Here are all the Eastwood products used in this video: Eastwood 1HP Dual Speed Buffer www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/1hpbuffmotor Eastwood Buffer Stand www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/bufferstand Eastwood Abrasive Buffing Wheel www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/scotchbritewheel Eastwood 6” Foam Interference Sander Pad www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/interfacepad Eastwood Small Job Buffing Kit www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/smallbuffingkit Eastwood 2” Right Angle Orbital Sander www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/smallorbitalsander Eastwood 10” Buff Wheel Set www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/10inbuffwheelkit Eastwood Buffing Compound Set www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/buffingcompound Eastwood Buff Rake www.howtomotorcyclerepair.com/buffingrake

@mattryan8026

5 жыл бұрын

MatthewMCRepair how much did this kit run you?

Beautiful job! I did this by hand! For my 1990 Yamaha fj1200. Looked great but not as easy as you made it look. This looks so much easier lol. Makes all the difference if you want to restore a vintage bike back to life again.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I can't imagine doing all by hand. I was even getting sick of sanding.

I have been doing this for a while now on my aluminum Harley parts. The more work you put in the better the final shine. A properly done timing cover or rocker box should look like chrome. If you are having a part chrome plated(steel or aluminum) it is worth it to polish the part yourself as the more thorough you are the better the chrome job. If your part is not supper shiny the chrome won’t be either! Great video for beginners but it looks like you have done this before! Keep up the great work!

Great video 👍👍. I just bought this setup for my shop. I do restorations on cars and motorcycles. This is going to save me money to pay my polishing guy every time I need something done. Thank you for sharing your way of polishing parts.

This is by far the best explanation I've seen and the best method. I've used this method for 16 years myself to yield professional results every time. I cringe when I see people start at 120 or 180 and hand sand all the way to 2500!! Awesome video!!

Very informative as usual Matt, thank you and keep em coming they’re very helpful

Nice Video! Really good how you Show every step. Really gets me to buying a proper set and not do the "lowest budget possible" way.

Bravo, super precious work , good video, respect from old BG!

I,ve done some metal polishing at a place I use to work at. once the chrome and nickel been strip . I looked for scratches and nicks from the rust and how deep. then I look at the thickness off the metal I,m going to polish for rechroming. I agree with you on explaining the surface. when I explain it to the the person who own the car bumper. it went over his head.but he was happy it was in the right hands .before I started polishing years before. a polisher explain on how its done. but I also taught myself. like how many stages I,m going to do. just like you explain it. I,m a short guy which I polish a massive 68 impala bumper here in new zealand. it came out like factory. but better. pitty the chrome platers never had a cooper bath.[ 3 stage plating ]. stainless steal is the hardess metal to polish . great vid mate .awesome on explaining stages

with practice on alloy you don't need to go above 400... (with pink rouge used afterwards on a 6 to 8inch or above wheel) I polish for a living and what you have shown here is pretty much what we do. Great seeing how other people do things...! great video

Enjoyed the video - keep up the good work!

Nicely done. You’ve inspired me to step up my game!!

Scotch brite wheels of different grits will give you the same finish properly used, until final polishing that will require a polish such as simichrome or autosol. Also to protect your finish from re-tarnishing from the elements , i would use a crystal clear coat spray from Eastwood products, which will not peel or yellow & is specifically used for non ferrous metals.

Nice video dude, although long, but hey it gave a good description of what I have to do with some of my covers on my kz1300😎🏍👍

I need to do this on my BSA motorcycle I’m restoring, going to take allot of time and money. Allot of components, rocker covers, timing cover and primary cover etc. Would rather do it myself though and wouldn’t trust anyone else to do it. Thanks for the video!

Absolutely excellent training video!

Great video. Lots of time and labor,but well worth it.

Actually Mathew I give a thumbs up; great job and video. Due to personal incidents wearing gloves and rotating machinery (drills, rotary wire brush ) and several KZread pros warning against wearing gloves; I decided to take their advice. I keep a bucket of water at the floor and dip the alloy piece which saps the heat immediately; then back to polishing , happy days .

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

I will try that, thanks.

Got myself a pile of metal sandpaper and tubes of alloy cleaner and now i need some pain killers for my arthritis and all ready to clean all the Bultaco engines.Been a year now and kept putting it off hoping to find a old 1980 buffer wheel they last forever

Love the 'elbow grease'. Pretty funny.

