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Aluminum Surface Treatment
Hi, I am rebuilding a hot rod, and was wondering what can be done to aluminum in order to make it shiny or to make it look like expensive metal?
Thanks,
- Calgary, Canada
2002
Aluminum can be polished and buffed, then clear coated.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2002
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