[Ascentlover4me]

This will be a running check on how I'm coming along on shining up under my hood.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

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[HeyChris]

Imo, this is going to be an endless rabbit hole to keep those aluminum bits polished.... Good Luck!

 

[Robert.Mauro]

Nice! Have you figured out how to keep them shiny, or do they need to be re-polished every so often?

 

[Ascentlover4me]

No, they oxidize a little every day. Especially the A/C lines cus they get moisture which speeds up the process.So I do them every two weeks.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Nice! Have you figured out how to keep them shiny, or do they need to be re-polished every so often?

I said no but yes they have to be hit at least every 2 or 3 weeks.

 

[RobertD]

You ever get tired of just keeping a clean engine sparkling and want a challenge, I would certainly let you clean my dirty engine. Looks amazing.Good job.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Everytime i polish aluminum it gets a little bit better.

Thank you Mr.Robert Sir. Wife is gonna take the VW to work. So that means it time to play hard I under the hood.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Imo, this is going to be an endless rabbit hole to keep those aluminum bits polished.... Good Luck!

It's getting harder for sure. I keep forgetting that I'm knocking on being 60 years old. Last time I was jumping around I broke my leg. But I walked on it 3 days before I had it checked out.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

It's getting harder for sure. I keep forgetting that I'm knocking on being 60 years old. Last time I was jumping around I broke my leg. But I walked on it 3 days before I had it checked out.
But I've been polishing on aluminum wheels and motor parts since I was 13. So I can't stop now. No can do.

It's getting harder for sure. I keep forgetting that I'm knocking on being 60 years old. Last time I was jumping around I broke my leg. But I walked on it 3 days before I had it checked out.

Wait, so your telling me I've been doing this for over 40 years. Damn I have to stop, wait I can't not now. After the next one.

You ever get tired of just keeping a clean engine sparkling and want a challenge, I would certainly let you clean my dirty engine. Looks amazing.Good job.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

I'm not sure how the drill press got a spot, but here it is.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Imo, this is going to be an endless rabbit hole to keep those aluminum bits polished.... Good Luck!

That's nothing ,someone broke into my garage and polished my drill press. Now I have to keep it shiny.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

No, they oxidize a little every day. Especially the A/C lines cus they get moisture which speeds up the process.So I do them every two weeks. View attachment 12567

You can go more than 2 weeks but the worse it oxidizes the harder it is to get it back to the previous luster.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

You can go more than 2 weeks but the worse it oxidizes the harder it is to get it back to the previous luster.

This is the anti-lock brake module on the Outback I traded in. The entire car was like this. Showed as a brand new car and was a 2013.

 

[Jim_in_PA]

You can go more than 2 weeks but the worse it oxidizes the harder it is to get it back to the previous luster.

What about applying a clear coating to stop or impede the oxidation? More work because of the close quarters, but it could cut down the visual maintenance... many metals are routinely coated for that reason, including aluminum, copper and brass. Obviously, it would need to be something that can stand up to the high heat that is generated under the hood and "on" the engine.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

What about applying a clear coating to stop or impede the oxidation? More work because of the close quarters, but it could cut down the visual maintenance... many metals are routinely coated for that reason, including aluminum, copper and brass. Obviously, it would need to be something that can stand up to the high heat that is generated under the hood and "on" the engine.

The rims on the Ascent are coated with the plastic coating your talking about. Good news you can polish your rims to shine like chrome , but you would have to sand that coating off. A feet even I won't commit to do- ever.

 

[Jim_in_PA]

The wheels are a little different situation than the work you're doing under the hood. For that area, you'd need a clear coating that can resist the high heat that's generated and retained under the hood. The coatings on the wheels is more to protect from incidental abrasion as well as corrosion but doesn't have the heat challenges that under the hood holds.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Now that I see again how oxidized that metal was when I started it does look a thousand times better.

No, they oxidize a little every day. Especially the A/C lines cus they get moisture which speeds up the process.So I do them every two weeks. View attachment 12567

Still have to get the ends where the easy to shine meet with the real hard areas meet together.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Now that I see again how oxidized that metal was when I started it does look a thousand times better.

View attachment 12935 View attachment 12935

Still have to get the ends where the easy to shine meet with the real hard areas meet together.

They look so much better in person.

 

[Ascentlover4me]

Hit them all again on Sunday. Also started my other cars dash. Go look at that, it turned out pretty good.