Dressing things up a bit.
- Thread starter Kevlarr
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NunyaBidness
Active Member
That do look mighty purty.
mapbike
Well-Known Member
Ran and got a cheap cotton wheel set last night and spent some free time polishing the covers today and then I decided to dress the edges of the fins.
Looks great, cant beat a good bit of shine.......makes it look cleaner and faster......!
killercanuck
New Member
Right on, looks good man! I took some 320grit to my covers, but your's look way better! Cotton wheel, eh? *on the list now 
edit- Did you use any polishing compound?
edit- Did you use any polishing compound?
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silverbear
The Boy Who Never Grew Up
Looks nice, you guys. I think I may try the mag polish I used on my aluminum canoe sidecar. I had a big buffer for that with scraps of inside out sweatshirt as covers for the bonnet... threw the cloth away when loaded with black and attached a fresh one. I'll try the same thing with a buffing disk for a drill, see how that works.
SB
SB
bairdco
a guy who makes cool bikes
oh no! that's why it runs funny...
http://motorbicycling.com/f38/backwards-engine-experiment-1939-colson-13458.html
And it runs better in reverse than forward...
Kev, that looks great. On the Norton Jag, I couldn't decide if I wanted to polish or paint. I opted for the paint but yours looks so nice it might have to be a winter project. Thanks for sharing.
Tom
Kevlarr
New Member
Actually they stared out black, went over them with the belt sander first to smooth the casting then the random orbital with a 120 pad. And yes I used compound sticks, settled on just tripoli and white rouge, the black emery really isn't needed on aluminum. Started out using a hand drill then I thought to myself "dummy you HAVE a drill press!" 
Funny thing about stripping the paint, I used orange stripper and let all the pieces sit overnight, the paint on the clutch and sprocket cover just fell off when I rinsed them under some water but the stripper didn't even touch the paint on the mag cover and I ended up having to sand it off.
Funny thing about stripping the paint, I used orange stripper and let all the pieces sit overnight, the paint on the clutch and sprocket cover just fell off when I rinsed them under some water but the stripper didn't even touch the paint on the mag cover and I ended up having to sand it off.