Polishing an aluminum airplane

iowa · Post by **iowa** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:52 pm

thanks john
i'll give it a try
dave

DWood · Post by **DWood** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:57 pm

Thanks.
I am using F7 with the Porter Cable and then follow up aith the C and then the S for the first polish of the year. Touch ups are S unless there are heavy fingerprints, then I'll use C first. Use very little polish. The cotton I use on the Porter Cable is 100% cotton from Wally World for about $2.50 a yard. Every year it gets a little quicker to bring it up to show condition. I also cover the airplane in the hanger and that helps keep it shined.
Dan

DWood · Post by **DWood** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:00 am

John:
Nice airplane also!
Thx, Dan

blueldr · Post by **blueldr** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:50 am

I'm far too old to spend my remaining time trying to polish an airplane. I just let my ariplanes natural aluminum finish go to hell and I painted its name on the boot cowl. "The Silver Pig"!

Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:50 am

BL, I appreciate the patina you aircraft is collecting and wonder why anyone would want to remove it.

It has nothing to do with being an old fart though my daughters think I am at 49. Suspect I'm a young wiper snapper to you.

blueldr · Post by **blueldr** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:32 am

Bruce,

I have a thirty five year edge on you.

Kyle Wolfe · Post by **Kyle Wolfe** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:23 am

Becky and I were lucky enough to camp next to Dan in '04 at OSH. It was really nice not having to go to the showers in the morning to shave or comb my hair. Just look over at Dan's bird was all that was needed. We couldn't ask for a better mirror. It's a beaut!

Most times we like our painted bird, but every once in a while we get to see something like Dan's and it makes me start to wish.........

DWood · Post by **DWood** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:06 pm

Kyle and Becky:
Thank you.
I hope you are doing well.
Dan

3958v · Post by **3958v** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:51 pm

Bruce and Blueldr You probably are too old to care about this too, but polished planes are real chick magnets. Bill K

cessna170bdriver · Post by **cessna170bdriver** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:22 pm

3958v wrote:Bruce and Blueldr You probably are too old to care about this too, but polished planes are real chick magnets. Bill K

Blueldr is too old. Bruce is too married!

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:03 am

In Bruce's neck of the woods, the only chicks he'll be attracting have feathers.

Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:20 am

Bill K would know Doug, he sorta lives in my neck of the woods...if you have a 170.

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:00 am

Ouch...

Spelin Nazi · Post by **Spelin Nazi** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:06 am

N9149A wrote:BL, I appreciate the patina you aircraft is collecting and wonder why anyone would want to remove it.

It has nothing to do with being an old fart though my daughters think I am at 49. Suspect I'm a young wiper snapper to you.

Wiper snapper? At a Polishing discussion? That's sorta like bringin' a knife to a gunfight! Perhaps you meant "Whipper-Snapper".

jrenwick · Post by **jrenwick** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:16 am

Spelin Nazi wrote:
N9149A wrote:BL, I appreciate the patina you aircraft is collecting and wonder why anyone would want to remove it.

It has nothing to do with being an old fart though my daughters think I am at 49. Suspect I'm a young wiper snapper to you.
Wiper snapper? At a Polishing discussion? That's sorta like bringin' a knife to a gunfight! Perhaps you meant "Whipper-Snapper".

George, if you're going to go after misspellings now, you've really got your work cut out for you!

John

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