What is Stainless Steel Electro Polishing?
A few days ago my friend Brent came over and was showing off his recently restored 1968 Camaro SS. This is truly a dream car that few of us will ever get the chance to even see, let alone own! As he was opening the hood the breather element caught my eye. Sure enough, as I leaned in to take a closer look, I noticed it was made of stainless steel . It had a mirror-like reflective surface that shined bright in the mid afternoon sun. I began to ask Brent about it and he said it was indeed stainless steel and had been electro polished to bring up the mirror-like finish. Fascinated by how he got this stainless steel shining like he did with such a smooth surface and reflectivity that you could shave by I wanted to find out more about just what exactly electro polishing was for stainless steel . I found out that electro polishing is a process that smooths, polishes, deburrs and cleans stainless steel. The process will selectively remove high points on metal surfaces giving the surface a brig