Bill: Many many moons ago I had the "pleasure" of spending hours polishing
aluminum. I had just gotten out of the military and had my first "real" job.
Didn't have a lot of money to spend on my first plane, so I picked up an old
150 that was in need of paint. The price was right at only $1,200.00 (yea, try
doing that today), and I figured it would be cheaper to strip the old paint and
polish it to a beautiful shine. Well, it was cheaper, but I could have made a
career out of polishing that plane; especially since I could only afford a
tiedown and not a hanger. And people who never had the pleasure would wonder
why I freaked out whenever they would put their grubby hands on my shiney
aluminum. I think that plane is one of the reason's my everyday car never gets
waxed. By the way...if you want to learn about setting rivets join the EAA and
build yourself a plane. Happy New Year! - Ed
Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com> wrote:The best stuff for polishing is Nuvite. This
site: www.perfectpolish.com
has great information on the best ways to do
it.
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From: yellowandgreen@comcast.net [mailto:yellowandgreen@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:07 PM
To: Bill Babcock
Subject: Polishing Aluminum
Dennis DeLap here in Illinois.........
winter is well on its way, and I am busy building a second race car.
I have had so much fun racing my TR3 that I have decided to convert my TR4
into a road racer as well. I have taken the Surrey Top apart and have had
the rear window piece stripped down to the bare cast aluminum. I am sanding
the rough casting areas with 220 wet - ultimately I would like to polish the
piece to have that shinny aluminum look that I love on old airplanes, and
hand built cars like yours.
What do you recommend for the polishing/buffing? I would take a digital
picture of Peyote as well. I do get to California on occasion - hope to
check you out one of these days in wine country or at the historics. Thanks
> One more BTW--I'm pretty far along with the beautification of Peyote--it
had
> gotten pretty shabby looking. If anyone would like to see a picture, drop
me
> a line. I've learned a bit more than I really wanted to know about setting
> solid rivets and polishing aluminum.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
> Of Bill Sohl
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:47 AM
> To: FOT
> Subject: Portable Air Tank life?
>
> I noticed a "warning" label item on my new 10 Gal Portable Air Tank from
> Sears. It stated there is a date on the tank after which the tank should
be
> discarded empty and no longer used.
> Found the stamped warning on the tank which said:
> "Do not use after 7 years from date stamped" The date stamped is 2/20/04.
>
> That would mean I lost almost a full year of use...assuming I really
discard
> the unit on 2/20/2011...which brings up my question to the group...do any
of
> you have similar warnings on existing air tanks? I have a 2HP 20 Gal unit
> that is now some 23 or so years old. No warning on the tank that I ever
> saw.
>
> When did this designated tank life ending dating start and how widespread
is
> it? I am asuming it is driven by product liability fears and/or ASME (not
> sure of the acronym hear) specifications.
>
> The really funny thing about this warning is that it is stamped on the
> bottom of one of the two foot pads...which means it is likly to get beat
up
> and unreadable fairly quickly. If I hadn't happened to see the warning
> reference in the one page info sheet, I'd not likly ever know about it.
>
> Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas or whatever.
>
> Happy New Year to all.
>
> Bill Sohl
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