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greg
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 7:47 pm: | |
what is everyone using to polish the stainless steel on the outside of their busses I have heard of jewlers rouge but want to know if there is anything else |
Jon W.
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 7:54 pm: | |
Just varying levels of coarse to fine jewelers rouge and lots of patience.
Try to push too fast and you risk overheating the surface resulting in buckling of the skin and likely an uneven polish job.
I use a 1/2 motor driving a 8" buff through a 4 foot flexible shaft for touch up work on my Prevost and routinely on the aluminum wheels. For the final buff or touch up I use white compound. |
Jim Ashworth (Jimnh)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 8:15 pm: | |
Busch Enterprises, (www.buschpolishes.com/#) Statesville, NC (704)878-2067, has EVERYTHING you need to polish your stainless. Also a local truck chrome shop may have it too. As was said, lots of patience. Took me two weeks to buff mine out using black emery, coarse green and then fine green for the last step with different grade buffing wheels for each compound.
The Busch website isn't quite finished so give them a call. |
Jtng
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 9:16 pm: | |
Ohhh-ohh.....
More polish jokes....??? |
Ed (Ednj)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 9:56 pm: | |
http://www.berubes.com/
Why do the polish have clear garbage cans ?
Thats a good site for polish. |
Rob King
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 10:16 pm: | |
Hi Greg
Lots of good info already but have found two products that don't require buffers and all the labor. Basically both the same product from different companies. Lasts about 1 year on my Prevost in several outings.
http://www.metalwax.com
http://www.mrbuffer.com
Good luck
Rob |
califbob
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 12:57 am: | |
Rob King
Does this stuff work on stainless that has never been buffed out? I e=recently bought a Prevost the only thing that has a mirror shine is the engine cover. |
Arthur J Griffith
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 9:47 pm: | |
International Bus Parts in Florida has everything you need to polish your stainless
including good instructions. Call Rich, very
helpfull. 1-800-468-5287
Arthur |
Rich International Bus & Parts
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 10:28 pm: | |
Thanks Arthur.................I do have a kit of everything you would need to polish a bus, instructions included. We have been polishing Stainless for a long time & know all the tricks. If you come to the Bus Rally in Oregon in July, I'm sure they will make me polish something & do a seminar. It's easy to do, just seeing it done once is very helpful.
*Just found out last week that a friend & innovator that revolutionized polising Bus'died. Roy Anderson. Anderson Polishing who was Marathon Coaches, "house polisher" & did amazing work. Taught me a lot. People would come to him from all over the country. He'll be missed.......... |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 11:29 pm: | |
Fred Hobe has some great instructions for shining up that steel:
http://users.cwnet.com/~thall/fredhobe.htm
In years past, we've used Bon Ami (household cleaner) to shine
metal of all types in our antiques/collectibles business. "Mothers"
products work well also.
http://www.bi-o-kleendirect.com/html/bon_ami.html
http://www.mothers.com/products/ |