Polished my valve cover

Post by **eniety** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

Finally got around to polishing my valve cover. Not the best, not the worst.

Post by **fiznat** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

slick man! I like it!

Post by **Dano** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

nice car! good job!

-Dan

Post by **Stee Flo** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

that looks pretty darn good. How did you do it?

Website · Post by **daniel240** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

hey, did you use steel wool? i used steel wool and then polish it with mothers aluminum polish and it will almost look like a mirror. see mine here

Post by **I am Technoman** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

Nice lookin car man!

Post by **Aries** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

very clean

Post by **bp2ooo** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

looks pretty damn good to me. great job.

Post by **Infamous** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

looks good:)

Post by **maxpower** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

your engine bay is cleaner than my house ! nice work:ylsuper

Post by **b240** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

i agree with everyone else....very nice man.

Post by **MainEvent212** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

awesome, polished valve covers arent my thing (i love painted) but it looks really good!

Post by **nametakennow** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

Yummy.

Post by **UncleBen** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

thats clean. literally, heh. so come on, tell us how you did it!!

Post by **Structure240sx** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

looks alot better than when i did mine. good job

Post by **eniety** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

Thanks a lot guys : )

I started with a nasty methyl chloride paint stripper. Then I took a wire brush and removed all of the old paint. I was going to sand next, but I decided to try some rubbing compound. I coated the valve cover with the rubbing compound and used a buffer attachment with my dremel. Yeah, that took a while. I wasn't satisfied yet, so I started to sand it. Used 280, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1500, 2000. Maybe a little overkill, but oh well. Then I cleaned and washed it with a brillo pad. Dryed it and cleaned it with an air compressor. Then I used Meguiars all metal polish. Air compressor again. The end.

Thanks again.

Post by **ricebike** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:57 am

looks like you need to flush out the brake n clutch fluids... j/k

very kleeeeeeeeeeeeeen engine bay

Polished my valve cover

Polished my valve cover

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