Stripping and Polishing Aluminium Hood

[arcurad]

Hi Guys

Not sure if this is the right forum to ask, but I seek for a little bit of help here.

I am planning to strip my aluminum hood of its paint and to leave it in raw aluminum. Does anyone know where I can get the paint to be stripped off and then polish the hood to a mirror finish ? or at least to a shiny finish ?

Something like this.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/...8e16f696c4.jpg

Thanks in advance for the advise

 

[kc2]

Hi buddy

cant see your pic link

can u show us yr hood pic? and there is a paint remover that sells in Ace

PLS BE inform
aluminium hood is not recommended to be polished (esp without paint)...when it is heated up it will Bulged UP...and then ta ta

 

[DarkAccoon]

Are you going to put any payer of protection above the polished surface of the aluminium?

If you polish it and leave it to the elements, it will oxidized and it would not be a nice sight. Just my opinion.

 

[bera]

Are you going to put any payer of protection above the polished surface of the aluminium?

If you polish it and leave it to the elements, it will oxidized and it would not be a nice sight. Just my opinion.

i dont think aluminum alloy will oxidize that easily...but i could be wrong... :hmmmm:

 

[kc2]

i dont think aluminum alloy will oxidize that easily...but i could be wrong... :hmmmm:

?????? u got a cast aluminium alloy hood? very heavy le

mind to share a pic

 

[DarkAccoon]

Yes, bare aluminium will oxidize, but unlike steel, the oxidation only happen on the surface and does not flake. Where as for steel, it oxidize and form the top layer of rust which will flake off and further oxidize the layer underneath the top layer.

Me no metal expert, just did a little googling around.

Source is courtesy of:
- Can aluminum rust? - Yahoo! Answers
- Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys Casting Problems :: KEY to METALS Articles

 

[bera]

?????? u got a cast aluminium alloy hood? very heavy le

mind to share a pic

what i meant was that...when working with metal...any metal...most likely it will be an alloy...(a mixture of 2 or more metal)...its either to strengthen them or to prohibit oxidation...take steel for example...it is a mixture of iron and carbon...(and maybe there is some other stuff too)...it is highly unlikely you use pure metal to produce something...be it a tin can,aluminum foils or in this case a car hood...

and one thing i know for a fact is...honda nsx chassis is made from aluminum alloy...and it is not so heavy...it lighter than steel...before the age of carbon fiber...aluminum is the way to go in terms of weight reduction...and back to the thread starter question...my best guess is his car came factory equipped with aluminum hood...

 

[s1tl]

leave it to rust! any modded car would look good when rusted =D

 

[bera]

whoaah...i like...rat rod look...i been meaning to do this to my hood...i believe rusted is the new carbon fiber...and that vice grip clipper to grip the bumper is it...???!!! hehehe

 

[s1tl]

im totally doing the rat look hahaha

 

[Veloc]

Aluminum oxidizes very easily and fast. Within a matter of minutes in fact. that's why most aluminum surface you see has a matte look. It automatically oxidizes. This is not a bad thing as it actually oxidizes only the top and gives overall protection to the whole piece of aluminium. Not sure what is you project though.

 

[DarkAccoon]

i think what you meant was anodized aluminium. That would require a process called anodizing which forms a harden layer on top of the aluminium. Wanna know more bout anodizing, google it ya, based on my limited knowledge is that it requires anod and katod and electricity and a tube of liquid and electricity and some magic...... added with some sorcery.

Oxidization is different from anodizing.

 

[kc2]

wah low yeah .....another nutty professor thread ke????????