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Old 05-12-2013, 11:56 AM
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Default Re: What am I missing!!!

Thank you so much Travis and Mike ! I'm sure this is the exact step I was missing and cant wait to try it. I was all stoked and set up to start on Saturday morning but the weather had other plans in mind and Im forced to wait for better weather

I'm looking forward to posting pics of the successful results

Thanks again for sharing the tips

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Old 05-15-2013, 01:45 PM
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Once you have the aluminum polished up to a real nice shine is there any thing you can do to keep it that way. It seems that no matter how nice of a finish you get a little while down the road the metal "tarnishes" and gets dull looking again. Is there something like a clearcoat or wax that will keep it shiny and help keep the finger prints under control???
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Old 05-15-2013, 10:01 PM
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Once you have the aluminum polished up to a real nice shine is there any thing you can do to keep it that way. It seems that no matter how nice of a finish you get a little while down the road the metal "tarnishes" and gets dull looking again. Is there something like a clearcoat or wax that will keep it shiny and help keep the finger prints under control???
I wish I could just coat once and protect but the way I see it, these trucks and trailers get the same attention as our 1:1 vehicles . Frequent minor cleaning instead of letting it get bad and have a lot to deal with It's quick and easy to wipe down the fleet every couple weeks compared to the work involved in keeping the real trucks looking good

Great question though Flyingbeagle. If anyone has a tip on keeping the shine longer, I'm all ears!!!

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