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Aluminum to chrome finish?
A customer of mine had a pontoon boat. He wants all the aluminum bottom a chrome finish. This is possible correct?
How? Any input is appreciated.
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Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
Wolfgang metalworks or what ever the proper way to spell it is. That or about 30 tubes of wenols and 20 wool pads on a rotory. Its highly possible though. Its just gonna take some time. I wouldnt consider doing it by hand though. By hand would take forever to do.
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Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
Just my 2 cents. Find the cheapest all metal type polish, a Harbor Freight rotary and plenty of wool pads and have at it.
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Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
you might even try a heavy cutting compound (3D HD CUT with rotoary and twisted wool) the first few times to cut through the bad stuff then a metal polish . my favorite is S-100 total finish restore. HD also has some metal stuff i have been wanting to try out.
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Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
Abandon thoughts of approaching it as an automotive part to polish
There are specialized products for this type of "bulk" aluminum polishing
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Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
Here's a link I did back in 08 on MOL, this is what I used to do day in and day out. Sorry a couple of the pics aren't to clear but still ok I guess. Didn't show a pic at this time but I used mothers chrome & aluminum paste polish in the small white plastic can.
Polished big rig fuel tank
Marine 31 has maybe the best aluminum polish I have ever used, did over 350 feet of old bare aluminum railing and this made my job a whole lot easier.
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Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
That'd be cool if you could update this thread with your progress , I have some Aluminum parts on my summer car that need polishing and am searching for products now . Mothers hasn't um? Cut it for me .. lol
Good luck with that , I bet it'll look awesome once you're finished .
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Newbie Member
Re: Aluminum to chrome finish?
Unfortunately I won't be able to start for a while. His boat is sitting above the ice on a lake in michigan.
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