thanks, its a little splotchy where the clearcoat did not fully come off, but is so much better than the dull grey it was a little while ago.
The new stripes and molding really changed the look too, and easy redo.
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Other brands of metal polish contain mostly rouge compounds or other abrasives & mineral spirits. They are like liquid dirt in a bottle. As you rub this abrasive on the metal it wears off the surface to a new layer of metal that shines. The down side is, when the compounds grind on the surface they disintegrate into micro fine particles that get pushed into the pores of the metal below the surface, once this happens you can't remove it The more you polish the more dirt you push into the metal, the worse it gets. When you wash the metal with soap, the soap contains alkaline which is corrosive. Corrosives eat dirt, that is their job, this is how the soap cleans.
When the soap hits the impacted polishing compounds it tries to eat it out of the pores of the metal, but it can't because when you polished the metal you pushed the compounds in deep below the surface. What happens instead is the micro fine compounds absorb the liquid soap, it becomes a sponge & causes the soap to stick to the metal. What you get when this happens is shine decay. The more you polish with liquid dirt the faster this cycle happens, until you have so much left over dirt & soap on the metal you can't polish it anymore. Then you have to re-cut the surface with a buffer and the shine decay starts all over again.
I hve cruised that web site and been somewhat interested, but have yet to hear of someone here using it.
I used the Purple Polish two bottle thing off EBAY it worked well. I now have a botle of Diamond Brite tool box polish from Lowe's recommended by another member here, it does a nice job on areas that are not really really chalky and grey, good for touching up and easy to use. The Purple stuff really cut thru the chalky areas quickly. I have not used a polisher yet on this trailer.
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Once the clearcoat is removed either through general age or weathering should it be re-applied or is the usual practice just to keep it polished?
if yo reapply the clearcoat the polish will stay "polished". If not you will have to maintain it. Clearcoat is not the easiest thing to work with though. Depending on your equipment and skill level.
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my 2 cents... if it's polished, you have to re-polish it every year... but it gets quicker each time... if you get a scratch... polish it out.
clear coat on the other hand may keep you from polishing (though you still have to wash it)... if you get a scratch, though. you gotta start all over. i'd personally rather polish once a year.
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