Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club UK™

[orfy]

Just don't get it near your paint work and wear gloves.  
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Orfy
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[Lewis]

[wemfish]

I used to be a metal polisher, so have some experience with getting metal shiny!!

To get a decent finish in a reasonable time (it should not take more than a few minuets to polish a wheel to a mirror finish) the mop surface needs to be doing at least 2000m a minuet at the outside, 3 or 4000m/min is better. That eBay kit might work on a die grinder doing 50,000+rpm (it will probably fall to bits at that speed LOL) but will take ages and not do much of a job in an electric drill!

If you want to polish your wheels use proper polishing points in a die grinder or a decent sized mop on a polishing machine, clean off the polish and re lacquer. Other wise do as Bruce suggests.

If you really do want very shiny wheels that keep there shine. Clean and polish them, then send the off for chrome plating . . .
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Take your time to get it right.
Hawk Lake, home to some nice Carp.
Delica owner since June 2000.

[spacecadet]

o.k i know what an angle grinder  is ,i know what a tap & die set is but whats a  die grinder ?and where would i get one inc. polishing points and at what cost?[/u]
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...Dave... they called me mr square,
but i didn't really care,
until i bought a ( Space Gear)!!
i showed them i'm no fool,
now they call me mr cool!!

[wemfish]

A die grinder is a small tool, usually air powered, that spins at a high speed, A good one will do 45,000 rpm, a cheep one is HERE just so you have an idea, a dremmel tool is similar but a lot slower and less powerful.
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Take your time to get it right.
Hawk Lake, home to some nice Carp.
Delica owner since June 2000.

[spacecadet]

cheer's wemfish.
got a air compressor and there is a machinemart not to far from me .
least i know what to look for now,i suppose a windygun would be no good.
mine you, its a bit heavy  to use for any intricate work,but great for undoing tight bolt's. i tried using a dremmel as a delicate anglegrinder in a tight place and just burnt it out
cheer's for the info
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...Dave... they called me mr square,
but i didn't really care,
until i bought a ( Space Gear)!!
i showed them i'm no fool,
now they call me mr cool!!

[Jackdaw]

How're your wheels Dave

Have you cleaned them up yet   or are you waiting for better weather

Dave
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[spacecadet]

hi Dave,yeh waiting for better weather,i don't have a garage and all work has to be done outside.not to bad if it's a little cold but i hate it if it rains.
and lately it's done nothing but rain here
still got to get round to getting a proper polisher(my finger is still throbbing) was hopeing santa would bring me one .
tried to bribe the kids, but within a minute they give up, "it's to hard"
roll on the summer
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...Dave... they called me mr square,
but i didn't really care,
until i bought a ( Space Gear)!!
i showed them i'm no fool,
now they call me mr cool!!

[Jackdaw]

Roll on summer    
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