(6)engine cases

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The engine cases are finally polished. It took me longer than expected because I found an awful lot of gaps, seams, pores, and so forth.

Method: Standard method with spiral buffs, canton flannel and loose section buffs, greaseless abrasive 180-grit - tripoli - white rouge - blizzard white. All supplies from www.tarheelparts.com
For those not familiar with polishing: this is a dirty, laborious, and time consuming job and you have to maintain the polish by monthly buffing (by hand). Clearcoat paint does not stick well enough (I tried once). Carnauba wax helps.

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