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Post by Oatking on Jun 24, 2023 7:28:26 GMT -6
What type of products do you guys recommend or have used to bring out the shine on equipment or your vehicles? I am trying this new product called nanosparkle , Once I get it I will let you know how it works. It claims to remove light scratches and paint oxidation. I want to try it on some of my equipment like my two macdon swathers.
Has anyone tried this product before?
I tried armourall on my equipment but it seems to not work at all. Might as well use diesel fuel! ha ha!
Any other good products out there.
Also , what do it yourself product cleans up aluminum tanks or rims.
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Post by cptusa on Jun 24, 2023 7:46:01 GMT -6
I use Lucas slick mist. Works pretty good. Still will probably need to break out the paste wax and hand polish occasionally though, but I'm a little particular when I clean things up.
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Post by northernfarmer on Jun 24, 2023 9:11:59 GMT -6
As to aluminum fuel tanks and wheels on trucks/grain trailers, I don't think there is any easy solution if your looking for a good result. Some might claim certain acids are the thing but anyone that is a professional at polishing aluminum says stay away from acids as it actually ruins aluminum over time, sure it can strip the surface oxidation off but turns the aluminum a whiteish color and opens up the pores and is mechanically reducing the strength of the aluminum and it doesn't take long and acidized aluminum looks worse than ever. Also the acid will stay in the pores of the aluminum and even after polishing, moisture can reactivate the acid in the aluminum and damage the nice polish job. The only proper way of bringing back badly pitted aluminum is a whole process of sanding ( have to be careful with that as its taking aluminum away ) and then starting in with the various buffer wheel types and matching rouge grades and stepping down to finer grades of airways style buffer and rouge.
For upkeep of aluminum that is already in good shape here is one brand of product that works quite well but I call bullshit to the just wipe on and wipe off insinuation as just like anything else with a fine compound it has to be worked on the surface to accomplish a proper end product. I've used it on a foam polishing pad put on a Makita variable speed buffer to buff the aluminum grill surround on a Peterbilt and the stainless steel grill and that actually works pretty good without going aggressive like the airways style buffer wheels and rouge. While what I did was not really intended to be a method exactly it did work and also it seems to have been lasting for some years as my other Pete that I have never done that to looks like crap on the hood surround in comparison.
Here is one of the popular hand polishes ( that is what I also used on the foamy pad on a polisher with decent results on smooth but oxidized aluminum grill surround )
If you want to get an idea of the proper way to polish and the techniques with the proper angles to be going at it on fuel tanks and wheels, this is one of the guys out there who has the ability to do fantastic work and you can see just how much work and how splattered up he becomes doing that type of work, its a whole art to do it properly.
The take away going back to acid and being the easy solution, don't be tempted to ever use acid as in the long run you will regret it and I've tried it myself as an experiment and proved its something to avoid if at all possible.
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Post by Oatking on Jul 10, 2023 8:18:17 GMT -6
 so I got my nano cloths in the mail. I want to try it out first on my 1990 946 versatile tractor hood to see how good they work. I will take before and after pictures. See how it goes. I remember Ken mb polished up his case ih four wheel drive a few years ago and it look pretty good! What did you use Ken? hard to believe these cloths will do what the picture on the package shows!!! |
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Post by kenmb on Jul 10, 2023 8:52:35 GMT -6
Yes, I did a few pieces of equipment. The Steiger was where I got serious and bought a random orbit polisher. I had done wax and fine polish on vehicles before with a big wax buffer kind of unit but the random orbit polisher with the changeable pads and actual swirl remover liquid was going to a level I never did before. I had my basic car care stuff so tried a small area on the Steiger hood by hand with Meguires fine polish and saw the result so ordered the real tools for the job and got busy. On what I consider heavy oxidixation like the hoods in picture it is a fairly heavy cut polish like 2 or 2.5, then a fine cut polish like 1.0 then a sealer. I don't think product brand is too important but more so the grit choosen, pad for polisher and just doing it. The Steiger is still fine, no heavy oxidixation but does need another fine cut polish than sealer. Must be about 5 years ago I did the work in the pictures.    |
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Post by kenmb on Jul 10, 2023 9:06:00 GMT -6
2016 I did the Steiger. Did all the steel that was painted red also since it was oxidized. Took an aggressive cut to do it but a combination of pad and 2.5 polish can clean up even rough sprayed steel, doesn't need to be a show car quality paint finish to polish it up.
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