whilst its too cold to work in the garage i am trting to get things doen that i can do in the house, and polishing my ali side panels is one of
them
what is the best ali polish out there that will give a mirror finish? i don't particularly want to be spending hours on these either.
All the best
Alex
hi alex if you want to do it on the cheap t cut and a buffer and then clean it all up messy but it works
salvo autosol
as above very good stuff 
ALU-Magic leaves wax behind and protects even wheels Frosts £9.50. Trev D put me onto this.
Belgoms very good wax based so shine lasts a very long time.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BELGOM-ALU-METAL-POLISH-CUSTOM-CLASSIC-RESTORATION_W0QQitemZ260514041497QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item3ca7d8ce
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Cheers,
Bob
Good links need to polish mine for the good weather.. Are you sure you can keep the pannels shiney before you complete the build?? Personalty I'd
keep them protected and polish after, I know that I would scratch them before I finished and hence left the plastic coating on the panels till IVA
time..
Dan
I have to say that from experience polishing bare aluminium bodywork (and especially keeping it looking good) will drive you mad once the car is being
driven........... ok, admittedly I tried to keep a racecar that was driven in all weathers shiny BUT if you're bothered about it being mirror
finish then you'll spend more time polishing than you do driving no matter what you use!
Paint or powder coat all the way for me was I to do it all again!..... people will mention stonechips etc but it's much easier to touch up a
stonechip with paint and get it looking decent than it is to polish one out of bare aluminium.......
Tried to keep my Cessna 140 polished ali, lasted two years then I painted it Silver.
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Originally posted by Canada EH!
Tried to keep my Cessna 140 polished ali, lasted two years then I painted it Silver.
Meguires All Metal Polish , far better than anything else I've tried
think im going down the anodising route for my ali pannells.....
buy an alloy polishing kit from ebay (LIKE THIS Item number: 120530248148 )and nothing is better than alu ,i have spent 100s trying them all i love
polishing as you can see i find it very
periodic
