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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reconisance" data-source="post: 823808" data-attributes="member: 13306">while fixing the fans, i had my radiator out, and since its aluminum (and since the polish bug bit me) i decided to take it from its brushed-like appearance, to a (near) mirror like finish. it was already about the level of 600 grit, so i went from 600-800-1000-1500-2000-2500.the most frustrating part is that although the surface looks smoother (and maybe cleaner), the shine and reflectivity is about that same (maybe a hair better) than any other part after its been cleaned and polished.(phone) camera light<img src="http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h334/Kyle_Upton/2010-12-23151127.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />rooms light (here you can really see the difference in texture, the upper portion is just polished, the middle is the sanded/polished.<img src="http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h334/Kyle_Upton/2010-12-23151119.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />its still...for lack of better words, hazy. any ideas on why it wont shine like my Riviera's rims? i sanded the crap out of it with each grit, so the scratches from the previous grit are completely gone, and like i said it looks smooth and clean, even feels smooth. just not reflective like the work some of you have done. :/  haha bad aluminum?</blockquote>