User Tag List
Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Results 1 to 6 of 6
Thread: polished sportmasters?
-
05-26-2011, 11:46 PM #1
5000 RPM
- Join Date
- Nov 2010
- Location
- Dubuque iowa
- Posts
- 389
- Thanks (Given)
- 14
- Thanks (Received)
- 7
- Likes (Given)
- 423
- Likes (Received)
- 114
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
polished sportmasters?
what is the best way to get a nice polished look to some dull sportys??
it looks like they were sanded at one time thanks tom
-
05-27-2011, 12:17 AM #2
Screaming And Flying!
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Prince George B.C. Canada
- Posts
- 5,029
- Thanks (Given)
- 33
- Thanks (Received)
- 85
- Likes (Given)
- 1203
- Likes (Received)
- 469
- Mentioned
- 3 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
If you wanted polished they wont be as fast as sanded thats why maybe they were sanded. Hears a good link for cleanning after you get the sand marks smooth then polish it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_QOwisNzo This other link also has some good how tos to get it were you want. It seems if theres sand marks youll have to start a little harder wheel then go to med to soft. http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/bassboar...sage_id=154123
-
05-27-2011, 06:32 AM #3
Platinum Team Member
- Join Date
- Feb 2003
- Location
- St. Pete Bch., FL
- Posts
- 9,755
- Thanks (Given)
- 8
- Thanks (Received)
- 8
- Likes (Given)
- 95
- Likes (Received)
- 42
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Here ya go tom: http://www.screamandfly.com/showthre...ighlight=Flitz
96' STV Euro
Smarta$$ of the Sunshine Syndicate,
How to upload pics (click here)
Originally Posted by jphii
Well then, give her a $50 bottle of booze and don't let her know about the hookers, or what you spend on them
Originally Posted by 1BadAction
-
05-27-2011, 11:43 AM #4
Screaming And Flying!
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
- Location
- Edgewater,B.C. CANADA
- Posts
- 8,259
- Thanks (Given)
- 179
- Thanks (Received)
- 321
- Likes (Given)
- 3578
- Likes (Received)
- 1236
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I have a Torquemaster that is polished, they are a pain in the BUTT. The only time they look good is right after you polish it untill the first time you put it in the water. And a polished case is slower than a satin finished one, I may get mine soda blasted and not worry about keeping it polished.
Dave1980 Cougar 19 tunnel,90 2.4L Bridgeport EFI in middle of restoration.
1988 BAJA Sunsport 186, 96 225 Pro Max
79 12' Auminum, 95 Merc 9.9
RIP Stu
"So many idiots, so few bullets"
-
05-30-2011, 07:37 AM #5
5000 RPM
- Join Date
- Apr 2003
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Posts
- 753
- Thanks (Given)
- 3
- Thanks (Received)
- 4
- Likes (Given)
- 6
- Likes (Received)
- 18
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
The best product for keeping a polished sportmaster looking good is Gord's Aluminum Polish..........I have used nearly all the others. Although many will tell you a polished case is slower than one that is not polished, I never experienced that. My boat, an Allison XB2003 with 225x ran a best speed of 97.1 mph with a HIGHLY polished case and it never ran any faster than that with an unpolished case. Maybe if you were running over 100 mph you would see a few tenths of a mph difference..........maybe. I think the "polished case is slower" thing is an internet thing..........people read it once somewhere on the net so it must be right because the "theory" is right so let's repeat it whenever someone asks the question..........LOL
Last edited by catfish123; 05-30-2011 at 07:39 AM.
-
05-30-2011, 05:49 PM #6
5000 RPM
- Join Date
- May 2004
- Location
- Currituck, NC
- Posts
- 277
- Thanks (Given)
- 1
- Thanks (Received)
- 3
- Likes (Given)
- 2
- Likes (Received)
- 3
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
If you get it polished there is a sealer a lot of the hot rod guys use on the billet wheels and engine stuff. It's called zoopseal. I've read the good reviews but have never used it. I think keeping it looking good would be the hard part but They sure do look good
Reply With Quote
