How would you polish this trailer?

[Craig Encinitas]

Hi everyone.

Well, word of mouth spreads quickly. I’ve become the new person in charge of cleaning up horse trailers around the area. But this one is a standard Interstate single-axle cargo trailer with an aluminum exterior.


I’ve no idea what to do about the roof:


I’m having difficulty finding information on which pads, polish and sealants would be proper for oxidized aluminum exteriors. I’ve done two panels so far with a G9 DA, 3” LC white polishing pad and some old metal polish that was in storage. It seems to be working.

Before:

After:

Obviously, the pad is turning black after each area. Should it be cleaned or swapped to a fresh one after each panel like on automotive finishes? I’ll switch over to a 15mm DA today to speed up the job.

Would a rotary and wool pad be easiest to make the diamond plate gleam?

Thanks for any advice.

[dgage]

I know how I’d do the job.

I’d hire you! Lol! Nice job so far.

And if I were to do the job, this would be my perfect excuse to buy the Flex cordless finisher. What can I say, I’m a professional tool collector.

[DUBL0WS6]

Maybe Mothers Mag or metal polish

[Craig Encinitas]

...it’s coming along

[TrustJesus]

Great work, so what is on top of roof? Did you get that figured out?

[Rsurfer]

The key now Craig, is to find a good lasting LSP for all the great work you've done on that trailer.

They are few Geeks here that do air planes, maybe one of them will chime in.

[Craig Encinitas]

^
Thanks. I’ve been using an old bottle of metal polish that has a sealant in it.
However, I’d like to do another complete pass over the panels to clean it up more. There’s leftover oxidation trails.



This is the roof. Oof!

S.O.S. pad??


I want to make the diamond plating gleem. May need a rotary for that.

[98CayenneTA]

The key now Craig, is to find a good lasting LSP for all the great work you've done on that trailer.

They are few Geeks here that do air planes, maybe one of them will chime in.

I did this plane a few years ago and won't be doing another one lol. That was my first and last !

Single stg. polish with CarPro Essence then coated with Cquart U.k 3.0.
(Bottom of plane also)

Think I went through 100 - 125 ml. of coating.







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[Rsurfer]

I did this plane a few years ago and won't be doing another one lol. That was my first and last !

Single stg. polish with CarPro Essence then coated with Cquart U.k 3.0.
(Bottom of plane also)

Think I went through 100 - 125 ml. of coating.







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Stunning

[TMQ]

Agree...

Stunning!

Tom