Polishing progress

[Cochese]

Took advantage of the warm weekend in Ok, upper 50s yesterday , upper 60s today( high of 22 for next couple of days)! First cut of f9 on one side, two more cuts to go!!

[mtbguy]

Looks good!

[RM66caravel]

Looks great a lot of work there and more to go. Keep up the great work!
Cliff

[Okiestreamer]

Looks great. I live in Adair and just finished stripping and polishing our in early Dec. I didn't do the mirror finish but it looks much better than it did with male pattern baldness.

[Cochese]

Thanks, I've been dealing with corrosion issues which take many passes w/ F9! Never had that issue w/ my globetrotter .

[albert]

What's does it take to get that mirror finish?

[Cochese]

I'm using Nuvite f9 , then Nuvite g6,& finally Nuvite "S" w/ a cyclo polisher.

[63air]

Warm weekend , whats that? We hit +1 today.

[RM66caravel]

Now you are going to be the polish guru!

[Cochese]

I am far from a polishing Guru! Unfortunately this is not my first airstream to polish, this one is 7 feet longer! When I sold the Globetrotter I swore that I didn't want another polished Airstream,but with all of the work(and $$$) that has gone into it, I just cant help myself!! Im sure soon I will see a commercial soon about a name & prescription drug to "fix" this illness.

[RM66caravel]

And next would be the commercial for the law firm to help you sue them for the rare deformity caused my the medications side effects.
Cliff

[Chillbilly]

My Airstream is badly corroded. I've tried about every polish to get it looking better with no good results. What is recommended? I don't need the mirror finish, though it looks terrific, I just need more of an original finish. Is this possible?

[Cochese]

Mine has areas of corrosion as well. Short of replacing panels, all I can do is go over the affected areas many times w/ F9( Nuvite) to minimize the appearance of the pitting. As far as achieving an original satin look, I have no idea! I'll let someone else weigh in on that!

[Mixter]

Chillybilly- make sure the clearcoat is stripped... I stripped mine right off the bat when I got it. Now as I replace vents, windows, trim, etc. I'm polishing before I re-install the new vent, etc. However I JUST pulled the old AC for replacement and as I began to polish the opening and surrounding area, I was becoming frustrated that it was not cutting like previous areas. I finally realized that I didnt strip the clear there because the old AC was in the way. After stripping, it cut nicely with F9... many more steps with the finer grades, but happy it is cleaning up.