Polishing the Tunnel

[2BLUE4U]

I polished the tunnel on my Attak last night. I did the whole thing once with Mothers Aluminum Polish. I've never polished a tunnel before. Will additional "coats" get a more mirror like finish or should I do something else? It looks nice now but I 'd like a more of a mirror finish.

 

[greenmntpass]

I haven't used Mothers before, but have had great luck with Eagle One Never Dull. Real nice shine!!!!

 

[Tork]

IMHO this is a good thread on the subject from last year.
Thought I would post the link in case somebody might find it interesting.

http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?t=10151

 

[Candyredrx1]

Hey, thier is this great polish from California Custom. You need to get a bottle of the deoxidizer and a bottle of the polish. Each bottle i think was about $ 15 each. It takes about a hour to do the whole sled and a mirror finish. Looks like chrome when done and its basically wipe on and wipe off. No more elbow grease. You will not be disappointed. I still have over half a bottle of each from last season and two sleds. I reapply the polish about once a month after first coat.

 

[Candyredrx1]

I believe the web site is californiacustom.com.

 

[Steely Dan]

I used Mothers and I also bought a buffing attachment that goes on my drill. It made short work of the job. The attachment is red and made of foam and I believe it is also a Mothers product. It will get black real fast but cleans up real easy with dish washing soap and warm water. Just run the drill to dry it out.

 

[SRSchang]

Steely Dan, where did you get the buffing attachment? I haven't been able to find something small enough for the running boards.

 

[Steely Dan]

It is called a powerball. I bought it at an auto parts store here in Maine called VIP. Anyplace that sells mothers probably sells it as well. You can buy it online also. Try www.microfiber-products-online.com/mopo.html
There are several places on the internet to find it.

 

[BlgsRX-1mtn]

2blue4u.

Doing multiple coats of polishing will bring out more of a shine. I have used mothers aluminum and mag polish in the past but have found that mothers billet polish gives a better shine. It is a different paste than the alluminum/mag polish and just seems to do a better job. You can see the can in the picture of the sled while in the process of polishing.


Jim

 

[Mighty]

Damn that looks good. I may just give it a whirl on my sled 8)

 

[2BLUE4U]

Looks like I got my work cut out for me. That is a nice shine

I only did it once, very quickly. As you can see I have a long way to go...

 

[BlgsRX-1mtn]

Looks like I got my work cut out for me. That is a nice shine

I only did it once, very quickly. As you can see I have a long way to go...

Just for a reference. My RX-1 with the stock 151" tunnel took 4 hrs to do the first time (all hand polished with out power buffers).When I put the MPI tunnel extension on it took about 1 1/2 hrs to get it to shine like the picture. After the intial lustre is aquired, I can now do the whole tunnel in about 1/2hr by hand. I do this about once a month during the season.

 

[Blue Me]

Check this out!!! www.flitz.com or have a look for yourself