Cool video, a word of caution, I would use rubber gloves when sanding aluminum and also use a respirator. I developed a sensitivity to aluminum when I was polishing bicycle parts. Scary to say the least.

I I have no idea how to do this and thanks to your video I’ve got a good head start. I could not find 2 inch sanding pads for my DA sander like you have and Eastwood have these supplies as well as all the buffing materials so I’m using your video as a primer to polishing practically the same parts seen in your video. Big thanks...i subscribed. I am looking for a buffer, found one on northern tool....staying away from HF junk. Thanks again for the great instruction!

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

I cut the 2" discs from 5/6" discs with scissors.

Sweet gift pack. I have skipped right to buffing. No sanding. I found I was causing scratches sanding. If the piece isn’t, trashed, it works nicely.

Very nice. Restoring a 74 H1 and will use your instructions and suggestions. Thanks

Another great video.

i use a dremel tool with polishing bits for hard to reach areas like the bolt holes, engraved letterings, i use it to polish carbs. i'm on a budget so i do wet sanding with 400/800/1000/2000 grit, 320 grit for heavily oxidized parts, then straight to autosol polishing compound.

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

I need to get a dremel

Outstanding tutorial... outstanding

I always try to go high as I can with sand paper and it will cut down buffing time. Wet 2000 grit does wonders on aluminum. Nice video. Ignore all of the negative comments. I can tell you got skills bro.

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Wish had a few of them to help clean the Bultaco engines as have 3 to do but no way could afford price so will just rub with chrome cleaner or try making some or could i have yours if you have finished with them as have a stone bench and will fit mine i think

Instead of using sandbags or bolting your stand to the floor, try bolting it to a rectangular piece of 3/4" plywood. Leave an 18" - 24" "tongue" in front of the stand. Then just stand on the plywood while you are buffing, your weight will hold the buffer in place. This way you can take the buffer outside of your garage and avoid flinging compound all over your walls/floors/ceilings.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Good tip, I'll try that.

love the elbow grease part haha

Thank you for showing us how to do this. The video was very helpful.

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Ya have to go to the elbow grease specialty store to get the best elbow grease, rite next to the blinker fluid store

I like your style!

What's the difference between Polish aluminium and aluminium from any other country?

@sebastiancantarelli6594

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha that´s a good one!

@jblob5764

5 жыл бұрын

Da dum chhh

@yanq33

5 жыл бұрын

Good ;)

@XXX-qk2cq

5 жыл бұрын

CloneDaddy the Polish aluminum is a lot less bright!!

@jianoconnor8414

5 жыл бұрын

@@XXX-qk2cq; I just found it kind of cheap; in a quirky kind of way.

Man this some quality lecture. You just earn one sub..

Great Video, just had a look at some of your other video's and Subscribed.... Impressive

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The polish look is nice but I really like the way the scotch bright wheel finish looks

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree.

Do you seal the part with a laquer or something similar for the shine to last ?

I needed to polish some aluminum parts and watched your video. It was very informative and now I know what I need to do to achieve a remarkable end product. So this video is just what the doctor ordered. What is very surprising is in reading the commits I am blown away with what appears to be some of the viewers who seem to be jealous and resentful that you may have received a generous offering from Eastwood. Who cares how you acquired your equipment, provided you didn't steal it. When one becomes envious and resentful over someone else and what others have, that is a condition as bad as cancer or some other disease

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Well said, thank you. I can't please everyone I guess.

@dbx1233

5 жыл бұрын

There will always be haters. I see I wrote "commits" instead of "comment". Oh well. I already had some inexpensive things from Harbor Freight, so my equipment wasn't professional grade but the result was a lot better than I was expecting.

@Johan_Pentrose

5 жыл бұрын

I dont understand the stupid comments . I am working doing the same work on my bike, actually the same part and a bunch of others. Great instructional video. Thanks for a video well done.

looks very nice

Great stuff! That small orbital sander in particular looks like a huge timesaver for a really low price.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Bert, yes used it quite a bit on the other 2 covers I had to polish.

