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crazydave

11-24-2003 09:02 PM

Polished heatsink

Well, I finally got my stage 2 motors, and it's cool they come with a heatsink, but that cast aluminum looks nasty. So I whipped out my dremel, polishing wheels, and red polishing compound, and shined that puppy up.

She shined up nicely, don't you think?

http://s2k-kidz.com/crazycars/heatsink.jpg
http://s2k-kidz.com/crazycars/heatsink2.jpg

aero528

11-24-2003 09:07 PM

looks nice. i shined it up with toothpast and a wash cloth.(seriosly it works!!). i also used a little copper cleaner. it is not that shiny just better than before.

dEmOnRaCeR

11-24-2003 10:10 PM

man that looks NIce SHINY

crazydave

11-24-2003 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by aero528
looks nice. i shined it up with toothpast and a wash cloth.(seriosly it works!!). i also used a little copper cleaner. it is not that shiny just better than before.

Toothpaste has mild abrasives, and is an effective polish. Now that you mention it, I might go over this with some toothpaste, to get the fine swirls out.

dEmOnRaCeR

11-24-2003 10:19 PM

So wait toothpaste works. wut else do u think works?

_revhards13

11-24-2003 10:22 PM

dude, thats awsome, how long did it take? you shuld really think about doing that at a price for some people... nothing more than 5-10 bucks but hey thats good money if you get enough people... nothing but profit, no supply costs

crazydave

11-24-2003 11:17 PM

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Originally posted by _revhards13
dude, thats awsome, how long did it take? you shuld really think about doing that at a price for some people... nothing more than 5-10 bucks but hey thats good money if you get enough people... nothing but profit, no supply costs

Yeah, you know, if people wan it done I'd be happy to do it. Probably about 5 bucks.

I could have called it done after 20-30 minutes, but I went off on it for an hour. I'm just like that.

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So wait toothpaste works. wut else do u think works?

Well I'm not sure what other household products work as a polish, but another option is to take some 400 grit sand paper and rub it in straight lines, going the same direction to give it a machined look. That's what I started out doing, and it looked nice, but I quickly decided I wanted something shinier.

pigeonfarmboy

11-25-2003 01:40 AM

mother's aluminum mag polish would probably work nice. i suppose i'll give a go at this when i get back from vacation next week.

MadeInUSA

11-25-2003 11:55 AM

Very nice

kasper01001

11-25-2003 02:27 PM

I wonder if colgate total will work? lol:D

slugbugg

11-25-2003 03:49 PM

I like it crazyDave, you took an ugly part and made it look extremely cool.

oOfrog_BoyOo

11-25-2003 05:56 PM

AWESOME i just did this and i must say AWESOME its so shiney and its cooler like my motor doent get as hot

viperkilla

11-25-2003 06:32 PM

Will any type of tooth paste work for polishing it (i.e. colgate, crest, aquafresh...etc.)?

oOfrog_BoyOo

11-25-2003 09:50 PM

After an HOUR of scrubing and scubing i got the BEST results looks JUST like your THANKS!!!

SR20DETT

11-25-2003 11:58 PM

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Originally posted by dEmOnRaCeR
So wait toothpaste works. wut else do u think works?

Taco Bell Hot Sauce. LOL:D It works on pennies:D

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