What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

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Bigtaku wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:15 am
brn2rde wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:19 pm Got the new drivers door interior panel installed. Not much to it, but nice that it went without a hitch. I bought a bag of door clips from British Parts NW for cheap and they work well. Included a pic of the OEM clip next to the one for the TR-4
Thanks, nice find. Just ordered a set! As I typed this, I'm thinking I should have looked at one of our roadster parts stores first. Whoppsy daysie :roll:
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I did look before ordering some myself these are $14.19 for a pack of 30 , the vendor I found sells them for $3.16 each or $136 for a pack of 46. :shock:

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Should be added to TechWiki whenever a substitute is found by alerting a moderator. Nice find!
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Went to town on Domes with the Mother of mag polishes
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nismou20 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:01 pm Went to town on Domes with the Mother of mag polishes
Yeah, you did! Sharp :D
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nismou20 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:01 pm Went to town on Domes with the Mother of mag polishes
Did you do 220 and mothers polish only?
If so surprised at the results
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Looking good ,Tom. I recently did some spare domes with a drill and a buff pad. It went pretty quick. Used the brown and green stick polishing compounds.
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I hit it hard with 220 then with 600 and followed up with Mothers.
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nismou20 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:49 pm I hit it hard with 220 then with 600 and followed up with Mothers.
Ah ok
Make more sense , I only saw 220 on the pictures and was no way he got that shine with 220 alone
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So did you buff the Mother’s polish in? That looks like a bench grinder/ polisher in the pic..
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Strictly elbow grease on this one. My grinder is not setup for buffing. Humh, I wonder how the valve cover would look after this.
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Buffing machine and compound just makes it quicker but if the metal is not pitted hand results are always going to good also
On the valve cover if you want truly mirror like this I would probably hit it with 800-1000 also.

Another option that looks real good on the cover is to go all the way to 800 but leave it like that
It will give it a deep brushed look
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So do you think these imperfections could be removed through polishing? I took it down with steel wool and there seems to be odd casting marks. Will sanding and polishing take them out? Domes weren’t like this at all.
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Probably but if you want mirror you’d probably have to start with a medium grit of dry 120-180-220 and progress to wet 400-600-800-1000
Lots and lots of sanding :?
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Try some 400 wet first. If that doesn't do it go to 320. Anything more coarse that that will leave deep scratches you will not like. Always best to start with the most "fine" paper that will do the job and go backwards. If that doesn't do it go the coarse paper but I am betting most of the heat marks from casting will come out.Wrap the paper around a small piece of wood to get some leverage for the hard spots. Just my 2 cents.

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