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glashole
05-10-2007, 09:52 AM
I just polished the aluminum on my trailer and it came up awesome (I haven't done the wheels yet)

you can see yourself in the aluminum :)

used a product called magic blue

you get it at Canadian tire up here
but I think Walmart may also have it

I don't know how well it will show up the picture was taken on a dull day

undertaker
05-10-2007, 10:05 AM
Looks good....:)

MOP
05-10-2007, 10:39 AM
Looks super, I wonder if it is anything like Shiela Shine a product used by the detailers at the marina.

Phil

glashole
05-10-2007, 10:56 AM
I am not sure about that

but apparently the trick with polishing the aluminum with a paste type wax is to have paint thinner on the rag :yes:

for what ever reason this make the product work better and go on easier :)

Sam
05-10-2007, 12:38 PM
You have way to much time on your hands. Why don't you stop by and do my pontoon boat. That should keep you busy for a while :wink:.

glashole
05-10-2007, 01:41 PM
I have to be honest

there is a local trucking company that has a cleaning service for transports, (the gas tanks, and chrome etc)

they did it :)

but in my defense I paid them

it cost me about $3-400

after it was done we were talking about how good a pontoon would look polished up

MOP
05-10-2007, 01:57 PM
Hand that man a can of "Flitz":boggled:

catch 22
05-10-2007, 08:13 PM
Glashole, looks good. Here's a couple of pics of mine. They look good but it takes a little more TLC to keep it looking like that. Dam saltwater.

fegettes
05-11-2007, 04:22 AM
Jim, I have never seen a trailer so good. Looks great.

I have a new aluminum trailer and I need to take some notes from you. I also have those big Alco wheels on my motorcoach, and it is job to keep them looking good.

Steve

Cuda
05-11-2007, 03:43 PM
At the 2005 Hometown Rally, Catch's trailer looked like polished stainless steel. At the 2006, it looked like it had been chrome dipped!:eek!:

I told Jim, he had ruined me. Since I bought my fishboat new in 1988, I'm sure I never once washed the trailer with soap, only sprayed off the salt water. Last time I had it out, even though it was in fresh water, I found myself having to scrub the trailer down too. All Jim's fault! :(