Grumpy1822
Savage Owner
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I've seen a few people trying this lately and answered a few questions so I figured a how to was in order.
First thing is to strip the anno. This was hpi orange. You can use Easy off oven cleaner or crystalized drano. Drano works best.
After stripping you need to wet sand the part smooth. Start with 600gt. Thats usually enough, but you can hit it again with 1000 grit for good measure. This is the most important step. Some parts have machined lines in them from being cut. YOU MUST SAND THESE OUT. Any scratches, lines, pits, etc will show up when polished.
After sanding smooth, you can start polishing. All supplies are availible at Home Depot. The products are Discus brand. You want the wheel with the most seams and aluminum rouge. Looks like a big white crayon. You will also need a 4" grinder or a drill with a grinder adapter (thats what I like best).
Next, peel off some paper on the rouge and melt it into the wheel turning it black. Keep adding as you polish as the wheel gets lighter.
Now polish
Keep buffing. It will get better and better the more you buff. Get all the black stuff off.
You can use your dremmel for small spots. Keep in mind that the rouge that comes with the dremmel is jewlers rouge for soft metals. Brass etc. It will take a long time and some effort on alu. Use the correct rouge (big white crayon). I like to use Mothers or Blue Magic after polishing to seal it up. Keep in mind that these parts will need an occasional buffing with Mothers to keep their shine. Hope this helps some of you guys.
First thing is to strip the anno. This was hpi orange. You can use Easy off oven cleaner or crystalized drano. Drano works best.
After stripping you need to wet sand the part smooth. Start with 600gt. Thats usually enough, but you can hit it again with 1000 grit for good measure. This is the most important step. Some parts have machined lines in them from being cut. YOU MUST SAND THESE OUT. Any scratches, lines, pits, etc will show up when polished.
After sanding smooth, you can start polishing. All supplies are availible at Home Depot. The products are Discus brand. You want the wheel with the most seams and aluminum rouge. Looks like a big white crayon. You will also need a 4" grinder or a drill with a grinder adapter (thats what I like best).
Next, peel off some paper on the rouge and melt it into the wheel turning it black. Keep adding as you polish as the wheel gets lighter.
Now polish
Keep buffing. It will get better and better the more you buff. Get all the black stuff off.
You can use your dremmel for small spots. Keep in mind that the rouge that comes with the dremmel is jewlers rouge for soft metals. Brass etc. It will take a long time and some effort on alu. Use the correct rouge (big white crayon). I like to use Mothers or Blue Magic after polishing to seal it up. Keep in mind that these parts will need an occasional buffing with Mothers to keep their shine. Hope this helps some of you guys.
thanks for the intro grumpy. Yep my way is all hand work but I just like its results on SMALL<----- parts. 
