Polishing a body

[TippmannFireman]

So, I have a Minimag body that's a dull grey color. Well I took some 220 grit sand paper to it, and made it a little shinier. But, I'm still not satisfied. How can I make it SUPER shiny, to the point I can see myself in it?

[WickedKlown2]

Might want to try Mothers Billet Metal Polish or Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish (found at Walley World in the Automotive Section) and a Dremel with buffing/polishing wheel...

WK2

[OPBN]

You need to work up to progressively finer grit paper. You start with 180 or 220, go to 330 or 400, 800, 1000 and 1500. Using polishing compound and polishing wheel after the sandpaper will bring it to a chromelike shine. You have to work the various sanding steps though. It takes quite some time to get it right.

[sjrtk]

You need to work up to progressively finer grit paper. You start with 180 or 220, go to 330 or 400, 800, 1000 and 1500. Using polishing compound and polishing wheel after the sandpaper will bring it to a chromelike shine. You have to work the various sanding steps though. It takes quite some time to get it right.

That ^, your thumbs will hate you when your done but it is doable if you want.

[OPBN]

You can find the finer grits at auto parts stores.

[TippmannFireman]

I've already put some Mothers on there. I'll try and pick up some finer sandpaper here soon. Would it be just as easy to get a couple packs of super fine instead of getting 9 things of sandpaper?

[jforbes555666]

I start with the 220, then use scotch brite, then finish with off with the dremel and mothers. It helps the process go quicker if you do the sand paper and scotch brite in the same direction. Seems to be harder to buff out swirly scratch marks than ones going in the same direction.

[Newt]

Be sure to use a lubricant on the fine grit wet/dry paper. Either light oil or water will work fine. The paper will cut smoother and faster this way.

As for buffing, forget the dremel. Get a firm buffing wheel and mount it on a grinder. A good hardware store will have them. Don't forget the polishing compound either. The stuff that comes in the white bars should work fine.

[christian_13]

I do quite a bit of polishing and restoring shine to alot of parts (automotive) as well as buffing cars. Just pick up some wet/dry sand paper going through the grits 220, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500 then finish with Mothers mag polish. what I like to do is dry sand with the grit in random directons then wet sanding under running water along the body untill all the random scratches are gone. then go to the next grit doing the same method but do not switch papers untill ALL of the previous grit scratches are gone. Heres a picture of the polishing I did on my spyder when I was bored. http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/716/005czw.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/005czw.jpg/)

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