Polishing your Nytro Tunnel

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

Took a little longer than planned, but I got this tunnel POLISHED finally.

DUNATIC was kind enough to come up here to Rigby and give me some lessons in the fine "ART" of tunnel polishing!

The master suited up, knowing full well just how dirty this job would be.

Broke out a new wheel and applied a good amount of compound to it.

Then laid into the top of the tunnel to begin with.

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

One of the things I learned quickly was that I wasn't using NEARLY enough force of the buffing wheel.

Dunatic LEANED INTO IT and put some real force behind the wheel to cut into the tunnel

The flash makes it look like the wheel is stationary, but it is running at MAX RPM and you can see the deflection in the bottom of the wheel.

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

You can clearly see the polishing marks left behind from the rough cut compound and the stiff wheel.

But even with the rough cut, you can see the gloss begining to show itself.

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

Now he changes the wheel to a NON-Stitched version and goes to the Pink Jewlers Rouge compound and attacks the whole sled over again.

And again, notice how much deflection there is on the Wheel.
He is LEANING INTO IT hard and getting lots of force behind it.

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

After the whole sled was done the 2nd time, the final treatment using Mother's Billet Polish by hand begun.

It took a Solid 6 hours with the buffer to get this far.
And if it hadn't been so late might have taken 7 hours to do an even deeper cleaning of the aluminum tunnel.

Apply with the short nap side of a Micro Fiber Towel, buff till it turns DARK BLACK, then wipe off with the long nap side of the Micro Fiber towel. Each time covering a small area so as NOT to allow the polish to dry.

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

After a couple more hours of me hand polishing the now buffed tunnel, this was my final result tonight.

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

These last few pictures were shot with NO flash in ambient light...

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

I can NOT begin to say enough good things about DUNATIC!
He gets very high marks from me for a great job.

If your in the Utah area, he offers his professional polishing services to anyone that is willing to pay his modest fee of $400, which in my opinion is WELL WORTH it considering the time and effort he puts into his work!

Dunatic · Nov 12, 2010

Lookin good bud!! now you get to come polish my tunnel when I get a new sled

I hit the pillow around 4 am this morning, you should have seen the looks I got at the gas station last night!

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

YOU ARE AMAZING BRO!!

Dunatic · Nov 12, 2010

HAHAHA!! Thanks! I got you fooled....

I had fun, when are we doing the other one?

christopher · Nov 12, 2010

Good question.
Hopefully NOT so late at night!

I have no real plan for the 2nd Nytro or the Phazer just yet.
Want to see if my son wants to take a stab at it.

Now that I have had a class from the master I am in MUCH better shape to do a full sled myself.

aksnomachinechic · Nov 13, 2010

Nice job Chris!! Looking good!! Waitn to see the end product now with it all together.

christopher · Nov 13, 2010

you and me both !

Menace1 · Nov 13, 2010

Polish

So basically, instead of wasting your time an money on some polish that wont even come close to a perfect shine, hire a professional to do it for you lol. I use autosol on my already polished parts, love it but could use a slave to do it for me next time lol Love the new polished tunnel, you must be super excited to get it back together and hit the hills.

christopher · Nov 13, 2010

In my case I did waste my time and money trying to do it myself.
But coming at it with ZERO experience, I did a poor job.
So I hired Dunatic to come up and TEACH ME HOW IT'S DONE.!

Education is always a wise investment.

That said, if you not interested in learning this particular skill, just hire him, sit back and watch him work his magic.

acutah · Nov 14, 2010

Looks great! So what's the plan to maintain that shine?

christopher · Nov 14, 2010

Just a simple wipedown when the sled comes into the garage.

But I am considering trying out the ZOOP sealant treatment.

Mister907 · Oct 28, 2011

christopher said:
YOU ARE AMAZING BRO!!

dam. i was hoping the flitz did that awesome job. dunatic you are a badass. please let me know if you ever plan on coming to alaska. that is absolutely fantastic!:rockon:

christopher · Oct 29, 2011

The man is a POLISHING MACHINE!!

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