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Originally Posted by Toad
I don't think they HAVE to be coloured. I think it's more to do with the current state of them. What happened exactly? The job looks half finished. I remember mine looking like that at one point.
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right toad,
heres what happened, i took mates rocker covers to my work as i work in the aerospace/automotive industry producing work for companys like rolls royce, boeing, tvr, aston martin, lotus.
so the work thats done at my place is to a certain high standard.
but to start with matts rockers got degreased using a chemical degrease called triclorethylene which removed 75% of all engine oil from the rockers and most the factory paint they come with, i then shot blasted them to remove the top layer of the rocker cover to give me a smooth finish to start polishing on after the first polish i wasnt happy with the outcome so i re shot blasted them and sanded them over with fine grade wet and dry to give them a smoother surface and then polished again by this time a few imperfections in the material had been revealed which i could not remove without removing a large amount of the material from the rockers.
where did you get yours polished or how did you do them yourself??
i did tell matt i wasnt happy with the outcome when i gave them him back.
being aluminium there are very hard to give a nice surface finish
heres a couple of pictures i took at work hope this helps toad
when i first got them
after shotblasting
polished
