosene ,Alloy loves it, like a Sun Screen Barrier for Alloy. 🇳🇿😎👍
Never heard this before, gonna have to try it...👍
GoldGuy Use a sanding block or wrap your sandpaper around a piece of board to keep consistent pressure.
Nice video help a lot
Thanks! great video! what if you want to polish aluminium but first have to remove paint? how would you remove the paint without having to sand it?
Simply use a chemical paint stripper first. Thanks for watching!
Good informative video..👍👍
Cheers mate want to try this on my aprilia rsv mille swinging arm🙂🤘
Looks good!
I have an aluminum shifter knob whose paint is coming off. What should I do? I was painted candy red (think about those Mustang color). Now the paint on the edges is fading. Thanks.
Great job!
is it possible to achieve a mirror finish using smaller tools like dremel? great job btw.
Well done!
Just thought i'd throw my input in here. The engine case looks great, I think you could take it 1 step further. You should try some buffing compound (buffing stick) as they call it, I apply that to the wheel on my bench grinder and go to town. I can literally compare it to chrome. I also use mag and aluminum polish to clean up the job, I apply by hand though!
You should do a video on how to make sure your bike is ready to ride. Like “unwinterizing your bike”
Red Rouge, all purpose blue then mothers. Then you have a mirror finish on your aluminum.
I would recommend you (1) wash the part and rise with very hot water,(2)blow dry with hair drier allow the moisture to evaporate (3) spray with High Temp Clear Engine Paint in a dust free area. This looks really good on bead blasted parts very well such as old aluminum intake manifolds.
Nice. No need to oil or grease or something like that when you're completely done?
You have a great channel! Ever tried anodizing?
Dude, you're the next Koenigsegg.
Young and an absolute brilliant
That is so nice of you man, it's good to know that people have faith in me. I hope I can continue to impress, thanks for the nice comment.
Red polish block is ever finer and will bring it to a brighter shine (red used for soft metals gold silver)
Very nice. The result is so nice. I'm defently gonna try it on my bike. I have a Honda CX 500 a MZ 150 and a MZ 250. So thank you for your video. I live in Denmark and our climate can be hard on the metal parts.
Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish also clears up the foggy old yellowing head light covers for about 6 months...with very little effort.
We used to use solvo AUTOSOL years ago, regular use, worked for us, black and gold tube, spot on, not cheep but the best.
Amen to that!!! Just bought another tube last week for doing my goldwing 1100 restore
Thx Rockin job
I removed the paint from my stator cover on my honda using a brass wire wheel then I started to polish it only to find some scratches that are tough to get out... what do you recommend to get some deep scratches out of an aluminum cover? I know you said sandpaper but should I use 220 wet with only water? or should I just use 220 dry?
Wet is best mainly for clearing the dust off the sand paper and keeping the dust down. Don't breathe it in its super bad for you and stays in your lungs for life
Looking to polish my alu MTB frame can this be achieved after sandblasting ?
Try using Eastwood ExoArmour to keep from oxidizing .
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the boy knows what he is doing. One who has a true idea. Thank you for the work of making the video ... Greetings from Germany Karlsruhe