Cleaning Carb

[mmjosh]

hi does anyone know how i can polish my carb up so it has the chrome look

[Alec]

Hello mmjosh,

if you mean the exterior, it's with a lot of hard work unless you have proper polishing kit. It needs a succession of finer and finer grits then a mop with polishing compound, not really a DIY job for a proper mirror finish.

You can buy polished sleeves to go over the dashpot, or paint them black as Rolls Royce used to do?

Alec

[irmscher]

ultra sonic cleaning then a finish with solvol autosol

[beero]

Mine came up quite nice with a dremel and a fine wire brush attachment, not exactly chrome though, think you need a chrome cover if you want bling.

[Alec]

Hello irmsher,

"ultra sonic cleaning then a finish with solvol autosol "

That's fine if you have plenty of time, but the point about linishing first is that gives a level surface, rather than polishing any imperfections which will stay there even if they are shiny. You can get a moderate shine this way but not anywhere near a mirror finish.

Alec

[bmcecosse]

Speak to 'hotrodder' - pretty sure he polished his up nicely. But it will need a polishing mop/wheel - or you will be at it till Christmas...

[hotrodder13]

yes everything under my bonnet looks like chrome, hard job to keep clean but i used my dads bench polisher, its got 6 diffrent mops for diffrent metal and compounds, took me 10 mins to do my carb

[irmscher]

soda blasting cheap and effective then polish