It's always nice to receive a compliment about the 170...

[giorgioazzalin]

click on the link

http://youtu.be/PSBZVxdxBP0

it's pay for all the time that I spend polishing.....

[rhymes]

She is deserving of compliments! Nice work!
As a 170 owner who's done a bit of polishing myself, I can attest that it's those kind words that provide some of the motivation when it's just me, the plane, and the Cyclo polisher in the hangar!
Plus: the Cessna 170 is such a beautiful plane to begin with! Why not polish her?!!

[giorgioazzalin]

Years ago I use to own a Cessna 172 Reims with my cousin.He took care about the simple maintenance. During the 4/5 years that co own her I do not think that i washed once.

Now my cousin is shocked that i spend all this time polishing and cleaning the 170. When he asked me what happened to me .My answer was I'm in love!

[kbbell]

Beautiful...how do you polish up to the paint without damaging it?

[giorgioazzalin]

Beautiful...how do you polish up to the paint without damaging it?

The plane was painted , I stripped it down to the bare aluminum ,painted and polished. When I'm polishing close to the paint I need to pay attention no to press to much on the paint .

See here how I did it https://picasaweb.google.com/1022072722 ... Cessna170B

[hilltop170]

When polishing the DC-3, we always put 2" masking tape on the painted trim before polishing. Never had a problem with eroding the paint.

[giorgioazzalin]

It is probably a good idea to mask the paint ,but I'm not so peaky ,when I'm in the mood I grab the polisher and do one section. When my face is all black i stop and go home where my wife will scream at me....

[giorgioazzalin]

My 170b 1953 was originally natural aluminum and most probably your 1955 too. To paint her they manually sanded the natural aluminum so the paint can stick better.
When i remove the paint i had a moment of desperation when i saw what they did to the aluminum. I tried to sand with a 400 and 800 sand paper but wasn't change too much. So i bought all the Nuvite compound series from the F9 to the S . In the beginning it looks like that was impossible ,but insisting i saw the first square of polished metal . My friend were betting on how long before that i decide to paint her, but not anymore . Wherever I go i receive compliments for the plane and the work done on it. I n the end was not so hard ,to do the big and rough part i hired 3 young men that were doing landscape for me and pay them 10 $ per hour , and just with a little training some supervision, and 1,500 $ was not so bad. I did the finishing and i keep working when i feel like, in section. I think that painting the plane is a lot more expensive.

[rusty]

Aryana, Come to Ft. Worth I will buy all the beer I can drink. While you polish and I watch!!!!!! Yes Nuvite is the best polish, So are the towels from Tom`s Perfect Polish but real pricey. Last weekend spent polishing top of the wings twice, once with C the again with S. about 8 hrs. Sitting in my chair looking at window frames polished three times each. Started with 9 then C and S Total time on window frames 3 hrs. Total time polishing 2935D 1,200 hrs in 2 yrs and 9 mo. Polished 170`s look great everyone loves the LOOK!!!!!!!! IT`s MILLER TIME. Rusty

[rusty]

Aryana, Come to Ft. Worth I will buy all the beer I can drink. While you polish and I watch!!!!!! Yes Nuvite is the best polish, So are the towels from Tom`s Perfect Polish but real pricey. Last weekend spent polishing top of the wings twice, once with C the again with S. about 8 hrs. Sitting in my chair looking at window frames polished three times each. Started with 9 then C and S Total time on window frames 3 hrs. Total time polishing 2935D 1,200 hrs in 2 yrs and 9 mo. Polished 170`s look great everyone loves the LOOK!!!!!!!! IT`s MILLER TIME. Rusty

[rusty]

Aryana, Come to Ft. Worth I will buy all the beer I can drink. While you polish and I watch!!!!!! Yes Nuvite is the best polish, So are the towels from Tom`s Perfect Polish but real pricey. Last weekend spent polishing top of the wings twice, once with C the again with S. about 8 hrs. Sitting in my chair looking at window frames polished three times each. Started with 9 then C and S Total time on window frames 3 hrs. Total time polishing 2935D 1,200 hrs in 2 yrs and 9 mo. Polished 170`s look great everyone loves the LOOK!!!!!!!! IT`s MILLER TIME. Rusty

[rusty]

Aryana, Come to Ft. Worth I will buy all the beer I can drink. While you polish and I watch!!!!!! Yes Nuvite is the best polish, So are the towels from Tom`s Perfect Polish but real pricey. Last weekend spent polishing top of the wings twice, once with C the again with S. about 8 hrs. Sitting in my chair looking at window frames polished three times each. Started with 9 then C and S Total time on window frames 3 hrs. Total time polishing 2935D 1,200 hrs in 2 yrs and 9 mo. Polished 170`s look great everyone loves the LOOK!!!!!!!! IT`s MILLER TIME. Rusty

[rusty]

Aryana, Come to Ft. Worth I will buy all the beer I can drink. While you polish and I watch!!!!!! Yes Nuvite is the best polish, So are the towels from Tom`s Perfect Polish but real pricey. Last weekend spent polishing top of the wings twice, once with C the again with S. about 8 hrs. Sitting in my chair looking at window frames polished three times each. Started with 9 then C and S Total time on window frames 3 hrs. Total time polishing 2935D 1,200 hrs in 2 yrs and 9 mo. Polished 170`s look great everyone loves the LOOK!!!!!!!! IT`s MILLER TIME. Rusty

[rusty]

Aryana, Come to Ft. Worth I will buy all the beer I can drink. While you polish and I watch!!!!!! Yes Nuvite is the best polish, So are the towels from Tom`s Perfect Polish but real pricey. Last weekend spent polishing top of the wings twice, once with C the again with S. about 8 hrs. Sitting in my chair looking at window frames polished three times each. Started with 9 then C and S Total time on window frames 3 hrs. Total time polishing 2935D 1,200 hrs in 2 yrs and 9 mo. Polished 170`s look great everyone loves the LOOK!!!!!!!! IT`s MILLER TIME. Rusty

[170C]

Rusty, I'll bet you can get a bunch of takers if you furnish free beer. Now some might be picky on the brand, but I'll drink Miller, Coors, etc. Just let me know time & place