Swingarm - Removal of Orange Peel

This swingarm was never intended to be polished, the finish is very uneven, Yamaha decided it would be best to have a "Matt" finish as a cost saving approach. I decided I would remove the orange peel effect and polish it up.....

After approximately 8 hours over 2 days I have it ready for polishing. I started with a 3M scotch disc followed by 60, 80, 120, 240, 360 grit sanding discs, then 400 and 800 grit wet sand paper, (i have some 1200 wet and dry paper, I might give it the once over with that too)

Bling Bling #1

After approximately 18 hours of sanding and polishing the frame is finally at a stage that I am happy with. With more time and effort the result could have been better but I was just not willing to put that into it.

I started with a rough 180 grade paper on a sanding mouse to get the heavy pitting out, I then moved onto a finer 240 grade on the mouse and some hand sanding. From there I used the wet and dry paper starting with 400 grade through 800, 1000 and finishing with 2000.
After the sanding I attacked the frame with polishing mops, course and medium. I started off with the cutting compound and ended with autosol paste. Pitting can still be seen and some fine sanding marks but again I gave it enough time at 18 hours. It is a big change from the state it was in at the start.

Just to finish off I coated it with ACF50 which dulls the metal slightly.

These images were taken with a Canon 7D and Sigma 12-24.