Polished the struts today

[Dupo]

Got me some 8" buffing wheels for my bench grinder. One for cutting, one for final polish. Picked up several different color compound 'clay' sticks at a surplus store and got busy polishing my struts. They looked dull and shitty from non use. This puts neverDull, mothers billet polish and just about any other aluminum polish i have used .. to absolute shame. Clay polishing on a bench grinder is the way to go. After some finesse on the wheels ... this is how they turned out:


https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Photos/Motorcycle%20Stuff/C360_2011-04-04%2016-02-56.jpg?w=8accb5aa
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Photos/Motorcycle%20Stuff/C360_2011-04-04%2016-03-21.jpg?w=c058cf9b

[cayuse]

Can't see you photos yet, Dupo, but I heartily agree with the method. I polished my sprocket cover the same way and it's a thing of beauty!

[Dupo]

Hmmm weird. Linked them from DropBox. I'll repost them below through postimage incase there is a linking problem.

Click for bigger image....


http://s1.postimage.org/836rrq6c/C360_2011_04_04_16_02_56.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/836rrq6c/)



http://s1.postimage.org/838fb2o4/C360_2011_04_04_16_03_21.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/838fb2o4/)

[cayuse]

Beauty, eh! :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Neat looking struts. I don't what I'd do if the Vstrom had chrome or any shiny parts. I'm kinda lazy in the polishing department.

[alantf]

Clay polishing on a bench grinder is the way to go.

Many years ago I worked for a few months in a factory turning out pewter & silver objects. That was the way the pofessionals used to buff & polish. :2tup: