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I need to dull the burnished areas of an aluminum trailer

I cleaned graphics off of an aluminum tanker trailer. The spots where I scrubbed are now "polished". I do not want to buff out an entire trailer obviously. I just need to dull down the clean spots.

Kris Oliver
signs - Chillicothe, OH USA
2006

You could always just use a little sandpaper, but that wouldn't ensure that the resulting finish would match the rest of the tanker, and it would probably remove any corrosion protection you have on the aluminum.

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Good luck!

Jim Gorsich
Compton, California, USA
2006

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