Polished Heat Shrink-has this been done before?

[sammy1]

i'm not sure if someone has already polished their radio shack heat shrink before but here is mine polished up. I do need to touch it up a bit but here it is anyway.

ENJOY:

http://gallery.thexspot.us/main.php?...&g2_itemId=901

http://gallery.thexspot.us/main.php?...&g2_itemId=904

http://gallery.thexspot.us/main.php?...&g2_itemId=907

If you look at the inside of the heatshrink in the above pics, you can really appreciate the polish

[xmodalloy]

Its heatsink not heatshrink and your heatsink looks cool.

[sammy1]

sorry, its been a long day

but thanks!

[BlackSky909]

Exactly how do you do that again? It looks nice.. Mine is like all crusty looking even though I dont use a heatsink anyways I dont think it does crap but add dead weight.

[sammy1]

I used "eagle one never dull" but you can use any alumn polish you might have laying around. You basically want to clean your heatsink with the polish

[snobro]

ummm actually instead of spending money on Eagle One you could've got an old toothbrush and some toothpaste. The abrasion in regular crest or other toothpastes would polish that heatsink just as good if not better than an aluminum polish.

[sammy1]

I already has this in my house from when I clean my car. If you want a mirror like finish, follow this tutorial:

http://www.modelairplanenews.com/how...Spinners_1.asp

[gearhead]

ooo aahhh! sorry but i think it sounds pointless. and like black sky i dont belive in them

[kigamkcalb17]

no the heatsink does work, i burnt up a motor cause everyone said the heatsink didnt help so i just used the stock one well burnt the motor up, now i use the heat sink an no more probs, i think this is cool im gonna break out the dremel an metal polish later on buff it out to a shiny chrome like finish

[shift_drive]

Im going to try this.

[Monster180]

Originally Posted by kigamkcalb17

im gonna break out the dremel

whoever made the dremel should be deemed GOD!

looks nice, but wont it just attract more dirt on it?

[sammy1]

it won't attract more dirt...you going to get same the same amount of dirt whether it was polished or not but when its polished, its more noitceable

[mrc5corvette]

i think im gonna try this, cuz the heatsink really looks crappy when surrounded by the other upgrade parts.

[sammy1]

I think its 100% worth it. I haven't had the chance to install it but I'm sure it'll look nice once its installed

[gearhead]

ok i got board and tried it to dress it up so if i decided to use it. but i just bushed it with mo-joe hand soap and then soak it in a bakeing soda water mix then polish it looks hansome

[sammy1]

post some pics...lets see it

[wicked skyline ryder]

looks sick dude

[pittbull988]

when u use tooth paste it dosent come near to that. i might try this sometime in the future

[kigamkcalb17]

well i got all technical on mine, i took some sandblaster yellow sandpaper, an sanded all that grey stuff off to get it down to metal then took some 800 grit sandpaper an smoothed it out, the i took out the dremel with a buffing bit on it with a little bit of metal polish compound an here she is what a beauty

DANG!!! nice bling for ur xmod. I gotta do this to my evo sink. Looks nice man! good job!