Polishing Question

[00BlackBird00]

I am about to polish my ac canister and I was wondering if anybody could tell me how to unhook everything and get it out of my car. Also I will be using different sandpapers and I will get to finer and finer grit and then I am goin to polish with Mothers metal polish. Does this sound right?

[blackbyrd]

300,600,1500,2000. i dont think you need to spend a lot of time with the 300 cause then you wil end up spending more time with the finer sandpaper getting out the deeper scratches. i did it but mine isnt finished yet school started back. anyway i also didnt disconnect mine.

[00BlackBird00]

Anyody know how to remove it...it's kind of hard to do it in the engine bay

[NCState98]

But wouldn't it be harder to recharge the system rather than polish in the engine bay? Just take off the one nut on the fender holding the line down and there is enough slack to lift up the canister. Also use a polishing wheel in a drill or die grinder to polish it up farily easily.

Mine came out alright for my first time polishing

[00BlackBird00]

Yeah I guess you have a point...did u just use on wheel to sand it or did you have to buy different ones?

[nikon]

hmm, I just used some pre soaked metal polish and mine came out very shiny, its already pretty smooth, just try polishin it and see how it comes out.

[Tom Rs]

hey do you need a drill attachment to do this or can it be done by hand ?

[NCState98]

Everything could be done by hand. Mine had a few deep scratches so I went through the sandpapers to a fine wetsanding 1200 grit. Then used some wenol and a polishing wheel.

I forgot I can't link to that picture, here is the address

[Tom Rs]

whats the best stuff to use if doing by hand ? how much do the drill attachments cost and where do u buy them ?

[Flamed RS]

I have done mine all by hand.canister and all the lines.I put in a lot of time to get it looking like chrome.Just remove the nut from the fender clamp and the clamp bolt for the canister so you can slide up the canister a little.I used blue magic liquid metal polish.


[ January 25, 2005, 09:22 PM: Message edited by: Flamed RS ]

[Tom Rs]

sounds good i am gonna try this

[00BlackBird00]

That looks really nice Flamed RS. I'm going to try and polish it like you said and see what happens. I'll post pics when I'm done.