Best way to shine and clean up mg rocker cover
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I have an mg metro rocker cover that I wish to replace the std pressed steel one with however it is a bit of a mess, has some paint on it and also is pretty dirty and dull. ive given it a good clean with petrol and its not much better.

What is the best way to shine it up and get rid of the paint. will caustic soda attact the alloy? would it be better to get it shot blasted?

Thanks
James

Do not use caustic soda on anything aluminium based (or plenty of the other "alloys") as you will result in..... nothing !!!, ie, nothing left to look at....

Shot blasting will remove the crap without damage, but if you want a good surface finish you have to use the water driven, fine grain, shot blasting, not normal shot blasting.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

These have got a clear coat on to protect them, which goes yellow and starts to flake off after time.
So you have got to get that off before you can get any type of finish on it.
I have used wet n dry to remove this clear coat and then polished it up again with autosolve, but you must use fine wet n dry at the end 1200 grade
you could use a buffing wheel to get back the finish which is alot less work.
and only use high numbered wet n dry to remove the coating as you will remove the aly as well. the ruffer paper you use the more scratches you will pit in it to be removed later.
It takes time but it pays in the long run

Paint stripper, then using a polish mop set that fits on a drill.