Polishing aluminium.

Gday,
Try some autosol or something similar on a buffing pad (7 inch polisher).....otherwise, take it to a polisher.

Polisher

CT18 truckwash ,let soak for awhile then hit with the gerni / karcher , comes up a treat.

Hi Rob
Chemtech make products for many applications and for aluminium here are a couple of their quality products

Blitz and Alushine. For full details, here is a link to the page:

http://www.chemtech.net.au/page16.html?site_search_results_2=blitz&depth=0

Cheers and happy cleaning.

Stephen

Rob,

I posted a thread a few weeks ago asking the very same thing. So I am now the offical guru on polishing checkerplate. After 12 months around Australia, like you the van was looking a little worse for wear.

There are currently 3 types of checkerplate on caravans so my treatment is only for my type. I am of course not certain, what type of van your have? Pic my checkerplate below.

I tried everyone's suggestion and autosol was the clear winner. The most expensive as well but value for money. The other ingredient was the Mk 1 finger and hard work.

In the end I got my orbital sander and smoothed off the rough edges of the checkerplate. Used wet and dry 400, I found was the best. It did some scratching but this came off with just 2 polishings. From then on in the checkerplate is much smoother and easier to polish.

I tried a 7inch sander polisher and then a 100mm cloth buffer (normally used on bench grinder /buffer) on and angle grinder but the old finger worked the best.

Tried washing first with Al cleaner but this really at the end of the day, made little difference to the polishing effect. In polishes I also tried Septone and Purple.

Not finished yet as it is a really really big job. It is really a work in progress. Good luck.

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Just food for thought....


I use a scotchbrite lathered up thick with Velvet brand soap, and rub in light circles all over aluminium...always comes up awesome!