MrGone

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A while ago I had wetsanded my Valve cover vent tube and IAC tube, but after a few months they oxidized

Well today I picked up some Mothers Metal Polish because PezKing4 recommended it to me a while ago and used it on the vent tube and woah! I thought I was going to have to break out the 2000 grit again but this stuff removed all the oxidation and brought back the mirror finish (actually, a better finish then I ever had before).

I tried to take a picture to show, I only have half the tube done, but the part before you cant see any reflections in it, but the polished part is like a mirror. IMHO the picture doesn't do it justice since when I took it I had only started then the camera ran out of batteries so I cant take a better picture

Vent Tube

subs1000w

dang thats pretty shinny looks good

HTPerformance

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Looks good dude!

Brian

marcdown20

Good job Shawny

btw, I need to talk to you later on about some VE fun..

-Les on mike's name

jwmaxse

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I would do that, but the rest of my engine bay needs so much work that it wouldn't be worth it. Looks great though.

D-sta

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looks nice Shawn, good job.

MrGone

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Another thing I noticed is this stuff will 'polish' the tube, so you dont have to sand it down or anything. (tried it on a unsanded section and surely enough, after alittle work it turned mirror finish). If your going to do it just mess around with it

One thing I did notice though, there is quite a bunch of crap inside the tube that I dont think was there a few months ago (pretty sure I cleaned it out last time I had it off

Brad92SE

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Good job! That looks real nice, almost exactly like chrome!

MrGone

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I put it back on the car

http://s92599732.onlinehome.us/images/Mothers/done.JPG

I'll try to get some better pictures later on. Too bad that intake manifold is going to be a PITA to polish, lol.

D-sta

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Looks real good, I like it.

Maximan190

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did you coat it with anything or you just left it as bare metal

i sanded mine awhile ago, and used metal polish and it eventually turned to crap.... but now i sanded/wire wheeled it down again and this time im not letting it get ruined

Mizeree_X

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It looks great. Mine looks like crap

Loe max

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Looks bling you guys sure are giving me idea's on sutble mods like this.

CamryKilla

looks pretty nice

MrGone

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First time, I just sanded it down and used some 2000 grit IIRC, I dont remember really. After a month or two it had oxidized (I believe thats the right term lol).

So after a while I took it back off and hit it with some mothers polish. I dont have the camera right now so I cant take a picture but here... *me runs and looks ) ok, there is slight "oxidation" or what looks like watermarks, but it is still a mirror finish. If I'm bored enough I might run a towel with mothers on it over it, but it really doesn't matter. I'm extremely pleased, its been what? 5 months and it still looks good.

The other option is the clear coat it with paint, however the heat might yellow it, plus it might be hard to get a good finish and not have runs/highspots/etc.


Now if I can just find a victim err someone to polish my Intake Manifold and valve covers lol.

edit: oh, thanks for the replies

icepick

hot i like ur tube

Maximan190

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check it out what do you think of this gloss, i might use this..

MrGone

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thats pretty cool, hmmmmm




hmmmmmm lol

nubiannupe

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Now THAT isn't a bad idea.... and thanks for the info on the polishing, Shawn. That'll come in really handy, as that tube will now match my valve cover...

MrGone

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wanna polish my valve cover(s) and intake manifold for me

nubiannupe

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.... ....

MrGone

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c'mon

nubiannupe

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Lemme think about that one - Using some info that I believe either Jeffy or Matt put out about polishing, I spent all winter working on my valve cover. And that was with a cordless dremel, though - working 5-10 min/week because of other commitments at the time.

Maximan190

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i did my manifold.. i wire wheeled/sanded/wire brushed it lightly, didnt get it as shiny as the pipe but its got a slight shine to it, kinda like gunmetal now

Matt93SE

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the manifold is goign to be a royal PITA.. valve cover isn't as bad, but I've got at least 8 hours in mine and it's still not done. (the tube took about 10 minutes to polish on my buffing wheel.)

I finally just said screw it and I'm going to powdercoat all of it.

Greeny

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I took mine off this morning and polished the crap out of it{pita}. looks better,not as good as mrgones.too many pits.

MrGone

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you have to sand it down, it'll smooth out and look like a mirror. Matt and Nupe (and Joe) know why I'm trying to pawn off the valve cover and intake manifold job onto someone else

plus nupe did an awesome job on his