John Furbur wrote:
>
> Pasquale Dell'Aquila wrote:
>
> > Just wanted to share my experience with this. Yesterday, I finished the sanding,
> > buffing and polishing procedure on one of my scoops. I'm confirming that the
> > consistency, not so much the quality of the metal will yield less than perfect
> > results. After the regiment of sanding through the various grit of sandpaper, I
> > continued to machine buff then machine polish. I've found that where the
> > consistency of the original casting is good, a perfect mirror polish results.
> > Where the casting is less consistent, the black runs that Jean mentioned appear.
> > The more you buff, the more they appear. They aren't really black but you can see
> > that the metal is different in those places. Light refracts differently from
> > there. Mind you, you need to be 12" away from the scoop to see the blotches but,
> > never-the-less, they are there.
>
> I know the 'dark spots' U refer to, and yes, the quality of aluminum used, is far
>less
> than premium,but, in the probably 10-15 or more sets of MAX scoops I have sent to the
> polisher, not one has come back with
> any of this...
> It may be the difference between a pad on a buffer or drill, and full-sized machines,
> with wheels the size of small car wheels, meant specifically for the purpose, AND a
> guy with many years of experience...Not taking anything away from your efforts, by
>any
> means!!!
> I just find that my polishing guy works, works well, and is more cost-effective, for
> me anyway...
> plus, I just HATE the grit & grime; I get enough of THAT, working on the rest of the
> MAX.
> I send him a box of MAX parts,
> ( I have an exchange program, and a good stock of parts, just for this purpose...)
> and he sends back finished stuff,
> (wheels-he gets the machining grooves out, rear ends, etc... any aluminum piece on
>the
> MAX...)
> at a reasonable price, that looks GREAT.
> Works for me!
>
> John
> RMSportMax.com
John, does he seal them with anything, or do you recommend anything to
seal
them with?
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