Good video for those who have never done it. WOW 50% have valid comments and constructive critisisum and the other 50% think with their little head! Always amazes me when someone such as yourself takes the time to do a video, regardless of what it is and "Little Heads" trash it to bits. If they are such experts, then they should get off their Gluteus maximus and make a video. Then and only then will they truly understand the complexity of filming, editing and answering follow-up comments.

@HTMR

2 жыл бұрын

True that!

Sanding grit = Start at the finest grit you think you will use, then go progressively coarser until you arrive at the grit you need to remove the defects in the part. Stay gold.

NICE JOB

Hey man great video. Do you think it's possible to polish a Honda Accord engine while in the car? As in getting polished what would be seen?.

@HTMR

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly, however it would not be a quality job. Also, you are going to sling compound everywhere.

Fantastic. I live on a Greek island. Any manual tips?

Does anybody know how to seal it after, with a clear coat or something? I just finished doing all the covers on my Honda and don't want them to go bad again. Thanks!

@callmedudeok

5 жыл бұрын

uhh, use a clear coat... not to sound like a jerk, but you already had the answer. go to an autobody shop and ask them what they use on aluminum parts and purchase some. Could also hit up a chrome shop, they might not have some on hand but will give you tons of advice on what to use on your parts based on what conditions they will be exposed to. I don't want to give you a LONGGGGGG answer as to the whys with background info as there are too many az-hats who cant read more than 4 words without complaining. BUT, for spokes and rims and cool covers, I use a standard metal clear-coat with several THIN coats left to cure after each spray.(follow manu's instructions.) For the hot parts, or parts that will flex from pressure, I will ALWAYS consult the experts doing that work for a profession as they always know the best product for that condition at that time. What I used 3 years ago is already outdated today as there are several more newer products. Since this video will be up for a long time, i wouldn't take a recommendation from here. Hit up the shops... OR ... just wash and wax on a regular basis. that works too.

Bravo..From India

Is the elbow grease near the blinker fluid at AutoZone?

hi!could you please tell us how much was price for all(machine and pads)?

I do polishing I sand 180,320,600 buff with the brown bar first then I go green bar after I go white bar for show finish

Good video

How did you deal with the recessed areas around HONDA and the circular trench around the cover...thanks

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Push part into wheel, it was able to reach it.

😂 yoooooo that intro 😂 😝 i was gonna turn it off jeez 😂

I did this for a living once a few years ago. Its a hard, time consuming job. I did 500 motorcycle triple trees in one month.

@mikehunt783

5 жыл бұрын

How much did you make doing it?

@callmedudeok

5 жыл бұрын

@@mikehunt783 probably not enough. I have a hard enough time doing my parts, I cant imagine doing other peoples. Though, triple trees are many mostly flat surfaces so not as bad as primary covers or other parts with many edges of various sizes. Those I think i would just blast them and then paint. I polished/repaired fogged headlights (plastic ones) and that was ~30 minutes per light with 8 grits and only made $22.50 per car. NOT ENOUGH to do that crap in the cold or heat of the outdoors. Sure as heck wouldnt do metal which can take all dang day for one silly part. Who want to pay $200 in labor for1 complex engine part or 2 covers? @ Jeff, dude, your a better man than me. No way. I would rather go weld stuff...

Wow! my bike brother is another scale !!! I expected polishing with Dremel .... Thumb !

Clean... Eastwood products !

I have a Honda z50 headlight won’t work can you help

not sure if it has been mentioned in the comments, but you should pre-break your sand paper, it will conform to the curves much easier when you use the backer.

@jerryking1434

3 жыл бұрын

Pre break your sand paper....??

I have mixed feelings about Scotch Brite pads with aluminum parts. Yes, they quickly take the part from, say a vapor-blasted finish to a first-level polishing but it will be uneven and even the extra fine pads chew into aluminum and you end up using sandpaper anyway to remove that damage. And they are expensive. Plan on at least one pad ($5) per engine case. Now, I go from vapor (or sand) basting to 600 grit sandpaper (wet) (400 for sandblasting) followed by 1200. Sanding is the only way to get a defect-free finish that is ready for buffing and a high-quality finish.

Good info on the polishing buddy. Try Steelo soap pads after the sand paper stages and before polishing.

Ignore all the dislikes and haters, you're making great videos man. Loved the intro hahaha, you forgot to add the link for that special elbow grease you used.

