Re: My New Billit Dash & Steering Column Knobs

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxx> wrote:
> Doc,
> I just picked up a set of aluminum rims from the scrap metal yard. What is the best way for me to go about renewing them? Keep in mind I am suffering from an Italian dissease Fundsarelow. LOL 
> Thanks, 
> Davis 
> 
> amc74hornet <AMC74HORNET@xxxx> wrote:
> After opening the package from Ron Francis and checking the billit knobs I find them to be nicely made but there is light scratches and machine marks on all of them. I probably could return them but who's to say I wouldn't get new ones with the same problem. Time to get out the crocus cloth and the can of Mothers aluminum polish and do it the right way myself. 
> "Doc"
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Depending how bad they are you have several choices. If they are just oxidized I would use Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish. I have used this stuff for years on all sorts of metal. If they are pitted I would sand them by hand with 400# sandpaper or 600# to start then go to 1000# sandpaper and finish them off with crocus cloth. Then polish them with the Mothers. If you have a buffer it would be easier but you would use a lot more polish. That's what I did on the knobs yesterday. I also had to modify the gear shift knob as the taper of it did not quite match the taper on the gear shift lever. I put the knob on a drill bit and put them in my drill and with a file and the drill running I used a flat file to get the proper taper on the knob to mach the shaft. Then with it still in the dril I used the above mentioned sandpaper to polish out the marks from the file and it looks great now. I am a real pain when it comes to these small details.
"Doc"