polishing the housings

[KIRBYDUDE]

i am open to suggestions of the fastest & best way to shine the aluminum housings on my kirbys. i have several to do. so far i have done wet dry sanding & alum. polish. it has helped some but how far do you have to go to get that shine. there is some age staining, no pits. so is it old school or new techniques. i would like to hear from those who have labored at this & succeded. THANKS:kirbydude

 

[twocvbloke]

Buffing wheel and Kirby's own polishing wax, though practice on some other things before tackling the Kirby parts, just incase...

 

[Real1]

Mother's MA polish. I've always just used elbow grease and a rag, but I don't see why it couldn't be done on a buffing wheel to save some time.

Kevin

 

[KIRBYDUDE]

polishing the housings

well i went old school & used mothers m&a polish, some 0000 steelwool an sacrificed a couple of washrags & i achieved the results i needed.they do not look like chrome but it took a lot of years off.my 519 & my d-80 look much better now! just 6 more to do. thanks for your feedback. kirbydude