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Aluminum Polishing Tutorial

I have seen many questions posted on the subject of polishing aluminum, and that is one thing that is common to almost all of the vintage trailers... plenty of aluminum. Almost all of it is suffering...

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Have you done this with the window eyebrows? I'd like to see a picture of that. I gave away a buffing wheel a few years ago,never had a need for it,now I wish i had it back! What a great write up you...

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Wonderful post, Kai! Thank you. Victor just finished the eyebrows on the Land Commander and they look great, very shiney bright. I tried to take pictures but they don't show the gleam. He plans to...

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here's the closest shot of the eyebrow that i have. the pics don't quite capture it. I may try some with the good camera soon. can use the fish eye for the interior...

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I'll add to the thanks and perfect timing! About ready to start on the Rear Door's trim & windows! Is it okay with you if I snag the pics and commentary and add this as a page to the National...

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with or without credit, feel free to share in any manner conceivable. :-)

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I have some damage on the edges of some of my eyebrows, whats the best way to try and hammer them out?

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Vic has some vice grips with wide flat noses-sheet metal working tools. He uses those on the flat areas or trim edges. On the eyebrows, if they're crinked, he places the front on a flat piece of wood,...

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The pictures DO do it justice - I can't imagine it looking any nicer....sigh... Just looking at that formica and those drawer fronts makes me happy. One word - Wow. Rusty

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you all are so darn nice! :-)

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Thanks for the writeup Kai! I still have a bit to do on the backslash... couldn't get it off the wall without removing th ecabinets (not doing that again, that's why I had to rebuild the closet!) so I...

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Mike, your Aristocrat is looking great!

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thank you... can't wait to use this tutorial when I pull the windows out to paint the exterior soon!

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You are right on with these steps. I use a similar process on aluminum but I use oven cleaner. After I spray it a couple of times I then wetsand it with a 800 wet or dry sandpaper. I then follow up...

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Hello everyone.My name is Jim. This is my very first post on this site. I thought I would add something to the polishing process. Alot of people do not know this. A very easy way to remove "ALL" the...

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Jim, Sounds like a great tip!Wish I'd have known that when I was polishing my trailer.Mineral spirits worked pretty well, but flour sure would have been better.Rob

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Gee, thanks fo rthat tip Jim. That is something that I never knew. I will try it soon as polishing the aluminum is next on my list. Kai, I know this is an old thread but let me thank you for posting...

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Kai, I just wanted to thank you for posting this process. As a newbie, I had no idea how to begin cleaning my windows and had no idea they could look so good!! I used mostly your process and also used...

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thanks for the kind words.  They look GREAT!!! :)

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Thanks for all the information, it was very well written and I understood it. I'm not very handy and need things "explained in crayon" as I call it. This is something I'll need to do after I get some...

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The eye brows look really look. I know how much work was required to get them like this. I know because I have some that need that work. I cleaned them up some but nothing like this. Great Job.

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