I'm not done with it but I was bored so I figured I'd show you guys my current project. I took a spare valve cover and of right now and sanding the hell out of it. Many places I've read sanded up to 340 grit or so, but I'm going up to 2000. I'm on 1000 now, a couple more days and I'll be ready to start buffing with tripoli and then on to white rouge. Let me know what you think

looks pretty shiney!!




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nice work... I have a spare 2200 valve cover (from my old sunfire) that I'm gonna polish up and perhaps sell it on ebay.




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Take that shiat to 2500! Then break out the mother's. I just put my new poilshed fuel rail on today.




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Make sure you clear it... or it will have surface rusty after a while.

nice work.


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Damn man i got mine baked and ceramic coated for only 35 bucks your paying more in sand paper and time then i would if i had ten done. as soon as i get a pic i will show you. its done in a Bonzie Blue.


You know why Honda has that H inside of that O that really means that there all just HOs got to love that chevy.

Sandpaper - $20
Electric Sander - $0 (already owned)
Feeling I get knowing i did my own work on my own car - priceless

hmmm, the links arent working for me

Keep up the good work!!!






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SteveH wrote:Sandpaper - $20
Electric Sander - $0 (already owned)
Feeling I get knowing i did my own work on my own car - priceless

thats the attitude i like to hear keep up the good work




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yes sand paper is really cheap, best way is to do it ur self, and there is nothing like the satifaction.




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exactly, i dont know what i would do if i left something like that to someone else. i try to do as much possible myself, theres jus not any better feeling.



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mattf wrote:Take that shiat to 2500! Then break out the mother's. I just put my new poilshed fuel rail on today.

i second that...........1000->1500->2000->2500->..machine buff it (non orbital buffer the other kind)with some 3M rubbing compound and then take the mothers to it by hand and it'll look daym near chrome



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SteveH wrote:Sandpaper - $20
Electric Sander - $0 (already owned)
Feeling I get knowing i did my own work on my own car - priceless

Troof. But I do it all by hand. I might look into getting a buffer soon tho. Some stuff isn't becoming as polished as others.

What do you plan on polishing next? You can't just stop at the valve cover ya know....





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what grit do you start at?

i started at 80

there was alot of @!#$ on mine so i started really really low, lower than 80


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that looks like fun! maybe i'll do mine when i come home from college.


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Sandpaper...

I agree on doing it by hand, but that's old school right there. Polishing's MUCH easier my way It's a helluva lot shinier when you're up on it, though--more like my intake. That picture doesn't really do it justice.


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looks sweet man

thats what i was gonna do, but i dont have the time