badly neglected TTII's don't want to shine
04-19-2011, 04:35 PM
#1
badly neglected TTII's don't want to shine I picked up some TTII's yesterday (crazy good deal) but I'm having touble getting them to shine. I tried mothers billet and aluminum by hand, not much luck. There was a ton of oxidation and pitting (not to mention fine scratches from someone trying to wetsand them) so I tried the following in multiple orders:
0000 steel wool with polish
green scotchbrite with polish
1200 grit wetsanding
2000 grit wetsanding
mothers billet and aluminum by and and porter cable
then out of desperation I tried a maroon scotch-brite (supposed to be ~400 grit) and noticed that there was still some pitting that that didn't even take out
what would be the best way to go about saving these?
0000 steel wool with polish
green scotchbrite with polish
1200 grit wetsanding
2000 grit wetsanding
mothers billet and aluminum by and and porter cable
then out of desperation I tried a maroon scotch-brite (supposed to be ~400 grit) and noticed that there was still some pitting that that didn't even take out
what would be the best way to go about saving these?
04-19-2011, 04:51 PM
#3
get them professionally polished. haha. no offense, just sayin...
I'm actually polishing a set of TT2s that were left under a porch for like 2 years. The faces have taken a good amount of work, but for the barrels I actually did this:
scotchbrite
600 grit
1200 grit
2000 grit
wet 2000
then polished with a drill and polishing bit
They came out pretty good, there's still obviously some pitting and blemishes. They do shine pretty nice though.
Goodluck!
I'm actually polishing a set of TT2s that were left under a porch for like 2 years. The faces have taken a good amount of work, but for the barrels I actually did this:
scotchbrite
600 grit
1200 grit
2000 grit
wet 2000
then polished with a drill and polishing bit
They came out pretty good, there's still obviously some pitting and blemishes. They do shine pretty nice though.
Goodluck!
04-19-2011, 11:35 PM
#7
thanks!
I started with a dremel as a test earlier today and made a little progress, realistically I think I'm just going to the lips shining really nicely and then paint the centers anthracite so there's less to polish since it's my daily driver. I love anthracite on NBM anyway so it saves me a ton of work.
I started with a dremel as a test earlier today and made a little progress, realistically I think I'm just going to the lips shining really nicely and then paint the centers anthracite so there's less to polish since it's my daily driver. I love anthracite on NBM anyway so it saves me a ton of work.
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04-20-2011, 06:18 AM
#8
Yeah one of those kits will help,I did my pro stars when I got them,wet sanded ,polished etc, a dremel work but will take awhile,also the lil polishing tips burn out really fast,best to get a kit like in the pic and use a drill,also a dremel could leave swirls that you will have to buff out,if ya need any tips or pics hit me up,agree white diamond is great that's what I use on a lot of stuff,but on aluminum sometimes can leave lil scratches,gives a deep shine but may have to go back and buff scratches out with another metal compound,
04-20-2011, 11:21 AM
#11
Get some better polish, Mother's takes forever.
Blingmaster (the rough stage stuff), Adams #1, or some other liquid runny polish. Paste **** has never worked as well for me.
Use small amounts and work small areas at a time. Use the red scitchbrite, then gray, 000 or 0000 wool equivilent, then a sock turned inside out.
Key is small areas...if that won't get them, they might need to be blasted or something.
Blingmaster (the rough stage stuff), Adams #1, or some other liquid runny polish. Paste **** has never worked as well for me.
Use small amounts and work small areas at a time. Use the red scitchbrite, then gray, 000 or 0000 wool equivilent, then a sock turned inside out.
Key is small areas...if that won't get them, they might need to be blasted or something.
04-20-2011, 01:09 PM
#13
get them professionally polished. haha. no offense, just sayin...
I'm actually polishing a set of TT2s that were left under a porch for like 2 years. The faces have taken a good amount of work, but for the barrels I actually did this:
scotchbrite
600 grit
1200 grit
2000 grit
wet 2000
then polished with a drill and polishing bit
They came out pretty good, there's still obviously some pitting and blemishes. They do shine pretty nice though.
Goodluck!
I'm actually polishing a set of TT2s that were left under a porch for like 2 years. The faces have taken a good amount of work, but for the barrels I actually did this:
scotchbrite
600 grit
1200 grit
2000 grit
wet 2000
then polished with a drill and polishing bit
They came out pretty good, there's still obviously some pitting and blemishes. They do shine pretty nice though.
Goodluck!
