? ABout Sanding

[claybird]

I have a 99 accord with a j32a2 6 speed swap. SOme surfaces are easy to sand with 1000 grit then 2000 grit then polish to a polished shine. Now im starting on the tranny. where it has been weathered to the, cold, rain, heat, in is dull of coarse and it takes like 3 sheets to barely get it shiny in a 3inch by 3 inch surface. And the paper aint cheap. What is the best method to get this crud off? maybe go down to 500 or 800 first? Maybe the mothers power ball? i have seen good stuff from that. Whats a good routine. It's a really weathered tranny. I want it SHINY!!! Notice this is all hand done.

thanks!

[Humphrizzle]

go down to 220, scuff it up, then come up from there..

lower the grit, the longer it'll last

[claybird]

thanks man i would rep u if i could im going green now

[Turbodude06]

go down to 220, scuff it up, then come up from there..

lower the grit, the longer it'll last

^x2

[r.etheridge]

I would sand blast the tranny then hit it with 1200 then 2000. I take it you tried pressure washing it with hot water?

[TSiFTW]

Degreaser, pressure wash or steam preferably,then if your doing it by hand with no DA then scuff it with 80, 220, 600-800, then 1500 and polish. You could probably do it in less steps but that is just what I've always done and it works.

[allout13]

are you trying to get it to shine like this?

[speedminded]

I have a 99 accord with a j32a2 6 speed swap. SOme surfaces are easy to sand with 1000 grit then 2000 grit then polish to a polished shine. Now im starting on the tranny. where it has been weathered to the, cold, rain, heat, in is dull of coarse and it takes like 3 sheets to barely get it shiny in a 3inch by 3 inch surface. And the paper aint cheap. What is the best method to get this crud off? maybe go down to 500 or 800 first? Maybe the mothers power ball? i have seen good stuff from that. Whats a good routine. It's a really weathered tranny. I want it SHINY!!! Notice this is all hand done.

thanks!

go down to 220, scuff it up, then come up from there..

lower the grit, the longer it'll last

The wetter it is the longer it will last. Sandpaper that is made for wet sanding won't last long dry

[claybird]

are you trying to get it to shine like this?

yes sir!!!!

[allout13]

yes sir!!!!

I hope you look forward to many hours of sanding

http://www.team-integra.net/forum/di...5&ThreadPage=1

[claybird]

damn

[bloodline]

that tranny looks fucking amazing.. im jealous as fuck..i was tryin to clean my tranny the other day wit some purple power.it def. didnt look like that lol

[allout13]

that tranny looks fucking amazing.. im jealous as fuck..i was tryin to clean my tranny the other day wit some purple power.it def. didnt look like that lol

The bad part is that he is not even finished.


personally, I don't see my tranny enough to car about how shiny it is.

[97_luder]

i have a sand blaster so if you want your tranny blasted shoot me a pm

[88NaCivic]

[quote=allout13;38827548]I hope you look forward to many hours of sanding

x 10 on that!!

[Psycho]

If you wanna cut back on the sanding time, use a dremel with a wire brush attachment. Then you can start from a higher grit paper (around 800). If you want a mirror finish, go all the way to a 2500 grit. If you just want it to be shiny then stop at a 1500 grit, rub some polish on it and be done with it.

[Catnip]

If you wanna cut back on the sanding time, use a dremel with a wire brush attachment. Then you can start from a higher grit paper (around 800). If you want a mirror finish, go all the way to a 2500 grit. If you just want it to be shiny then stop at a 1500 grit, rub some polish on it and be done with it.

Closest post in here to good advice.

First you want to get it clean. I like to let the part soak in Purple Power (degreaser; spray it on) for a good 10 minutes. Make sure the tranny is cool, not after driving for a long time. Pressure wash the degreaser off. (If you have a dremelOnce the tranny is dry, either use a wire wheel attachment on a drill, or use a little on a dremel as Psycho suggested. (If you have a ziz-wheel If you're like to get the casting marks off (not the "heatsinks"), use a 3m Scotch-Brite pad. Use the rougher pads for taking the casting marks down, and the finer/softer pads on the rest to smoothen out for a finer finish. Eventually you can start using 400 grit wet-sanding paper. I'd jump from 400 grit to 800, then 800 to 1200, then 1200 to 1500. 1500 will come pretty damn shiny, but 2000 would be the finest I'd go. Any finer and it'll be pretty pointless. Once the sanding is done and the tranny is dry, use the polishing cloth wheel on the dremel or ziz-wheel along with Mother's Aluminum polish, and go to town on polishing.

I've polished a lot of random shit, always turns out nicely. In my machine class, I made a lathe attachment from 4140 Chromoly, and polished it. You'd think it was chrome plated. Anyone that knows about that metal, knows it's hard as fuck to even scratch, much less polish.

Here's where I started polishing the Miata hood I had:

[claybird]

thanks cat