Yesterday I removed the anodizing from my new aluminum Crane Bell so I could polished it up proper.
It went from dull satin with manufacturing stretch marks to a flawless mirror.
I did it all in just 30 minutes.
"How?" you ask. Sure, I'll tell ya.
I cheated. That's right. I eliminated all those hours of hand sanding by cheating.
I took a 3 inch bolt with the same diameter as the bell hole, and a nut to lock it in place from the underside. The bolt extended downward, think umbrella. Then I put the bolt into the chuck a cordless drill. Voila! A mini-lathe-thingymabobber.
A few hundred RPM of time saving goodness. Like a pottery wheel, but hauling ass.
Attack with sand paper, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500. Like ten minutes instead of three hours. Schmooooooth.
But still dull.
Then the fun part. Old T-shirt and Blue Magic metal polish. Did 4 rounds of that. Looks like an $800.00 chrome plating job.
Pics? Nope. I tried. My low end Fuji camera refuses to focus on it. "Subject too reflective" according to the manual. Seriously.
My **** is too shiny for photographs.
