exhaust manifold polish

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:23 pm

I did mine with Autosol and fine grade wire wool, but this was hard work so i tried Autosol on a cutting pad on the DA. Fooked the pad, but came up a treat.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:56 pm

How long did it stay nice n shiny for? @Shiny

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:25 pm

Not long...lol.

Still better than it was when i got it though.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:34 pm

rob quilter wrote:Result I achieved on my Del Sol exhaust

Well done for volunteering to do my new purchase Rob - top man, much appreciated!

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:30 pm

That is shiny @Shiny

I bought the polishing kit that attaches to your drill. Its getting the worst of it off but taking a while. The drill is cordless and runs out of puff after about 30 mins

BMCC · Post by **BMCC** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:25 am

macky_6 wrote:I bought the polishing kit that attaches to your drill. Its getting the worst of it off but taking a while. The drill is cordless and runs out of puff after about 30 mins

Yes sorry you need a mains powered drill. Work on small sections holding the header at the bottom of the buffer. I put my drill in a B&Q work bench vice, turned the drill on so it is running all the time. That way you can focus on one part of what you are buffing moving along the metal slowly. The tricks to buff the metal till hot then slowly move along spreading the heat with you (periodically put more compound on the buffer). That way the buffing compound cuts and shines your just there to guide it along.