How to Clean Polished valve cover?
How to Clean Polished valve cover?
Hey guys. I was cleaning my polished valve cover the other day with some mother's. First thing first, the engine bay wasn't completely cooled down yet. I put the mothers cream on and waited for it to dry while I spoke to a neighbor. When I was done, I realized that the cream kind of dried into the finish. I'm thinking because engine was still warm. Does anyone know what I can do to take that off? Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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By buffing wheel do you mean something like an orbital buffer? Just trying to make sure. thanks.
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No, you'll want to use a cotton wheel. Looks like disks of fabric, stacked and stitched, that you can attach to the end of a drill.
Home Depot usually has the entire kit, I think it's like $12.
Might wanna buy 2 wheels, as it'll get real nasty. Keep in mind that the blacker the wheel gets, the better it's working - the black is actually ALoxide, which is a great polishing agent.
Periodically, as you're polishing, run the cotton wheel against a sharp edge (like the edge of a spare piece of wood or a metal file) to "fluff" it up.
Home Depot usually has the entire kit, I think it's like $12.
Might wanna buy 2 wheels, as it'll get real nasty. Keep in mind that the blacker the wheel gets, the better it's working - the black is actually ALoxide, which is a great polishing agent.
Periodically, as you're polishing, run the cotton wheel against a sharp edge (like the edge of a spare piece of wood or a metal file) to "fluff" it up.