Well,I tried it and it didn't come out as well as I had hoped it would.I should have taken the grain completely out of the Al,but I wanted to see what I could get with the buffing wheel.I still had a little bit of hazing too,probably because I had bits of another compound embedded in the buffing wheel from a couple of years ago.The pics are:1)before;2)after;3)put back together.

The next time I try this I'm going to sand the brushed grain out of the metal and wetsand it like a heatsink.I still think it looks better than it did.I ripped it apart,did the work and put it back together in ten hours too-had to get back to Folding .I think I need to slap my rig in a beige solution and take some more time with it.

hey looks good but needs some more polishing

Yeah I was at the limit of what I could do with the tools at hand,and I had to get it back together,but I'm not done with this thing yet.

yeah, I understand. crap in, crap out! But it looks righteously KICK A*S. Way to do with what you got!!! a true modder

nice to see you actually went ahead with the idea ron... would a bin nice to see "before n after" pics tho i dunno what the deal is with buffing wheels (i'm a silicon carbide by hand man myself )

hope there's such thing as a "high grit" buffing wheel bit? hope you carry this on, if you do, can we all see some tasty before n after pics that compare the shiny reflective loveliness?

After you buff/sand it down, try a high grit polishing cloth. It's pretty hard to find, but, try Auto parts stores or a hardcore hobby stores.

I did a little googling and found Caswellplating, they had a good buffing guide to download.I think my first mistake was trying to finish on top of the light brushing that Antec puts on the inside of the case.You also need a separate wheel for each grade of compound(which means I'll need at least two);I only used the same one.



So I'll get the materials together soon;sand it from 220 all the way as high as I can go, then buff it.That should do the trick.

Now that I've started this, I won't be happy 'til it's mirror sharp.