Got bored today...

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

Well, i was sitting around today and got a little bored, so i went ahead and polished a few of my 4hp motors.

what i did was-

taped off the gap, and the pole vent.

Took various grades sandpaper (i used 360,400,500,600,800,1000,1200,1500,2000,2500)

wiped the motor down with water

Wet sanded the front and back plates, wiping the motor down often.

start with the lowest grit, and work up

Then took metal polish (i used Mothers billet metal polish)

took a while (it took me about 3hrs per motor, but i work slow)

I think it turned out well! Here are some pics-

Before pics-

Top plate. Notice the oxidation, and general grime from years of use-

Back plate. Again- Same oxidation/grime

Side view-

After pics-

Top plate-

Back plate-

Side view- (i also put on a spare motor boot i had around)

Only thing I'm going to do from here, i may take some rubbing compound, and try some final polishing, also looking for higher grit paper, to go even more...

So- what do you guys think?

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[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

i think you have too much time of your hands............... but great end result //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Zeuslicious 5,000+ posts]

looks great! 4hpz = //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

sweet

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i want me some 4hpz //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

looks great! 4hpz = //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Thanks! and yes 4hp's=sexy. $hpz's=sexier.. I'm gonna do them too

And californiaboys- thanks.. and yes- i do have a lot of free time

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I need to try that on the backplates of my 9510's. They've seen better days. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

I need to try that on the backplates of my 9510's. They've seen better days. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I was actually kinda scared to do it. ive never tried it before! I got the info/product list off of this thread-

http://www.tcsounds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1130&hl=

they did a much better job than me, but I'm pretty happy with my first try! also- i am not done. i just need to figure out where to go from here on them...

 

[02parkave 5,000+ posts]

what about using jeweler's polish? would that work well for it?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I did the same thing when I had a few 4hp's... but I just used scotch brite and simple green and got the same results

looks good though!

 

[AudioXtremes 10+ year member]

you lost .0000000098763235 TM when you did that.

j/k looks good

 

[bryce-man 10+ year member]

ooOOOooooooo

shinnnyyyyy

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Going beyond 2500 grit in sandpaper is gonna be a waste imo. If you want to go finer than that, move to a liquid (polish).

Lookin good man.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I can see my reflection

 

[NDMstang65 10+ year member]

Mothers' mag wheel polish + powerball = all that work in 1/10th of a time.