Need help w/ Metal Polishing!!

[bad306lx]

I attempted to do a search on here, and google as well and have pretty much found no clear way to do this. Does anyone know of any highly detailed How To's on how to polish metal?



I'm looking at polishing my intake manifold, throttle body, egr spacer, a/c compressor, power steering and alternator brackets, basically anything metal under my hood that I can make pretty.



Any direction is greatly appreciated.

 

[coupe]

Sand paper, lots and lots of it

 

[bad306lx]

Sand paper, lots and lots of it

What about hand tools? Dremel maybe? A highly detailed, step by step DIY page would be awesome.

 

[coupe]

I polished my upper intake manifold with sand paper, started at a very course grit and worked my way down to 1500 grit. I also used a dremel for tight spaces. Looks like chrome now.



Nobody taught me and i didnt have any DIY references. I just used common sense.

 

[joshtpa]

I used a dremel.

 

[OGauge4Me]

Will you be removing the parts from the car? Also do you have access to a stand mounted buffer? If you do check out Caswell Plating. I use their polishing compounds with successful results.



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