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RE: Polishing Aluminum

To: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Subject: RE: Polishing Aluminum
From: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:55:04 -0800 (PST)
Bill: Many many moons ago I had the "pleasure" of spending hours polishing 
aluminum. I had just gotten out of the military and had my first "real" job. 
Didn't have a lot of money to spend on my first plane, so I picked up an old 
150 that was in need of paint. The price was right at only $1,200.00 (yea, try 
doing that today), and I figured it would be cheaper to strip the old paint and 
polish it to a beautiful shine. Well, it was cheaper, but I could have made a 
career out of polishing that plane; especially since I could only afford a 
tiedown and not a hanger. And people who never had the pleasure would wonder 
why I freaked out whenever they would put their grubby hands on my shiney 
aluminum. I think that plane is one of the reason's my everyday car never gets 
waxed. By the way...if you want to learn about setting rivets join the EAA and 
build yourself a plane. Happy New Year! - Ed 

Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com> wrote:The best stuff for polishing is Nuvite. This 
site: www.perfectpolish.com
has great information on the best ways to do
it. 


_____ 

From: yellowandgreen@comcast.net [mailto:yellowandgreen@comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:07 PM
To: Bill Babcock
Subject: Polishing Aluminum


Dennis DeLap here in Illinois.........
winter is well on its way, and I am busy building a second race car.
I have had so much fun racing my TR3 that I have decided to convert my TR4
into a road racer as well. I have taken the Surrey Top apart and have had
the rear window piece stripped down to the bare cast aluminum. I am sanding
the rough casting areas with 220 wet - ultimately I would like to polish the
piece to have that shinny aluminum look that I love on old airplanes, and
hand built cars like yours.
What do you recommend for the polishing/buffing? I would take a digital
picture of Peyote as well. I do get to California on occasion - hope to
check you out one of these days in wine country or at the historics. Thanks

> One more BTW--I'm pretty far along with the beautification of Peyote--it
had 
> gotten pretty shabby looking. If anyone would like to see a picture, drop
me 
> a line. I've learned a bit more than I really wanted to know about setting

> solid rivets and polishing aluminum. 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf

> Of Bill Sohl 
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:47 AM 
> To: FOT 
> Subject: Portable Air Tank life? 
> 
> I noticed a "warning" label item on my new 10 Gal Portable Air Tank from 
> Sears. It stated there is a date on the tank after which the tank should
be 
> discarded empty and no longer used. 
> Found the stamped warning on the tank which said: 
> "Do not use after 7 years from date stamped" The date stamped is 2/20/04. 
> 
> That would mean I lost almost a full year of use...assuming I really
discard 
> the unit on 2/20/2011...which brings up my question to the group...do any
of 
> you have similar warnings on existing air tanks? I have a 2HP 20 Gal unit 
> that is now some 23 or so years old. No warning on the tank that I ever 
> saw. 
> 
> When did this designated tank life ending dating start and how widespread
is 
> it? I am asuming it is driven by product liability fears and/or ASME (not 
> sure of the acronym hear) specifications. 
> 
> The really funny thing about this warning is that it is stamped on the 
> bottom of one of the two foot pads...which means it is likly to get beat
up 
> and unreadable fairly quickly. If I hadn't happened to see the warning 
> reference in the one page info sheet, I'd not likly ever know about it. 
> 
> Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas or whatever. 
> 
> Happy New Year to all. 
> 
> Bill Sohl 

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