Polishing rocker cover

[novamadman]

Anyone have any tips or know anything you can buy for polishing them up. Not just rocker cover other metals to. just wandering what otehr people have done.

shane

[luke langton]

If you want your rocker cover polished! You can get it done by your local metal polishers, but from experience I wouldn?t bother! Unless you don?t mind spending the earth! Just get a polishing kit and do it yourself!
That?s what I have been doing, it takes time but then you know the jobs done right!
Or you could just get it chromed!

[novamadman]

where do u buy polishing kits and how much are they?

shane

[luke langton]

You can get them off eBay, there are all different size kits for different metals. I think would be looking at about ?50 for an abrasive to polishing finish kit which has everything you need!

[novamadman]

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=polishing+kit+metal&sacat=9800%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200&fpos=BT47+3DX&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=

would you recomend any of those in particular or are they all much the same

the one for 18.50 buy it now dont look to bad

shane

[RJM25R]

Unless u enjoy polishing on regular occasions, I would recommend you don't bother because the finish doesn't last....

[novamadman]

Unless u enjoy polishing on regular occasions, I would recommend you don't bother because the finish doesn't last....

wouldnt enjoy that i dont think

so just leave it plain probably.

shane

[RJM25R]

paint it, it's better and easier to keep clean....

[novamadman]

it aint an xe tho

what colour apart from polished wouldnt look stupid on a 1200 engine

can u get paint that looks pretty much polished,

shane

[Tim]

i polished my xe rocker cover and my GTE rocker cover, using a polishing kit that came with various wax abrasives and a few different grades of mop that fits on the the end of a drill. Before any polishing was done i flatted the rocker cover with 400, then 600, then 800, then 1200 wet and dry to remove any inperfections from the metal, then set about polishing it with the various grades of wax abrasives going from the most co**** to the finest. its quite a dirty job but i found the results very pleasing and managed to save 90 quid for the sake of my time. my kit also came with a fine white powder which u rub in to the metal once you have finished to give it a high shine, and also a pot of clear laquer, which will ensure the finish remains sweet. :thumb:

tim

[novamadman]

where did u get the kit from how much was it

shane

[RJM25R]

you want matt black...

[1.3sr_kane]

my girlfriends dad does all this stuff he can polish rocker covers,heads, anything you want shiny under the bonnet... we have various nova bits already polished so anyone wants one let me know and ill see how much... we do a part exchange service.. basically u send me your rocker cover (or whatever you want polishing) and we send you a polished one back!!