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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:52 pm
by iowa
thanks john
i'll give it a try
dave
Polishing an aluminum airplane
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:57 pm
by DWood
Thanks.
I am using F7 with the Porter Cable and then follow up aith the C and then the S for the first polish of the year. Touch ups are S unless there are heavy fingerprints, then I'll use C first. Use very little polish. The cotton I use on the Porter Cable is 100% cotton from Wally World for about $2.50 a yard. Every year it gets a little quicker to bring it up to show condition. I also cover the airplane in the hanger and that helps keep it shined.
Dan
Polishing an Aluminum Airplane
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:00 am
by DWood
John:
Nice airplane also!
Thx, Dan
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:50 am
by blueldr
I'm far too old to spend my remaining time trying to polish an airplane. I just let my ariplanes natural aluminum finish go to hell and I painted its name on the boot cowl. "The Silver Pig"!
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:50 am
by Bruce Fenstermacher
BL, I appreciate the patina you aircraft is collecting and wonder why anyone would want to remove it.
It has nothing to do with being an old fart though my daughters think I am at 49. Suspect I'm a young wiper snapper to you.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:32 am
by blueldr
Bruce,
I have a thirty five year edge on you.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:23 am
by Kyle Wolfe
Becky and I were lucky enough to camp next to Dan in '04 at OSH. It was really nice not having to go to the showers in the morning to shave or comb my hair. Just look over at Dan's bird was all that was needed. We couldn't ask for a better mirror. It's a beaut!
Most times we like our painted bird, but every once in a while we get to see something like Dan's and it makes me start to wish.........
Polishing an Aluminum Airplane
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:06 pm
by DWood
Kyle and Becky:
Thank you.
I hope you are doing well.
Dan
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:51 pm
by 3958v
Bruce and Blueldr You probably are too old to care about this too, but polished planes are real chick magnets. Bill K
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:22 pm
by cessna170bdriver
3958v wrote:Bruce and Blueldr You probably are too old to care about this too, but polished planes are real chick magnets. Bill K
Blueldr is too old. Bruce is too married!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:03 am
by doug8082a
In Bruce's neck of the woods, the only chicks he'll be attracting have feathers.
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:20 am
by Bruce Fenstermacher
Bill K would know Doug, he sorta lives in my neck of the woods...if you have a 170.
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:00 am
by doug8082a
Ouch...
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:06 am
by Spelin Nazi
N9149A wrote:BL, I appreciate the patina you aircraft is collecting and wonder why anyone would want to remove it.
It has nothing to do with being an old fart though my daughters think I am at 49. Suspect I'm a young wiper snapper to you.
Wiper snapper? At a
Polishing discussion? That's sorta like bringin' a knife to a gunfight! Perhaps you meant "Whipper-Snapper".
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:16 am
by jrenwick
Spelin Nazi wrote:N9149A wrote:BL, I appreciate the patina you aircraft is collecting and wonder why anyone would want to remove it.
It has nothing to do with being an old fart though my daughters think I am at 49. Suspect I'm a young wiper snapper to you.
Wiper snapper? At a
Polishing discussion? That's sorta like bringin' a knife to a gunfight! Perhaps you meant "Whipper-Snapper".
George, if you're going to go after misspellings now, you've really got your work cut out for you!
John