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11-27-2007, 07:58 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1968 26' Overlander
Ann Arbor
, Michigan
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Polishing AS in Winter
I know this sounds crazy but I would like to polish my AS. It will be under an overhang...so...what is the best weather to polish in.
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11-28-2007, 06:28 AM
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Rivet Master
1977 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre
Colorado Springs
, Colorado
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I would say any season that is not camping season. In my limited experence, any weather that you can tollerate and is not too hot on the surface. Cool is more pleasant and works just fine. It can get too cold for my fingers to work much below 45F however.
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'77' Minuet 6 Metre, behind a 2005 stock Jeep Rubicon with Equa-L-Zer hitch.
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11-28-2007, 06:35 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1968 26' Overlander
Ann Arbor
, Michigan
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 117
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Royce
I would say any season that is not camping season. In my limited experence, any weather that you can tollerate and is not too hot on the surface. Cool is more pleasant and works just fine. It can get too cold for my fingers to work much below 45F however.
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But there is not an issue with it being to cold for the compound or polish to work...correct? I also have to strip the clear coat off of it. I would have to say that I am impressed that still has the original clear coat on it....its not even peeling to give me a head start
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11-28-2007, 06:53 AM
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3 Rivet Member
2010 28' Flying Cloud
Escondido
, California
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IMHO if the clearcoat is in tact, save yourself a lot of grief and leave it alone.
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11-28-2007, 07:00 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1968 26' Overlander
Ann Arbor
, Michigan
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jkcru
IMHO if the clearcoat is in tact, save yourself a lot of grief and leave it alone.
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I wish I could...but I cant...something inside wont let me
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11-28-2007, 07:02 AM
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Rivet Master
1977 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre
Colorado Springs
, Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jkcru
IMHO if the clearcoat is in tact, save yourself a lot of grief and leave it alone.
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Amen! if the clearcoat is fine wait until it is not, to polish, and enjoy the coach as is. If you insist on polishing then here are two sites to get you started. Also check out the search function on this forum, lots of good info.
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AIR# 3913
'77' Minuet 6 Metre, behind a 2005 stock Jeep Rubicon with Equa-L-Zer hitch.
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11-28-2007, 07:42 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 23' Safari
1977 23' Safari
2018 25' Flying Cloud
Palmer Lake
, Colorado
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aluminati
But there is not an issue with it being to cold for the compound or polish to work...correct? ...
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No, I don't think that's correct. When it's too hot the compound "dries" out too fast and you don't get good polishing action. When it's too cold I suspect the viscosity of the compound is too high and it would act just like it was dry--high drag on the polisher and not much polishing action. This would be dependent on skin temperature, so if you're polishing like a tornado, maybe it would be warm enough.
I think of this stuff like using a wet whetstone--works a lot differently than a dry one. So too hot means very short polishing time per dab, too cold means like using cold molasses.
Give it a shot and let us know if it really can be too cold.
Zep
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11-28-2007, 08:19 AM
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3 Rivet Member
2010 28' Flying Cloud
Escondido
, California
Join Date: Feb 2007
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If you must then good luck and best wishes.
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11-28-2007, 08:25 AM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,970
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aluminati
I also have to strip the clear coat off of it.
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My experience on removing the clear coat from my trailer was that temperature mattered. It needed to be warm for the remove all to work, although I suspect that lower temperature can be offset by letting the remove stay on longer. The limiting factor there would be you don't want to let the remove all dry out. Not sure how the compounding would turn out. Let us know how it turns out.
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11-28-2007, 08:35 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
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Its the stripper
The stripper will not work effectively at all. It will work some....but slow and partially. I think the instructions on the label even say so and give temp limits. The polish part should go O.K.
P.S. I hate working in the cold.
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11-28-2007, 08:36 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1969 31' Sovereign
atlanta
, Georgia
Join Date: Aug 2007
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I'm in the finishing stages of a mirror polish on my '69 31' - it is a massive amount of work, but well worth it. the stripper works in relatively cold weather and the Nuvite compounds do as well. What I have found though is that if you dab the compounds on you are standing a much higher liklihood of spinning it right off, I have found that if you apply by hand rubbing and follow up with grinder/polisher the results are much better. I know it sounds rediculous to massage compound, but it works, particularly on edges and tight spots
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11-28-2007, 08:48 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 1975 25' Tradewind
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In my experience, polishes do not work well much under 65 degrees
Ken J.
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11-28-2007, 08:55 AM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
1960 28' Ambassador
Northern
, California
Join Date: Jun 2003
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I agree with Ken.
You have about a 15 degree window. At close to 60 degrees the polishing turns to a powder and does not work.
Closer to 80 degrees it just smears and is equally useless.
Ideal is 65 - 75 degrees. If you have shade you may be able to push the upper end some.
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11-28-2007, 11:41 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1968 26' Overlander
Ann Arbor
, Michigan
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 117
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Safari Tim
I agree with Ken.
You have about a 15 degree window. At close to 60 degrees the polishing turns to a powder and does not work.
Closer to 80 degrees it just smears and is equally useless.
Ideal is 65 - 75 degrees. If you have shade you may be able to push the upper end some.
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O.K...I guess I will wait until spring because I will be working outside and I dont want to screw anything up.
Thanks to all who have replied
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11-28-2007, 02:10 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 29' Sovereign
Savannah
, Missouri
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,478
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Spot on
Quote:
Originally Posted by Safari Tim
I agree with Ken.
You have about a 15 degree window. At close to 60 degrees the polishing turns to a powder and does not work.
Closer to 80 degrees it just smears and is equally useless.
Ideal is 65 - 75 degrees. If you have shade you may be able to push the upper end some.
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Safari Tim,
Thanks for catching that..As usual, you're "spot" on~!!
Anything below 60 degrees is just wasting of your time..Been there and, "tried" to do it...
53FC..
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