Polished valve covers.

Jonnydime · Feb 3, 2015

Anyone ever polish their valve covers? Got any pics?

StrokiNDieseL · Feb 3, 2015

Seen these on 6.4Fb post yesterday

Cknox121 · Feb 4, 2015

StrokiNDieseL said:
Seen these on 6.4Fb post yesterday

Them are sweet

webb06 · Feb 4, 2015

Those looks awesome.....wonder how long that took

BOSS450 · Feb 4, 2015

webb06 said:
Those looks awesome.....wonder how long that took

I bet with a good clear coat longer then most 6.4s....

powr2stroke · Feb 4, 2015

I threw the rouge at mine ...err i mean Jason's way back when i had it

SlowSmoke · Feb 4, 2015

BOSS450 said:
I bet with a good clear coat longer then most 6.4s....

Hahaha

But seriously those look killer.

webb06 · Feb 4, 2015

powr2stroke said:
I threw the rouge at mine ...err i mean Jason's way back when i had it

How long did it take to get that far?

Bigsexy · Feb 4, 2015

The first set is powder coating I thought? I didn't think they'd polish out that nice

powr2stroke · Feb 4, 2015

webb06 said:
How long did it take to get that far?

It wasn't easy, I spent a couple hours hand sanding the covers first . Then hit em' on the bench polisher. I'm sure the pros could do it better and faster but i didn't mind .

co04cobra · Feb 4, 2015

webb06 said:
Those looks awesome.....wonder how long that took

I've haven't did 6.4 VCs before, but have polished rough aluminum before, and have a few buddies that are really good at it.

I'd guess 6-8hrs on each VC.

They do look sweet!

webb06 · Feb 4, 2015

co04cobra said:
I've haven't did 6.4 VCs before, but have polished rough aluminum before, and have a few buddies that are really good at it.

I'd guess 6-8hrs on each VC.

They do look sweet!

So what would be the steps to try it out?

co04cobra · Feb 5, 2015

http://powerstrokearmy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54725

Here's a set of compressor housings I did. This was in a rush so they are not perfect, and those housings actually went through an engine fire.LOL

Main key is wet sanding them smooth, using a quality polish, some jewelers rouge, and lots of time..

A good buffer and variety of buffing pad helps to. IMO.

powr2stroke · Feb 5, 2015

Just snag an extra set of covers . Start out with some 600 grit wet and work your way up to 1500 or so . Then hammer the rouge to em . You really can't mess it up .