Polish alternatives

[Joebanjo]

Living in Wichita Kansas (The Air Capital) I've spoken with several people who own vintage aircraft. A good number of them indicate that they use a product called KPro series Eraser (Medallion #641) to polish their aluminum aircraft, instead of Nuvite. I purchased a gal. jug and have been using it to start my polishing project on my 1976 Airstream. So far, other than the swirl marks caused by my 7 inch polisher, I'm very impressed!!! The product is sold locally at the Knipps company outlet. When I'm finished the initial polishing, I will most likely complete the process with a cyclo and the same product.

Just wondering if anyone else had discovered this product?

Mike

[timmaah]

Knipps certainly doesn't make it easy to "discover" their products.

Knipp's Retail Website

Appears to be the product in question. Nothing more than "Description: TEST"


Why are folks using this instead of Nuvite? What advantages?

[ROBERT CROSS]

There's always the Lithuanians.

Bob

[Splitrock]

Originally Posted by Joebanjo

So far, other than the swirl marks caused by my 7 inch polisher, I'm very impressed!!!

Pictures?


:-)

[Joebanjo]

timmaah

Funny you should ask the same question I asked them. "Why are folks using this instead of Nuvite? What advantages?"
They said their product did just as fine a job with a whole lot less expense.
They also sell a product called "Agent 99" for aluminum skin that is in need of a more aggressive approach. I figure if the stuff is good enough to restore a 1958 Beech Model 18 ($175,000.00) is good enough for my Airstream.
So far...I'm very pleased, and at around $65.00 a gallon, it is certainly cheaper than Nuvite.

[timmaah]

Interesting. I might have to give it a try. We are going to try the polish route in the next few weeks.

[SmokelessJoe]

Cloud Splitter beat me to it but I can also suggest Germans, Russians or Ukrainians.


Sergei

[nick6930]

I just put an order in myself. Let see if it works any better/easier/faster.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[robert claus]

The Germans are wurst.

[ROBERT CROSS]

Originally Posted by robert claus

The Germans are wurst.

You can always tell a German....but you can't tell 'em much.

Bob