How is that getting acomplished.....i did my TB (PNP), but i cant seem to get that classy mirror like shine??? It looks great, but i want the extra shiney action,,,Any pointers from you pro's out there?

 

wow,,noone??Am i in the wrong area??

 

Mothers polish and fine steel pad

 

If you have a grinder at home, take off the stone grinding wheel and replace it with a about an eight inch buffing wheel. you can pick one up at pep boys or a any place like it. Buy some polishing compound. It'll come in solid form, in the shape of a stick. there are different colors for different finishes. I use to do it all the time with old motorcycle engine cases and they really came out nice. Try it out! hope i helped.

 

Thanx!

Anyone else??

 

In the circles I travel here in the Phoenix area, I have never seen anyone clean up and polish the exterior of their throttle body.............except me. And the results are worth it.

On the top of the body (where everyone puts those LS1/LS6 ID stickers) was the most work. On mine as well as other bodies I've seen, there seems to be some casting flaws. I carefully ground down that area with my Dremmel and barrel sanding attachment. To really smooth that area out to get a very flat surface I did a lot of hand sanding with a tiny sanding block and various grit papers ending with aluminum oxide 400.

After trying all kinds of polish (like Semichrome) and rouge using those little cotton polishing wheels and failing to have the result I wanted, I ended up putting the finishing touches on the throttle body with one of those Dremmel mini wire wheels. I cleaned off the polishing creme residue with generous amounts of CRC carb cleaner before restaring with the wire wheel. I found the brass cup shaped wheel to work the best although you will probably need both (actually 2 of each). I used the steel cup shaped wheel first. But I found it would dig into the aluminum very easy and it's a pain to get the marks back out. The brass wheel is softer and works well especially well on the flatter areas. The steel wheel works well in all those nooks a crannies on the passenger side.

A must is keeping the Dremmel at a medium speed. Any faster than that and the brass wires will just fly off the wheel and you will have nothing left to work with. Ask me how I know!

Also remove the throttle position sensor and throttle actuator motor first before you start.

This whole process was a trial and error thing for me as I have never done this before. With all my farting around trying different methods of polishing this whole job took me 6 hours. If I did it again I'm sure I could do a nice job in half the time.
Sorry I don't have a pic to show you all. Some day I'll take one.
Hope that helps.
Bob

 

Thanx Bob,,,i use those wire wheels in, and on the outside of the TB now,,,what im needing is what kind of polish or compound folks are using, and if they are using w buffing wheel, etc. Yeah,,my dremel only has one speed 35000, so when i use those wire wheels (which work freakin great by the way) they disinegrate fairly quickly as i go.

 

http://www.eastwoodco.com/ i bought the 30.00 aluminum polishing kit and did my trans and bell housing !!!!!

 

the absulte best way to is to chrome plate it!!

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the other methods here work just fine for less money...but they're more time/effort consuming and aren't perminent

 

Any others???