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Originally Posted by Kracker Jack
Willy I became a master of polishing aluminum while building my motorcycle. It's very simple to do. Go to Home depot and by the cotton polishing wheel kit for 10 dollars then stop into wallmart and buy you some mothers metal polish. Sand your aluminum material down with 1000 grit all strokes in the same direction. Then put cotton wheel on a high speed drill wet wheel with polish and let her rip!!!! That's it. Comes out like a mirror.
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I learned my aluminum polishing skilz in much the same way. My father-in-law, brother-in-law and I used to buy wrecked motorcycles dirt cheap, strip them down to the frame, and then rebuild them for sale. I always found that J ewelers rouge (red rouge) on a cotton wheel worked the best for me. No sanding needed... just press the rouge bar lightly against the cotton wheel while it's spinning to apply. Even though it's usually used for gold, silver and other soft, precious metals it also produces a mirror shine on aluminum with very little pressure and almost no work. Makes aluminum look like chrome.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer
1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango.
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