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blufab

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Posted: August 03, 2005 at 6:26 PM / IP Logged

I have an aluminum ornament i am thinking about mounting to a fiberglass piece, but the aluminum is dull looking. Would it possible to polish this metal piece to a shine with regular tools such as dremel?

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Teamrf

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Posted: August 03, 2005 at 7:05 PM / IP Logged

I think you polish metel with a high grid sand paper.

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05honda

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Posted: August 03, 2005 at 9:46 PM / IP Logged

i dont know about the high grid paper....but you can get a polishing attachment for the dermel....they work good from what i hear

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Posted: August 03, 2005 at 11:10 PM / IP Logged

Aluminum can be polished with a solvent or a polish with a high speed attachment on the dremel or Roto Zip. No need to use sand paper.

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abovestock

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Posted: August 04, 2005 at 12:56 AM / IP Logged

only use sand paper if you have pitting. Polish with a cutting compound and your dremmel.

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91silvy

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Posted: August 04, 2005 at 11:23 AM / IP Logged

Mother's makes a really good polish called Mag and Aluminum Polish. It's sold in a little plastic jar. My brother and I use it all the time. I used it to polish my bowtie. When my brother had his 85 silverado, we used the polish on the headlight trim pieces (which are like a coated plastic), and it even polished those.

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