Aluminium bumpers

[FranksVitesse]

Hi, the bumpers on the vitesse are scruffy and really need stripping and re anodising. I am in Lincolnshire and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

[Paul H]

I got acceptable results by using Autosol than applying a lacquer spray from Toolstation , might need applying annually 

 

Paul

 

[FranksVitesse]

Thanks,might be worth a try although I think they will need a fair bit of elbow grease to achieve the look of yours which look nice  .

[Paul H]

1 minute ago, FranksVitesse said:

Thanks,might be worth a try although I think they will need a fair bit of elbow grease to achieve the look of yours which look nice  .

It’s surprising the effect the acrylic spray has . I used 2 coats 

Pail 

[poppyman]

I was watching a program with Drew Pritchard with classic cars, and they had incredible results from a metal polishing company in Stourbridge. All the trim on a Citroen DS came up like chrome, all for around the £200 mark. You might have a metal polishers nearer. Certainly worth taking and getting a price. The program was on Quest.

Tony.   

[Colin Lindsay]

Buy your own polishing kit which works off a bench grinder. I've had one approximate to this that has lasted me almost thirty years and polishes amazingly well.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polishing-Pro-Fin-Sisal-Kit/114580335337?hash=item1aad852ae9:g:pEIAAOSwmOhf28Ac

[poppyman]

I have a similar thing and it is good, even though you do have to chase the wheels now and again.

Tony.

[FranksVitesse]

Many thanks for your help,I think I will follow your advice and have a go myself.

[FranksVitesse]

Many thanks for your help,I think I will follow your advice and have a go myself.

[thescrapman]

Do us some before and after photos.

i have done the Autosol  treatment on my bumpers, and I think they could, in fact ought, to be better.

[Colin Lindsay]

If you watched Salvage Hunters Classic Cars recently, the Citroen DS edition, they took the aluminium and chrome parts to a professional polisher, who used a larger version of the kit I have. You really need the heavy sisal mop to remove the surface layer and minor scratches, then polish with progressively finer polishes and mops to get a mirror finish. Autosol is fine on good chrome, but needs an awful lot of elbow grease on aluminium and when I use it, it seems to make everything black. The more I polish, the blacker it gets...

I've just discovered that the kit I bought was from an ad in Practical Classics in 1994 so it's lasted over 25 years so far... brown and white polish and three mops of rough medium and fine. Definitely worth the money and gives a finish I couldn't get with a week of hand-polishing.

[Pete Lewis]

think if you break through the adonised film the ally gets the black finish the more you polish

i seem to remember as apprentice building engines for the motor shows any alloy was plated with copper and that got the polish

Pete

[Pimp my Vit]

Powder coat!!! Cost £70.

[thescrapman]

You can get Chrome powder coat, wonder what that would've look like.

[Colin Lindsay]

22 minutes ago, thescrapman said:

You can get Chrome powder coat, wonder what that would've look like.

Interesting; yes, would like to see how it looks.

[PeteH]

Havent used "autosol" since I had the Shooting Star. But it worked extremely well on crankcase and Timing cover`s.

Pete