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. For the elbow grease, just go to any hardware store and ask for it :)

Wow that's an impressive final product. I almost doubt it was that shiny delivered from Honda 40 years ago.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely don't come polished from the factory. Vapor blast matte finish is more of a factory finish. I'll go over that in the next video.

Great video, very informative, but… I find one thing missing and that’s the final step. What do you use to protect the polished aluminum?

@therealchayd

Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask the same; I have polished aluminum parts in the past and they've oxidized back to a matt finish in a matter of weeks. I'm assuming some sort of clear coat (2K for preference) would be needed.

Very much enjoyed learning along with you. I've gotten pretty clean parts by wet sanding and polishing with drill, but you showed you need the buffer wheel to do a professional job. Question, does the compound get all overt your mask, clothes, walls, ceiling, etc. etc.?

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it gets all over the place. Best to do it outside.

@johndillinger8482

6 жыл бұрын

wear a mask.use an apron.

I usualy wear a tie while doing this .....

@azul8811

4 жыл бұрын

jcreswick A bow tie, I presume?

How you like the way those new buffing wheels from Eastwood chunk and throw fibers EVERYWHERE!

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much how any buffing goes.

with your vapor blaster how much time would that save you? What steps would you be able to bypass?

@HTMR

3 жыл бұрын

Haven't tried it however it would save a ton of time.

@KraeseRepairs

3 жыл бұрын

@@HTMR might a future video to revisit this topic with the use of a vapor blaster

Looks awesome! Just a heads up Honda clear coats the covers when they make them you can use paint stripper to remove it like the guy in the video about restoring aluminum wheels. The clear coat is why they look so nasty after sitting outside in the sun for many years.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

There might have been some clear on the covers, but most of it was long gone.

@mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff

6 жыл бұрын

MatthewMCRepair true but the stripper also helps remove some of the oxidation.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

I'll try that for the next engine LOL.

Thanks for the video. However, the bikes never came out of the factory with that mirror finish, so my aim is to take a dirty old engine and get it back the 'clean matt' finish like it comes from the factory, rather than to create a mirror on wheels. Do you have any advice to get it back to the factory look? Or is it as simple as skipping the last few polishing steps? Many thanks

@HTMR

4 жыл бұрын

Check this video out, build your own vapor blaster: kzread.info/dash/bejne/on6dsMiOiamniNo.html

How long lasting is this please? tell me

Nice video. I have the same Eastwood setup and am trying to learn how to use it properly. Is there anything you can use to coat the aluminum after it is polished to prevent it from oxidizing again?

Hi, I know this was about polishing the aluminum part and advertising Eastwood products but otherwise it would of been better yo use your vapor blaster first?, Great show!

Thanks for the video!! I wouldn't use gloves and loose clothing with the buffing wheel hun. But great video, thanks for the info!

Elbow grease is that in the same section as blinker fluid

@callmedudeok

5 жыл бұрын

Dont forget the 'Jet wash and wooden welding rods'

that piece still has somewhat of a "haze" to it. Do you think you might have eliminated that by taking up to a higher grit when sanding to like 1000 or 1500 before you started using on the buffer? just asking

@HTMR

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Or it could have compound left on.

Would love very to watch till the end but OMG all the adds!!

Would vapor honing first have made a difference?

@HTMR

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. This video was before I built my DIY vapor blaster: howtomotorcyclerepair.com/diyvaporblasterbuildplans/

hold up, awesome that you did that. No has ever parodied the joke. Eastwood..... make a tv show, compete in events. Something gwad damn...!

The best way to avoid scratches is to spray paint it between sanding grits this shows you where you have not sanded and thus you get the hole job

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Or guide coat. Good tip.

Damn much more tedious then I expected!, I was thinkin about doing it to my 2 smoke expansion chamber.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Plated pipe? Most likely you will need a buff wheel on drill or die grinder to do a pipe.

Has anyone used #waterglass to seal the Aluminum parts before polishing? I have been searching around and have not found people doing this step. I remember this from an old "Hot Bike" or "Easy Rider " magazine. Brush on the #waterglass and bake in an oven. This seals any pores in cast Aluminum. Has anyone tried this?

Also. How do you preserve the shine? Is there something you can do to prevent oxidation.

