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Aluminum polishing observartions

Posted By: Vic Roy
Date: Saturday, 1 January 2005, at 11:01 p.m.

Spent the last couple of days polishing the aluminum fittings on my Release fighting chair. Anodizing was shot, pitted and dull. Disassembled the chair and started playing with polishing methods. Long story short, take the anodizing off with acid, then sand it with about #320 wet/dry paper down to where all the anodizing is gone. WD-40 is a good lubricatnt for the sanding. Then use Flitz metal polish with #0000 steel wool, then buff it with a orbital machine with a towel bonnet. Mirror finish. Plan to finish it off with Poly-Glow's Aluma-Glow clear hard coating. Good diversion during the zillion commercials in the football games.

The 0000 steel wool and the Flitz does the trick for the mirror finish. Wrapping the #320 sandpapter around a Popsicle stcik works good in the tight places.

UV, the forever easily entertained.

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Aluminum polishing observartions
Vic Roy -- Saturday, 1 January 2005, at 11:01 p.m.

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Gary Gibson -- Sunday, 2 January 2005, at 1:38 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Sunday, 2 January 2005, at 3:01 p.m.

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lobsta1 (Al Lupone) -- Monday, 3 January 2005, at 10:06 a.m.

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CMP -- Monday, 3 January 2005, at 10:13 a.m.

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Vic Roy -- Monday, 3 January 2005, at 11:17 a.m.

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bruce doan -- Tuesday, 4 January 2005, at 10:45 a.m.

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Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 4 January 2005, at 5:01 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 4 January 2005, at 8:53 p.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 3 January 2005, at 11:24 a.m.