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This will be a running check on how I'm coming along on shining up under my hood.
I said no but yes they have to be hit at least every 2 or 3 weeks.Nice! Have you figured out how to keep them shiny, or do they need to be re-polished every so often?
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.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.
But I've been polishing on aluminum wheels and motor parts since I was 13. So I can't stop now. No can do.
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.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.
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.
That's nothing ,someone broke into my garage and polished my drill press. Now I have to keep it shiny.Imo, this is going to be an endless rabbit hole to keep those aluminum bits polished.... Good Luck!
You can go more than 2 weeks but the worse it oxidizes the harder it is to get it back to the previous luster.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
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.You can go more than 2 weeks but the worse it oxidizes the harder it is to get it back to the previous luster.
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.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.
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
They look so much better in person.Now that I see again how oxidized that metal was when I started it does look a thousand times better.
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Still have to get the ends where the easy to shine meet with the real hard areas meet together.