@HTMR

4 жыл бұрын

Simichrome polish or acf-50

@jiffjiffernson7292

2 жыл бұрын

Cerakote Ceramic Clears air-cure is an option. Understood to be superior to traditional clear but I have not used it myself or seen the results over time.Initial results are impressive however.

@jiffjiffernson7292

2 жыл бұрын

Aluminum specific product btw

Can you do a vid on polishing aluminium?

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Why don't you just fast forward a little bit.

Try vapour blasting (water) or dry ice blasting and then polish. Mush faster. Pricier investment but you can clean up those covers/case covers in 2-3 minutes and then move on to polish.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Cases and some other components came back from vapor blasting. Posting vid soon.

@mobgma

6 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to watch! Saves you alot of time in my experience. Allows you to focus on other things then spending an hour hand sanding case covers.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to learn that lol.

Hi Mathew great vid mate it was reasonably informative for what is was so good effort. Now to everyone else he did say you can start out with sandpaper and elbow grease yes he did and two minutes in we can see eastwood are sponsoring this vid and there's nothing wrong with that but does that make him lazy or unskilled no it does not. I too have a buff and I love it, its a good piece of kit and definatly speeds things up a great deal. Nowhere does he say you must buy all these eastwood goodies and nowhere does he say you cant get good results unless you shell out big bucks so to all the negative people why so salty. What's wrong with this world nowdays everyone feels they must attack people. if your so damn hot under the collar bitch about your bloody government at least those clowns deserve a serve.

Pretty easy to polish aluminum, just buy $10K worth of tools. I’ll add, nice video and those are some beautiful tools, I’m now on their website haha

So now you need to coat it with clear, correct?

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

I will add a coat of simichrome polish for protection.

You draw real purty! Do you think they would send me all that stuff at little to no charge? If not then this can't help most of us. We will just have to get Harbor Freight buffing wheels on the grinder. Thanks for the good ideas.

good job. go up the sanding ladder a little higher and try not to sand too much in the area of the logo. i find rouge good enough unless you're entering a show, mainly due to the fact that it most likely be dusty and dirty 10 min into your first ride.

@HTMR

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I should have gone finer on sandpaper. Just handling the parts make them dirty haha. Good enough for this bike.

orbital sander with cotton cover and gumption house hold cleaner not to much elbow grease..

at 8,18 I see a lot of flaking clear coat and the dark spiderwebbing where the gaps in the clear coat have been oxidizing deep down into the metal. get the clear coat off first with aircraft aluminum paint remover, still available at NAPA. If you don't it will foul your scotch bright pads and or sandpaper. Wetsanding is better than dry. Aluminum you dry polish becomes a breathable dust. Wetsanding means less of it fouling up the sandpaper. put some rubber gloves on. Keep aluminum out of your body. I'm a believer too in ending with really fine sandpaper. 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500 grit, and I even have some 3000 grit sandpaper. When maintenance polishing bare aluminum parts you can quickly get stuff off with 3000 grit and then go to the mothers and or buffers. It's a pain to keep up bare aluminum but I can not find an over the counter clear coat that doesn't have a little yellowish tint to aluminum parts. must be nice to have them give you so much stuff.

You should have braised aluminum into those scratches you wouldn't have had to sand so much also you should have shot it with gloss black paint first we're all of the wording and indents werethat way you have a nice black background or whatever color

Cool you’re getting some free stuff for once!! Fuck the haters man

Lolol this video really helped me 😂 i have a few items to polish, and u tell me to buy stuff from your sponsor worth 800$ 😂😂😂

@HTMR

5 жыл бұрын

No, you don't have to, that is why you can use elbow grease, much cheaper.

@MrJohnny1966

5 жыл бұрын

@@HTMR ore an old product called slipol, cost about 2$ 😂

Can afford the elbow grease but not those expensive tools,buffer and eastwood products. Dull grey will have to do.

Good jop prooo

Maybe the circular, finer grit sandpaper discs would work much better on the sander instead of using by hand.

Awesome, detailed instructional vid on how to make the aluminum sparkle again MatthewMCR!!, Personally, I'd polish out the _"Made in Japan"_ part, oh wait, wouldnt even bother _washing_ a *YamaHondaKawazuki* to start with ;)