Best product to polish an ali frame?

**cheese** · 8th February 2009, 19:13

Yeah I'll hit it with a buffing wheel on the dremel.

**thommo77** · 8th February 2009, 20:14

Yep, scotchbrite pad does a surprisingly good job. Cheap too!

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 07:09

i used a very fine sandpaper,then sandpaper and autosol, then finished with just autosol on the side covers.The swing arm was done on a polishing buff

**B0000M** · 9th February 2009, 08:07

Originally Posted by laserracer

i used a very fine sandpaper,then sandpaper and autosol, then finished with just autosol on the side covers.The swing arm was done on a polishing buff

those yamahas seem to be lacking the vital property required for having a polished alloy frame lol

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 14:27

Originally Posted by B0000M

those yamahas seem to be lacking the vital property required for having a polished alloy frame lol

Yeah i know but aluminium frames are so overrated,

its whats in the frames that does the deed, and the nutter on the handlebars

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 14:39

now this is a polished frame, but by the time you put everything back on you can see stuff all of the polishing

**kezzafish** · 9th February 2009, 14:47

crikey, that's a CHROMED frame

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 15:03

nah the guy polished it on a commercial polishing machine,
i read the article about it on thumper, but it sure does look like its been chromed

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 15:05

you would need sun glasses on when the sun shines on it

**kezzafish** · 9th February 2009, 15:08

yeah that's crazy. i guess you couldn't chrome alloy could ya

**bucket boy** · 9th February 2009, 15:21

Originally Posted by laserracer

you would need sun glasses on when the sun shines on it

To maintain the shine you clean it with mothers mag and wheel cleaner then put a wax over it and it will last for years

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 15:34

Originally Posted by bucket boy

To maintain the shine you clean it with mothers mag and wheel cleaner then put a wax over it and it will last for years

just be very careful with any mag and wheel cleaner as some of them are caustic or acid based..im not saying they wont work ,but just be careful and read the labels
The older alloy mag wheel cleaners would be the ones to use they clean aluminium really well but you gotta be careful it doesnt touch anything else

**cheese** · 9th February 2009, 17:06

Wow no way would I go to that much effort on something I'm going to cover in mud. Just wanted to shine it up a bit.

On a side note, how about bringing the shine back to my expansion chamber? its gone a bit rusty in spots.

**laserracer** · 9th February 2009, 17:45

What sort of chamber is it ?? is it like the one in the pic of our yz 250 fmf fatty ? if so autosol is your friend ..... ive found that autosol works best if applied and removed with a terry towel kinda cloth..dunno why just seems to work better

**rubic8** · 9th February 2009, 17:56

Definitely Autosol cant beat it mate it's been around forever

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