Cleaning Ford Motorsports valve covers

What is the best stuff to use to shine up motorsport valve covers?

How bad are they?

Flitz works great if their is alot of corosion, also the cotton stuff... ahhh.... what it called....ummmm...Shoot, I can remember, but it comes in a metal can.

I use amsoil metal polish

dfree383 wrote:How bad are they?

Flitz works great if their is alot of corosion, also the cotton stuff... ahhh.... what it called....ummmm...Shoot, I can remember, but it comes in a metal can.

Never-Dull

Wenol.Red for harsh
Blue tube for Fine

dfree383 wrote:How bad are they?

Flitz works great if their is alot of corosion, also the cotton stuff... ahhh.... what it called....ummmm...Shoot, I can remember, but it comes in a metal can.

Prince Albert comes in a can

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56Tbird wrote:

dfree383 wrote:How bad are they?

Flitz works great if their is alot of corosion, also the cotton stuff... ahhh.... what it called....ummmm...Shoot, I can remember, but it comes in a metal can.

Never-Dull

Yep I got that..........but it didnt make them look new again......

You can't just do it once with never dull, you keep going over it again and again untill you get it where you want it.

a buffing wheel with any halfass aluminum polish.gota have a wheel tho.lol

A can of spray paint......color is an option.

You better make them real purty to go on top of those heads

Lem Evans wrote:A can of spray paint......color is an option.

soak them in cow piss first.

56Tbird wrote:You better make them real purty to go on top of those heads

Your right Dan. Gotta look good after smokin some blow ties!

Moodyblues wrote:What is the best stuff to use to shine up motorsport valve covers?

I found "the best stuff to use" is the guy's labor at the chrome plating company. They do have the correct compounds and tools to do aluminum. "Tuning up" the shine shouldn't cost much, $20 ea if no deep scratches.

bowsher21 wrote:

Moodyblues wrote:What is the best stuff to use to shine up motorsport valve covers?

I found "the best stuff to use" is the guy's labor at the chrome plating company. They do have the correct compounds and tools to do aluminum. "Tuning up" the shine shouldn't cost much, $20 ea if no deep scratches.

Thatt sounds like an idea. Thanks

If there is corrrosion, I have used alumibrite acid then Blue Magic from AZ. Also have used 1500 grit sandpaper then the polish with a buffer. But that was well before my hands got old and hurtin. Best is just find an illegal and have him/her do it.

An illegal where the heck ya gonna find one of them

[quote="bcr466"]If there is corrrosion, I have used alumibrite acid then Blue Magic from AZ. Also have used 1500 grit sandpaper then the polish with a buffer. But that was well before my hands got old and hurtin. Best is just find an illegal and have him/her do it. [/quote

Then turn him in to immagration

[quote="bbf-falcon"]

bcr466 wrote:If there is corrrosion, I have used alumibrite acid then Blue Magic from AZ. Also have used 1500 grit sandpaper then the polish with a buffer. But that was well before my hands got old and hurtin. Best is just find an illegal and have him/her do it. [/quote

Then turn him in to immagration

Wait till he/ she finishes the polish job tho. If it a her maybe both polish jobs.
Dont know what they use, but you should see some some of the truck tanks and wheels done at so called truck stops by them in just a short time.

[quote="bbf-falcon"]

bcr466 wrote:If there is corrrosion, I have used alumibrite acid then Blue Magic from AZ. Also have used 1500 grit sandpaper then the polish with a buffer. But that was well before my hands got old and hurtin. Best is just find an illegal and have him/her do it. [/quote

Then turn him in to immagration

That would be a terrible thing to do then he would have a huge business shining up all the goverment rides with all the benifits and FREE insurance and then they would be extra nice and tell him aah no need to worry about taxes plus have your kids start pickin out the college of their choice and its free for all your hard work