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Old Dec 2, 2011, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by deylag
Damn that polished valve cover looks sweet. How did you manage to polish the valve cover so well? Like what steps did you do to get it to that shine?
I stripped the paint


Wet sanded with 400, 600, 800, 1500, and 2000 grit
This is at 600 grit I believe.

This is at 1500 grit I believe. As you can see, it has a nice smooth reflection but not mirrored yet because no polish used yet .


Hand polished with Black Diamond polish (for Alum and Mag which our valve cover is Mag). Polishing was the easy part. Rub on with a microfiber towel in a circular motion til you start seeing black residue and keep rubbing for about 2mins, then wipe off residue with another microfiber towel. BTW, this pic was a test to see how the polish took to the valve cover, I went back and did more wet sanding and repolished it again which are the pics I posted earlier.


Hope this is what you wanted to know bud. Just let me know if you have any questions thru PM .

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Old Dec 4, 2011, 01:02 AM
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^ seen his setup in person, looks great. the valve cover matches all the other shiney bits under the hood like polished upper pipe and tial bov. and for a bby evo, there arent many clean yet unique looking colors you can match with it. good job. (****'s still slow)
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How did the polishing hold up? Did you have any issues with it oxidizing over time? Or did you do something to prevent it?
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