First off, I’d like to thank everyone here for the wealth of information that I have picked up on. I am a hobbyist but want professional results. That’s why I am glad I found this site. There are professionals and weekend warriors here and I love seeing everyone’s projects. If I (and I will) screw something up, I will post it too. Better that than someone else waste a couple of hours doing the same thing I did.

Most of my “polishing” projects have been on chrome. Really tough work. Wipe on, wipe off. LOL. I have moved to some aluminum parts and found this site a long time ago after I polished a set of foot pegs.

Now I am restoring a buddies ‘81 Sportster. It’s my first big project. The bike has been rode hard and put up wet a number of times. The side covers and engine are pretty bad. I did use a power ball and some Mother’s just to clean off the oxidation. I knew going in I was wasting my time but I ordered the Aluminum & Copper Alloy Polishing Kit, so I had some time to kill. With any luck I should start tearing the bike apart and start polishing by this weekend.
Here is an after picture I polished the front cover for about 10-15 minutes. I did the emblem by hand. It is chrome so I want to make the cover match it. My Blackberry takes horrible pictures. I was too lazy to grab the good camera.

Sorry about the lengthy post. I’ll update this thread as I go. Be warned though, I move at the speed of a herd of turtles. Too many hobbies and not enough money.

Ken