sparker4life
Member
Im looking at trying to polish in place. Think a drimel with a lil buf pad may work or is there some magic stuff on the market?
Any good tips on show polishing my metal
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Sparks
Chopper Junkie!
Be carefull with the high speed rotery tool around your polished aluminum. I have used my dremel and jewlers rouge to remove nicks/gouges in aluminum caused my road debris but it does require the reomoval of metal and believe me it will remove metal and then need to be polished awfterward. If you want to remove metal and smooth an area in with the surrounding metal it may be the tool for the job. If you just want to polish then good old fashioned elbow grease and time is what is needed. I have not seen any miricle polish you can just spray on and get a chrome like shine, if fact I'm waitnig for some genious to invent one for us.
sparker4life
Member
thanks for the tips. keep them coming
much thanks for the tips. Im taking them to heart. Keep them coming. I'm a firm beleaver in experence and do not want to take a chance using my bike as a test. I would like to get it right the first time. Big Dog bikes are such a fine piece of art,
thanks big dog borthers
much thanks for the tips. Im taking them to heart. Keep them coming. I'm a firm beleaver in experence and do not want to take a chance using my bike as a test. I would like to get it right the first time. Big Dog bikes are such a fine piece of art,
thanks big dog borthers
Loafington
Active Member
I have used a dremel and felt bobs with Mothers Billet Polish or Wizards Metal Renew. The felt bobs MUST be soft compound. If they are not, they WILL remove metal, then you will have more work to do than you want, I cannot emphasize that enough. I use Mothers Mini Power Ball with Mothers Billet Polish and Wizards too. Both give great results and they are easy to work with. Junk the stock pegs. You will be glad when you do. They are a bitch to clean because the rubber is injected through the peg and cannot be removed for easy cleaning.
Chopper Dave
SIICK!!!
MN K9
Well-Known Member
All I got when I suggested that was... YA RIGHT...................
Willy Hank
Member
Nobody mentioned "Never-Dull" Not a paste but an oil in a tin can filled with wadding. You tear a piece off and go to town, you buff off after use like a paste. I've damaged aluminium with mothers in the past. Keeping a dog clean is a lot of work more work than my harleys were. Has anyone seen a thread or know of anyone whoo has sent all their billet out to be chromed? I'm thinking about it.
Daddycool
Active Member
I had my front motor mount and rear fender struts chromed. MUCH easier to clean than aluminum. Looks better too.
BubbleHead
Big Dog Biker test account
There is no doubt that polishing billet is way harder to do than wiping off chrome. That said, for those of us that can't see spending thousands chroming our billet pieces let me say that I just tried the Mr. Buffer product. I have used Wizards, Mothers, Wham Bam, Custom Engilsh polish, Never dull, and many more. My bench looks like a used aluminum cleaner display. This Mr. Buffer is unbelieveable. I just softly wipe it on with a terry cloth towel,(it blacks up amazingly easy) then just as softly wipe it off with a microfiber towel and I'm telling you guys, it leaves a scratchless, mirror chrome like shine on all my billet parts. My rear wheel on the left side that is always the hardest to keep clean because of brake dust turned like the day I bought the bike with one application. No wonder the manufactuer states that he will refund ALL of your money, no questions asked if it doesn't live up to it's claims. He has no fear about me returning it. That's for sure. I can't recomend it highly enough.
BubbleHead
Big Dog Biker test account
1" wide paint stick and a terry cloth wrapped around it with Mr. Buffer and patience and it will look great. I agree with Gas .
showdog
Active Member
I have the pleasure of keeping between 15 and 24 dogs polished for the shows and if there's a polish out there - I have tried it, still have it in the belly box on the trailer and always go back to White Diamond. I use thier polish for the auminum and the spray-and-shine for keeping up with everything else. I use the polish on our demo bikes as well as my truck and trailer, it works.
I showed it to a couple of people on the forum this past weekend and I will let them speak for the results. I think Full Throttle in Lansing is going to look into carrying it for retail after I showed it to Doc on one of his customers bikes. It still takes a little elbow grease but once you get it turned black, let it dry then buff it off and it seals the pores in the aluminum and as a result the next time is further down the road and takes less effort.
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I showed it to a couple of people on the forum this past weekend and I will let them speak for the results. I think Full Throttle in Lansing is going to look into carrying it for retail after I showed it to Doc on one of his customers bikes. It still takes a little elbow grease but once you get it turned black, let it dry then buff it off and it seals the pores in the aluminum and as a result the next time is further down the road and takes less effort.
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