Im thinking of polishing my side cases....anybody doen this?...If they dont polish out right i will send them to TVI i guess?

 

gasser had my cases & valve cover done, looks great!!!!!!!! ck pics enlarged

 

Just how do you pollish the housings, do you just sand the paint off and then pollish the alum of do you have to use some sort of chemical or stripper.

 

I think the OEM paint on the aluminum cases was a bad idea. The cases seem to retain too much heat long after shutting down. I would think if polished they'd dissipate heat much better.

 

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Well I did my raptor cases but I think its generally the same idea, heres how I did it ... Get a scotch bright wheel to fit a drill and that takes the paint off easily and doesnt leave deep scratches. After you get all the paint off get some 300 grit sand paper, sand it for awhile, then go to 400 and get all the 300 grit scratches out then when you done with that go to 600 grit and sand it for a little bit to get all the scratches out. Then get some good polish and buff it with a wheel like 10 times just over and over again and you will like the outcome. I know I did [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img].

 

If you are serious about polishing, go to this website: http://www.bright-works.com/

They will hook you up with the PROPER materials for polishing any type of metal. Don’t waste your time or money on that crap from home depot or the hardware store.

I’ve polished a lot of things, an ATV engine case is pretty easy. Depending on how they are cast they require little to no sanding. Strip the paint off with some liquid or aerosol stripper. Rinse it of with water and repeat until all the paint is gone. Use a spiral sewn buff and some Tripoli compound (red-brown in color ) for the first step, then switch to a loose sewn buff (or an air-flex buff) with a coloring compound (white in color). You'll end up with a mirror finish.

You can use the buffing wheels on a drill, but its much easier if they are mounted to a bench grinder.

 

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I think a few people have polished them then chromed them. The chrome lasts a lot longer.

 

Dont waste your time and money trying to find and experiment on how to get your cases polished. It took a lot of trial and error for Gasser to find the right person to do a "QUALITY" job. You can make your cases look "decent" by shopping around, but to find the person with the attention to detail that Gasser uses, its worth the little money you would have saved by searching for them yourself. He has a 1 for 1 turnaround and I gave him my cases and he just handed me a finished set. They look AWESOME. The guy that Gasser uses really pays attention to the detail.

 

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