Metal polishing

[Digga]

What works best is a pedestal polisher, most of which run off 415V 3 phase. You can do some serious work on them & slash the time plus a much better result. Will post a pic later. You can pick them up from business auctions etc as places close down & the mops & polish etc are readily available.

[jerry]

Hey Steve you didn't say how dirty you get. J

[Digga]

Ha LOL yes you're right, end up blowing black shite out of your nose for a week 

[Lozza]

What's the lazy man way to polish fork legs? I tried a Dremel with Autosol but I gave up after 10 minutes because I figured it would take half the day to do them and also realised the job was not that important.

 Maybe to buy a carton and find someone with a polisher and exchange carton for a previously dull but now shiny item

[smalls717]

I saw a Truck driver polishing his bull bar whilst his truck was getting unloaded, and his alloy bull bar lookd like a mirror, and he wasnt putting in too much elbow grease. (a while ago)
Asked what he was using and it was a alloy polish called "Purple".
I went to all the car shops, etc and never found it, or they had never heard of it.
Walked into a car shop the other week (Port Kennedy for those in WA) for something and saw they had some on the shelf. I bought 6 bottles of it.
The owner tells me he has been chasing it for a while and he now eventually stocks it.
Ive got a brand new Thor replica alloy swingarm, gave it a rub with this stuff and it came up brilliant. gone over all my other alloy parts with it and same result.
Its called Purple and it is exacly that. just got to keep shaking it up whilst using it.

[Canam370]

Purple is very good. Bursons stock it.

[DR500]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PURPLE-METAL-POLISH-ALLOY-STAINLESS-CHROME-ALUMINUM-ETC-/110588566781