How To Polish Metal..
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2 caveats
1) Aluminum dust is toxic. Try to avoid inhaling too much of this stuff.
2) You need to periodically buff/polish the polished pieces to maintain the shine. Sometimes Chroming is a better idea(e.g. alternator).
1) Aluminum dust is toxic. Try to avoid inhaling too much of this stuff.
2) You need to periodically buff/polish the polished pieces to maintain the shine. Sometimes Chroming is a better idea(e.g. alternator).
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From: La Plata, Maryland
Originally Posted by Mr. Stock' date='Dec 30 2002, 07:06 PM
2 caveats
1) Aluminum dust is toxic. Try to avoid inhaling too much of this stuff.
2) You need to periodically buff/polish the polished pieces to maintain the shine. Sometimes Chroming is a better idea(e.g. alternator).
1) Aluminum dust is toxic. Try to avoid inhaling too much of this stuff.
2) You need to periodically buff/polish the polished pieces to maintain the shine. Sometimes Chroming is a better idea(e.g. alternator).
So everyone go and get chrome ones so I can have one of the only polished ones
I had no idea that the dust was toxic. I have breathed in so much of that **** I should be dead by next tuesday and I will be leaving my car to vosko.
Good bye all you donkeysss arggh hh choke caugh%^ argh.. hard o breath589 kh
thump. Im dead
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From: SV, NY
Originally Posted by Mr. Stock' date='Dec 30 2002, 10:06 PM
2 caveats
1) Aluminum dust is toxic. Try to avoid inhaling too much of this stuff.
2) You need to periodically buff/polish the polished pieces to maintain the shine. Sometimes Chroming is a better idea(e.g. alternator).
1) Aluminum dust is toxic. Try to avoid inhaling too much of this stuff.
2) You need to periodically buff/polish the polished pieces to maintain the shine. Sometimes Chroming is a better idea(e.g. alternator).
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From: Houston, TX
could someone who has never done this before, do it with the sand paper, a dremel tool and a full days work? ie. the UIM, i would like to polish mine, myself 
unless someone in the Houston, TX area wants to come down and help me :bigthumg:
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From: SV, NY
Originally Posted by Benny' date='Dec 31 2002, 11:39 PM
could someone who has never done this before, do it with the sand paper, a dremel tool and a full days work? ie. the UIM, i would like to polish mine, myself unless someone in the Houston, TX area wants to come down and help me :bigthumg: