Polish Aircraft Aluminum Mirror Finish

In our last polishing video jenny our expert mold maker polished the hacksmith lightsaber with stones and sandpaper.

Polish aircraft aluminum mirror finish.

Our company started as most do out of our garage. Welcome to mirror finish polishes. Also safe for use on aircraft paint for removing heavy oxidation and stains. Sanding with 5 000 grit sandpaper finalizes the mirror finish on the aluminum sheet.

All the links. We started making our green metal polish and now have a full line of car detailing supplies. They polish the metal with two coats of aluminum polish before applying a sealant to protect the surface. Used for polishing aircraft leading edges spinners engine inlets thrust reversers and bare aluminum skins.

Applying your aircraft polish. You will need to work methodically to get this shiny finish. The key to the polishing step is to find the grain of the aluminum and to apply the aircraft metal polish in the direction of that grain. Video tutorial on how to polish aluminum with a mirror finish.

When i turned my tardis model into an infinity box i used some pieces of polished aluminum for some of my mirrors. Some use flannel and some use old t shirts for best results. To clean it and make it shine they apply a generous amount of aluminum polish polishing the metal until it s as shiny as a bald eagle s scalp. As an example i am using a piece of aluminum square stock but i have used this method many times before on valve covers other aluminum engine components motorcycle parts throttle bodies carburetors and wheels.

Polish aluminum sheet metal to mirror finish. Another good tip is to always use 100 cotton cloths. Well polished aluminum can look like chrome but it takes time effort and patience to get the glossy mirror finish. In this video we sand and polish an aluminum sheet from 220 grit all the way to 5000 grit sandpaper then polish using gord s aluminum polish.

Skai metal polish is designed to polish and restore aluminum or stainless steel to a mirror image. Skai metal polish for brightwork. The most important thing to keep in mind when polishing aluminum is that the smoother you get the surface the more mirror like it will be when you are finished. But to take the saber to a mirror fin.