i tried using a dremel and it turned out like crap...

 

Are you trying to polish your intake and stuff?
http://robrobinette.com/polish.htm
He polishes a UIM for an FD but it's all the same, just takes alot of grinding and sanding

 

de-crystalize?...

 

same here..... I thinks he means to get rid of the "cast" look.

 

Die grinder with paper cartridge rolls...It's dirty, dirty, dirty and pain in the butt work. In my mind, totally not worth it.

 

im really not trying to polish....the crystals is the crud caked on there, the white caked crud...this is for painting purposes...im not just gonna paint over it..itll look like crap...

 

Wire wheel then...

 

I think you mean calcium build up?

 

Use your dremel and their abrasive buffs, cleaned up my cosmo front cover in minutes. They get into grooves and contours very well.

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/attachme...188569&G=66429

 

calcium...that would be it !!!this is a example of what i mean...

 

use a soft, soft steel wire wheel or better, a brass wheel. It's going to smell pretty bad.

 

I use CLR to soak the gold plated parts and hardware. It strips off everything and leaves you with bare metal if you leave it in long. You can paint it then or use a high temp clear coat from VHT.
You can also try to dip the same parts and remove them prior to the CLR eating the plating. That way you can get a lot of the surface oxidation off before you get to bare metal.