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Robert

Robert

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GraysonD!! said:
Its almost like dip piolished but its called chrome dipped. That looks very good @ 702 dialed
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You cannot chrome aluminum, well you can but nobody will really do it.

He polished it, I did it to my v1 with a buffing wheel, a red polishing compound, and then cleaned it up with some metal polish that I bought from ace hardware.
 
GraysonD!!

GraysonD!!

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Robert said:
You cannot chrome aluminum, well you can but nobody will really do it.

He polished it, I did it to my v1 with a buffing wheel, a red polishing compound, and then cleaned it up with some metal polish that I bought from ace hardware.
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Well i know for a fact the shops around me do they did it for my dads rail all the time but yea ive done it to my wheels like u said buffing wheel and it looks soo good.
 
Robert

Robert

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GraysonD!! said:
Well i know for a fact the shops around me do they did it for my dads rail all the time but yea ive done it to my wheels like u said buffing wheel and it looks soo good.
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When chrome plating aluminum most people copper plate it first, because if you don't the chrome will just flake off.
 
Hamish C

Hamish C

Steel Member
Robert said:
You cannot chrome aluminum, well you can but nobody will really do it.

He polished it, I did it to my v1 with a buffing wheel, a red polishing compound, and then cleaned it up with some metal polish that I bought from ace hardware.
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What sorta stuff did you use? I sanded my deck with a foam 100 grit sanding block (tried finer grit sandpaper but it made it worse) then rubbed it with a cloth and some Silvo aluminum polish and my deck came out really shiny and a little bit reflective but not that really mirrored polished look
 
Hamish C

Hamish C

Steel Member
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ODI Longnecks with Odyssey parends
Phoenix Suicide v2's 27.5 high x 22 wide
Tilt SCS
FSA OrbitZ headset
Everything else stock Phase Two dirt scoot parts
 
Robert

Robert

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Hamish C said:
What sorta stuff did you use? I sanded my deck with a foam 100 grit sanding block (tried finer grit sandpaper but it made it worse) then rubbed it with a cloth and some Silvo aluminum polish and my deck came out really shiny and a little bit reflective but not that really mirrored polished look
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100 grit is really coarse, when I did it I used 220 and sanded it for almost an hour, you have to do it until it looks really smooth and then you apply the polish.
 
Hamish C

Hamish C

Steel Member
Robert said:
100 grit is really coarse, when I did it I used 220 and sanded it for almost an hour, you have to do it until it looks really smooth and then you apply the polish.
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I did use a few finer grades of sandpaper, up to 300 something I think but a foam 100 grit sanding block seemed to make it the shiniest
 
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