My first warbird ride was a result of lending a hand polishing a
BT-13. If I were still close to ANE I'd be happy to drop by. :-D
Sadly, I'm nowhere near these days. The Blaine AvDays show is a good
time. Wear comfy walking shoes, though...

There's a cream called FLITZ imported from Germany. It's got
potassium in it. Apparently oxygen bonds with potassium better than
it does with aluminum (or nearly any other metal - FLITZ is a all-
purpose polisher). FLITZ steals the oxygen from the AlO and leaves a
black residue on top of the shiny, shiny bare aluminum.

To get the potassium oxide off, you sprinkle baking soda (buy several
BIG boxes at Sam's Club) generously over the surface. Then do the
"wax-on, wax-off" thing with many, many rags. (Baking soda is a very
mild abrasive as well as being absorbent.)

Result: screaming shoulders and bright shiny metal.

On May 8, 3:22 pm, "Montblack" Y4_NOT!...
wrote:
http://www.ionaircraft.com/Toucan.jpg
The GREEN (aluminum) parts need polishing.

What's a good 1-2-3-4-5.... step process for polishing up the aluminum
wings - for OSH?

http://www.ionaircraft.com/engineering.html

This will be my first time doing this, so don't skimp on the details please.

Thanks in advance.

Montblack
Double (TIA) if you swing by ANE and give me a hand. g

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