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-----Renewing aluminum look
I am a member of a small fire department in northern NH. We built a 3000 gal tanker with a 15 year old aluminum tank. we would like to put the tank back to newer looking. It has small pit marks but they are not deep.
Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish and other polishing products are not working. We also have aluminum diamond plate that needs polishing.
Thanks for any help.
Jefferson Fire Dept - Jefferson, New Hampshire
2000
Aluminum is one of the more difficult metal to get a good mirror finish on and it is easily messed up. It sounds like it is a pretty good sized job. I assume you are using power buffing tools. If you are not, you should. The marks you mentioned, while not looking like a problem may well be. It probably means that you need to remove and/or blend surface finish with a mild cutting/polishing rough. I suggest you use alum oxide, which can be in bar or liquid form and looks white. Try that before we try anything else.
AF Kenton
retired business owner - Hatboro, Pennsylvania
2000
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