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GrandpaNoob72 · 07-November-07, 09:47 PM

I know this will work on billet aluminum, not so sure on stainless, but wort at least a try (like on the backside of one as a test...):

Using a lubricant of some sort, such as KY warming lotion, mild dish soap, etc, start with 1000-grit, then 1500-grit, and finish up with 2000-grit.

Once you have the surfaces absolutely as smooth as you can get them (run your fingers over them, if you can't feel ANY bumps or ridges), work in a polishing agent. For billet alum, I went to an auto parts store (AutoZone) and picked up Mother's Amazing Billet Aluminum Polish. I'm pretty sure they will offer something to polish up stainless with as well.

For a mre detailed explanation, check out my Untitled Project worklog (still a work in progress, BTW), HERE, starting from post #10 in the thread

Good luck, and post up some success pictures

07-November-07, 09:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
GrandpaNoob72 Eleven-Bravo Sitrep Writer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Fort Riley, KS (Back home where I BELONG!) Posts: 3,280	Re: Polishing help needed I know this will work on billet aluminum, not so sure on stainless, but wort at least a try (like on the backside of one as a test...): Using a lubricant of some sort, such as KY warming lotion, mild dish soap, etc, start with 1000-grit, then 1500-grit, and finish up with 2000-grit. Once you have the surfaces absolutely as smooth as you can get them (run your fingers over them, if you can't feel ANY bumps or ridges), work in a polishing agent. For billet alum, I went to an auto parts store (AutoZone) and picked up Mother's Amazing Billet Aluminum Polish. I'm pretty sure they will offer something to polish up stainless with as well. For a mre detailed explanation, check out my Untitled Project worklog (still a work in progress, BTW), HERE, starting from post #10 in the thread Good luck, and post up some success pictures __________________ A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life". That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country, who no longer understand that...