[DeTomaso] cleaning engine bay metal question, polished ZF won't polish easily

[Art Stephens]

> Mothers billet polish in the glass jar and one of powerballs work great. 
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Art







> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>
>
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:04:12
> To: clay willmott<claywillmott at hotmail.com>; List 
> Pantera<detomaso at realbig.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cleaning engine bay metal question,
> polished ZF won't polish easily
>
>
> Hello Clay,
>     First off,  don't rush into anything too abrasive,  you'll be really
> unhappy if you do that.  I think the worst thing you can do is get too
> aggressive and scratch the aluminum,  then you will really be staring at a
> lot of work.  You've done good by starting with the mild/fine stuff.  Next
> step is to go with something slightly more aggressive and then go to
> something more aggressive than that if necessary.  Remember,  no
> scratches!!!  If it was me,  I would probably try a buffing wheel on your
> drill motor next.  You will probably find 3 or 4 different 
> rouges/compounds
> from fine to aggressive.  None are really very aggressive and I don't 
> think
> you will do any damage with even the most aggressive.  I would still start
> with the finest and work toward the more aggressive if you aren't making
> progress with the fine stuff.  The serious polishers will say to use a
> separate buffing wheel for each compound,  so as not to contaminate the
> wheel.  I've never worried about that and have had some success.  Be 
> careful
> with the wheel as it will have a metal shank that can scratch your work if
> you are not careful.  Remember,  no scratches!
>
> Good luck,
> Art
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "clay willmott" <claywillmott at hotmail.com>
> To: "List Pantera" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:07 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] cleaning engine bay metal question,polished ZF won't
> polish easily
>
>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I noticed a lot of tarnish etc on my valve covers, polished ZF and
>> bellhousing and intake after the winter.  I used two compounds, one for 
>> my
>> wheels and the other is the blue magic metal polish.  Neither work well
>> and I can see these little "gray snowflakes" all over it even after
>> polishing.   The polishing makes the surface shiny but still these 
>> tarnish
>> spots are everywhere.  It looks awful.  I did not have these problem last
>> year.  These same chemicals did seem to work well last year however!!
>>
>> I am going to a car show in one week and need a locally available
>> polish/chemical that will work better.  Any suggestion?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Clay
>>
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