Re: [SilverStreak] POLISHING

["Ros" <ros@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Tom.

I would not even consider sanding.  As you mentioned, once sanded, the 
scratches must be polished out.

There are all sorts of grades of compound and I would ^^^^ASSUME^^^^ there 
is a grade available to remove the oxide put on by the factory.  In looking 
at one of the rallys, I saw a fellow with polisher in hand and he had 
polished about 1 sq.ft. of a SS where as all the rest of the unit was 
undone.  That makes me wonder if it cannot be done sans the sanding.

Also, caustic soda will clean aluminum but is very, very dangerous to work 
with as if just a tad splashes into your eyes, you have major problems.  It 
will eat skin, too.  However, wearing goggles and gloves could circumvent 
all of that.  Nitric acid will also clean it.  Nitric is much, much more 
dangerous....extremely so.

Anyway, I would be interested in ALL INPUT AND PICTURES.

Tom, I know this is hard to quantify but just how hard is it to MAINTAIN 
your trailer on a yearly basis?  How long does it take you to bring it back 
by hand-rubbing?

Thanks for your input.

Ros