Re: [SilverStreak] Interrior/Exterior Finish

["Eddie" <Eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mitch,
Congrats on your successful trip and now your back in Kansas!

Your right, you cannot polish anodized aluminum but it sure can be cleaned 
up. The only sensitive finish is the gold anodized trim, so care with that 
but the rest can tolerate just about anything. Once cleaned, Ken Wilson uses 
a product that really makes the aluminum look great as I have seen it. Good 
job for the kids while you sit and supervise. Try everything from kitchen 
cleaners to car wax for the scuffs etc. Go with mild soaps like Dawn, Ajax, 
Dove, Palmolive on the Gold. Always wash bottom-up to avoid the typical 
run-wash-streaks with lot's of rinsing in the Kansas heat. Then when waxing 
with something like Kit liquid, it will help to do very small areas and take 
the wax off while wet to avoid harder work. Then buff the haze.

Use no harsh chemicals on the plastic corner windows, and nothing ammonia 
based on the plastic windows. Fantastic and 409 have ammonia as does Windex. 
Ammonia turns plastic yellow. Plastic windows respond well to wax, 
especially if take it off while still wet.

I saw your pix and the chrome wheels look like the very rare originals. Use 
0000 steel wool as necessary and liquid Kit wax to clean up the chrome and 
then polish and shine with the wax twice yearly. Use Mop-N-Glow on the 
rubber tires to shine and stop UV, then cover them with anything to stop the 
UV. I learned about the M-N-G from a Yokohama tire rep. Armorall hurts the 
rubber. MNG does not and dries to hard shell shine. I use it. It works. More 
you coat the shinier. Keep it off aluminum as it is only removable by 
ammonia base soaps and ammonia dulls high polished aluminum and paint. 
Ammonia will not hurt the non-Gold anodized skin and removes the grease in 
the pores.

Try Goof Off, WD 40, Lacquer Thinner, MEK, like that for the sticky stuff. 
Keep off plastics with the harsher stuff as will instantly cloud the 
plastics.

You better get the kids to build that new barn you always wanted. The put 
the Streak in that.
-Eddie- Houston, TX

----- Original Message ----- 

> Hello,,
>
> Just got back this afternoon from picking up my 1973 Silver Streak
> Continental Saturn. It is a wonderful trailer and have already started the
> work on her. Gave her a good scrubbing this afternoon. I know there has 
> been
> much discussion on what can be done with the exterior. I hope that there 
> is
> a product or technique that will help give it a smooth even look. I know 
> you
> can't shine them to a mirror finish and I don't want to, just trying to 
> get
> it to look the best I can. I am also looking to update the interior finish
> and wondered if anyone had painted or used other methods to change the
> interior?  Ours has a lot of scuffs and some places where there were
> stickers/ decals that we would like to fix. All help is appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mitch