Time to polish the exhaust elbows i guess

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well since the truck aint come back from the paintshop :frowning: , i may aswell finish a job i have been putting of finishing now for over 3months :blush: :blush: , and finish polishing to a mirror finish the exhaust elbows sections before we weld them onto the up right parts of the exhausts,these elbows arrived to mwe in a dull/satin pitted affect and they have took some major buffing out, they still aint finished yet but at least a couple more hours "if i can be bothered " to bring up 100%

this is the stuff i use on stainless and alloyto get upto a mirror finish, a bench grinder and buffing mops and soaps,
i also have a big 3 phase electrical motor what has a gearbox to alter the speed and a long flexi drive motor “suhner its called” just need a 3 PHASE CONVERTOR NOW AS I NO LONGER have 3 phase access :frowning:

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god i hate this polishing mumbo jumbo these days :blush:

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as you can see in the first 2 pics there is the elbow for the exhausts. here is a piccy of it and the size :blush: :blush:

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well time to start again, brown/black soap to start the buffing of,

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and away,away we go

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its starting to take shape now

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a bit more polishing/buffing and the results are coming, after around 3 hrs,think you will get the idea how the finsh was when i bought the elbows now??

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well thats 1 of the elbows and part of the other after the 1st stage of buffing only 2 poss 3 more stages to go YET !!!

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BOTH ELBOWS NOW COMPLETE ON THE 1ST STAGE of polishing with the brow/black soaps, this is the 2nd stage now white/green soaps and a softer mop to get a vbetter shine for the 1st stage,

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2nd stage on this is now done 3 rd stage is a blue or red soap, to remove the finer scratches and to bring up to a mirror finish “if i can be bothered” then a bit of lime to remove all the left over polish, and a bit of solvol to finish of, then its time to weld them up and polish the burn out of the weld afterwards :frowning: :frowning: ,

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so this is what you need to cheat and get a good mirror finish shine a bench grinder, a good powerfull drill, mops and soaps :wink: now wheres mi mate kindle for the wheels :wink:

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bloody hell look at the shine you got out of that!!! when i first see the pictures i thought your wasting your time, then my gaw hit my lap to see the after pix!! :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:
job welldone there fella :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

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Im just about to leave Manchester for leeds mate!! Nice job there, even thou you cheated! :wink:

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cheated me never!! never i tell tha, :wink:

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you missed a bit! :laughing: :laughing:

nice job mate have you got the stacks to do aswell or are they ready shine out the box?

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hi steve, no mate the stacks or should i say just the pipes i bought which come already polished, but they have been sat at the top of the garden now for over 4 mths :blush: :blush:

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ouch hope you have something for them sore hands if you have to polish them. :laughing: hope their still polish really.