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Carroll Sasscer (65.83.171.107)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 01, 2002 - 10:52 am: | |
I have an 04 which I want to shine up a little (no actually a lot). I have used every off-the -shelf product I can find to shine the aluminum panels and nothing is working. I understand there is different finishes on aluminum and some don't have glossy finishes on them. Did the 04 panels have glossy finishes? There is one panel that I can get to shine up pretty good with a lot of elbow grease but the others convert back to the off-white finish shortly after I lay the buffing rag down. Any suggestions?
Carroll |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces) (64.114.233.97)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 01, 2002 - 10:01 pm: | |
Carroll, it's poosible that you are trying to remove the anodizing on the aluminum. I would check out this carefully before you proceed, because as far as I know, you can't put it back once it's gone.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576 |
Carroll Sasscer (65.83.171.107)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:39 am: | |
Does the anodizing leave the dull finish (milkish color to the finish)? Could there have been panels that had different finishes? All the panels have the milkish finish with the exception of the one that is over the right hand front wheel well and runs down the side for about 8'. This one buffed out to a mirror finish.
Carroll |
George Myers (12.85.0.129)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 7:33 pm: | |
There was a three page article on how to polish your GMC coach in the March-April 2002 issue of "The Coach-Builder's Bulletin." |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces) (64.114.233.30)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:38 pm: | |
Carroll, usually the milkish appearance is due to bare aluminum oxidizing when exposed to air. If a panel doesn't do that, I would think it had a protective coating or anodizing.
When you rub out the milkish part until the aluminum shines, a protective coating will be needed to keep the shine.
If anodizing has been polished off of the siding and then a panel has been replaced, the new panel would likely be anodized, and very easy to clean until it is bright.
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576 |