how to make it shine?

What do you all use to clean the engine/metal parts? I searched, but didn't find anything.

Simichrome?

Polishes are a personal thing, like oil. Everybody has their preferences.

Nothing beats buffing aluminum parts with cotton wheels and stick compounds. But there's an art to it. And you have to remove the parts first to do it right. I use a white compound followed by pink (ultra fine). For hand polishing there's Mothers, Semichrome, Autosol, and a host of others. Take your pick.

For major non-polished castings (crankcase, head and gearbox), Simple Green with a Scotch scuff pad works extremely well. Chosing a cleaner depends on what you're starting with, how far you want to go and what your intentions are.

Harbor Freight offers an inexpensive polishing kit for your drill.

Captain B said:

What do you all use to clean the engine/metal parts? I searched, but didn't find anything.

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For hand polishing, I haven't found anything better than Autosol.

That's what I'm looking for. Thanks all. 8)

I strongly second the comment on Autosol as the absolute best for hand polishing. I've compared it with Semichrome and others and Autosol wins hands down.

Nevr-Dull is my choice. See www.nevrdull.com

Cotton wadding impregnated with metal polish. Have used it for years on the shiny aluminum.

Russ

For a quick clean, I use Meguiar's 'Hot Rims'. Does a great job shining up previously polished parts.