How to make de anodized aluminum look good

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AnubisBC said:
Looks good, but keep on top of that coating. Unanodized aluminum will dull quite quickly. It won't make a lick of difference for durability, but that shine will go away in a hurry if you don't keep it polished.

Almost all "raw" colored aluminum parts are generally clear anodized, or rather go through the anodizing process without dye to preserve the surface sheen due to its resistance to oxidization.
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Yep I know ? I'll make sure to keep it nice and polished ?
 
I seen it done in a vibrating brass cleaner for reloading ammo, Dude tossed in aluminum parts in tub and corn cob media and a big ass squirt of Flitz and ran it for about 30mins and the parts turned out super!
 
AnubisBC said:
Naw, just get a felt polishing wheel and compound for your roto tool and give that puppy a real buff job! It's nice and flat, so it would be super easy.
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I used this on my drill, not sure if it's what it's for but it obviously worked
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I want to try a aluminum specific compound and polish to see if it actually makes a difference, it probably will considering that polish and compound I used is for cars paint.
Should I be using this instead of the hexlogic pad I used?
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I can't really speak to the hex pad specifically, but it's primarily designed to polish cars, so it's a very gentle polish compared to the felt.

The felt wheels are a much more aggressive polish. They're used in jewelry making to get a high polish on softer metals. With a jeweler's rouge or tripoli compound (the red clay looking poop) you will turn it into a near mirror finish in no time at all. Just be gentle and always make sure the felt is loaded with the compound. You can cause "burn" marks if it's dry or you press too hard at high RPMs.
 
AnubisBC said:
I can't really speak to the hex pad specifically, but it's primarily designed to polish cars, so it's a very gentle polish compared to the felt.

The felt wheels are a much more aggressive polish. They're used in jewelry making to get a high polish on softer metals. With a jeweler's rouge or tripoli compound (the red clay looking poop) you will turn it into a near mirror finish in no time at all. Just be gentle and always make sure the felt is loaded with the compound. You can cause "burn" marks if it's dry or you press too hard at high RPMs.
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Ok so I will pick that compound up when they become dull ? for now they will have to look as they do, got a engine to finish
 
My only concern is that the center bolt is only holding the left side in place. There is going to be a ton of rotational torque working against the layshaft and that center bolt. I can see it twisting and splitting the aluminum tranny case with the power of your 70cc. With a smaller motor, I think the rest of the mounts will keep her together. I might also be underestimating the over engineering HPI put into that tranny and the top plate. But with that big sumbitch of a motor you're building, there's no way to tell until you get it put together, and let 'er rip.

I say run the poop out of it. If it explodes, try again! :vamp:
 
AnubisBC said:
My only concern is that the center bolt is only holding the left side in place. There is going to be a ton of rotational torque working against the layshaft and that center bolt. I can see it twisting and splitting the aluminum tranny case with the power of your 70cc. With a smaller motor, I think the rest of the mounts will keep her together. I might also be underestimating the over engineering HPI put into that tranny and the top plate. But with that big sumbitch of a motor you're building, there's no way to tell until you get it put together, and let 'er rip.

I say run the poop out of it. If it explodes, try again! :vamp:
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I personally couldn't give a rats ass if that tranny case blew up. If it does, going full TR, top plate, tranny case, modified RC rear chassis ?? there's 9 bolts holding the motor in with 3 braces, it'll be fine lk think
 
AnubisBC said:
Hells to the yeah! Run that female dog til the wheels fall off! That's the only way to approach this hobby.

You know me. I'm all about shade-tree hack jobs! That's how we make this hobby work! If that sucker holds together, you can patent your very own 2 piece tranny plate and sell it to the rest of us plebs. (y)
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Lol, my approach with this build is minimal upgrades to make it reliable, mostly cuz I'm cheap ass hell and partly cuz I went to have stuff left to upgrade, I don't want a fully upgraded truck and the only left is to run, I like upgrading ?
 
Upgrading is such a massive part of this hobby to me. I'm also a cheap ass. I won't upgrade a part until I've broke the poop out of it. I'm amazed that my 5T has held up as well as it has. I'm still running the OG 4mm shocks and plastic towers. Almost every upgrade I have is due to a part I've utterly destroyed, or a performance part to get the most out of the stock kit.

Once I upgrade the engine and start running in sand, I imagine I'll have an entire laundry list of broken poop to replace. I'm pretty excited about the prospect of that!
 
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