I know it's not the Galant but I thought you might like to see it anyway
Have been doing some work to my FTO intake manifold.
I decided it was time for a polish.
It took me 30 hours to get to the stage I am at now.
I'm still deciding if I want to paint the recess under the words and the small section of pipes in front of the words with red metalcast?
The steps I took...
1. Remove manifold from car
2. Clean manifold with brake clean
3. Start the polish process with wire spindle brushes on the drill (8 hours)
4. Clean up the deep recesses with a small file on the drill
5. Sand all sections I wanted mirror finish with 120 grit wet & dry paper (dry) (10 hours)
6. Sand with 400 grit (wet)(4 hours), 800 grit (wet) (2 hours), 1200 grit (wet) (1 hour), 1500 grit (wet) (45 mins), 2000 grit (wet) (30 mins)
7. Buff all sanded sections with medium buffing wheel and compound (2 hours)
8. Buff all buffed sections with fine buffing wheel and compound (2 hours).
9. ???
Pics...
Intake removed from engine bay
Intake manifold before
Starting the wire brushing
Wire brushing cont.
Wire brushing cont.
Wire brushing completed
120 grit dry sanding completed
400 and 800 grit wet sanding completed
1200, 1500 and 2000 grit wet sanding completed
Medium buffing completed
Fine buffing completed
A few outdoor pics in the sun...
Now Sue wants the intake of the Galant done...
Watch this space!
Have been doing some work to my FTO intake manifold.
I decided it was time for a polish.
It took me 30 hours to get to the stage I am at now.
I'm still deciding if I want to paint the recess under the words and the small section of pipes in front of the words with red metalcast?
The steps I took...
1. Remove manifold from car
2. Clean manifold with brake clean
3. Start the polish process with wire spindle brushes on the drill (8 hours)
4. Clean up the deep recesses with a small file on the drill
5. Sand all sections I wanted mirror finish with 120 grit wet & dry paper (dry) (10 hours)
6. Sand with 400 grit (wet)(4 hours), 800 grit (wet) (2 hours), 1200 grit (wet) (1 hour), 1500 grit (wet) (45 mins), 2000 grit (wet) (30 mins)
7. Buff all sanded sections with medium buffing wheel and compound (2 hours)
8. Buff all buffed sections with fine buffing wheel and compound (2 hours).
9. ???
Pics...
Intake removed from engine bay
Intake manifold before
Starting the wire brushing
Wire brushing cont.
Wire brushing cont.
Wire brushing completed
120 grit dry sanding completed
400 and 800 grit wet sanding completed
1200, 1500 and 2000 grit wet sanding completed
Medium buffing completed
Fine buffing completed
A few outdoor pics in the sun...
Now Sue wants the intake of the Galant done...
Watch this space!
