Polishing help needed

[TIMMO1966]

Hi All,i am looking at getting some polishing tools for some aluminium parts that need sorting but i have no idea what i need.I have scratches and anodising that need to be removed.Any help would be appreciated.thanks Tim

[NORTY40]

Some decent beginners kits here mate http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/   or try ebay  

To remove the scratches , work through the grades with wet and dry paper or if they are only feint the polishing kit will take them out .

Anodising needs to be removed with either 'oven pride' or my favourite 'Caustic soda' , read the instructions though as they are both highy corrosive .  Do a search on here , there has been loads of tec and resto threads on removing ano , Snav69 (Paul) did a good one using oven pride on a seatpost  

[brummie]

hello tim, i did some the other day.

i used oven pride and those food bags from the supermarket ( the quite thick sealable ones ) stick on some gloves and pour a small amount of ovenpride into the food bag.

stick the part in seal and then rub the solution through the bag into the part. you will see the solution turn the same colour as the ano being removed. dont leave it in too long as it will go black ( if this happens dont worry as it should polish off ) remove part and rinse under the tap and dry.

then if scratched use some wet and dry paper ( halfords or any car parts centre ) and work your way through the grades i always use soap and water for this process.

finally buff with some autosol and it should shine shine shine

regards dave

[TIMMO1966]

Thanks for the info guys,been out and got a polishing kit and some oven pride,job for the weekend i reckon.

[oldschoolib]

jof been drinking caustic is deadly i put some on a clamp and forgot about it and you can guess what happened go with oven pride us simpletons are better with it