72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

I tried my hand at buffing the aluminum trim and it worked out rather well. I used an old electric motor bolted to a couple of pieces of plywood. I bolted them to the work table but far enough out that I have room to work. I used the basic Eastwood kit and started with the Tripoli compound and then wiped the piece down with mineral spirits and finished it with the white rouge compound. After that I wiped it down again with mineral spirits and then hand polished it with Simichrome chrome polish. I then wiped it down again and sprayed some Boeshield metal protectant on it to keep the luster for a while.

Here is the setup:



And after some initial buffing (on the left side of the piece)



Here is the polished right side piece, compared to the unpolished left side:





It took about 30 minutes to do the one piece with the wheel changes and cleaning between stages. So that's one down and 7 to go!