I have just started polishing up and really cleaning up my engine bay and i was wondering if anyone had some tips or tricks to polishing up the valve cover - I have just started sanding it with 400grit and will my way up from there - does anyone have anythign else to add?

 

To polish up my crusty timing chain cover, I ended up using throttle body cleaner to get through the 9 year old buildup. Once that was done, I found that using a cloth that was sprayed lightly with the throttle body cleaner, and regular metal polish seemed to do a good job on cleaning it really well. (the cloth should become black) Then I used straight metal polish and buffed it to a mirror shine.

 

Keep going with the sandpaper, then use some good alum. polish with a good cloth polishing wheel, and be prepared to spend a LOT of time on it.

 

yea so far i have like 4-5 hours into it and i just got it to the level where it looks decent but still has the scratches so i have to keep going. Also anyone here about using a brillo pad or sumthing like that. I heard it once but i 4got what what reason