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Hi again-We bought the cyclo and materials from a website
called perfectpolish.com, they explained all of it pretty well-Used a makita
variable speed with wool pads for the cutting, after using Dads stripper and 3M
pads, with rubber gloves, to take off the plastic or whatever- We used 3M heavy
duty instead of Nuvite for the cutting, because the Nuvite is incredibly
expensive compared to 3M for the rough work, and the 3M seems to work just as
well, sometimes better- The finish isn't perfect, because this trailer has
been "well traveled", but still looks very good, considering it is a
1969, and a repeat of the polishing in another year will be further
improvement, I'm sure- swirls by the Makita were pretty well removed by the
Cyclo, and the only places I actually see further small swirls are on the very
round surfaces- we're still hand polishing quite a few of the hard to get at
places-removed all the surface hardware, lights, etc., polished where they were,
re-sealed with silicone, and put the stuff back on with stainless
fasteners-Tried to eliminate all non aluminum or stainless on the outside of the
unit-(My neighbor is a Deputy Sheriff, and questioned the legality of pulling a
giant mirror down the road-I'm never sure if he is kidding or not) I wanted to
polish the outside before finishing the inside, because I considered this to be
the most difficult, time and labor consuming thing we had to do-Last year we
polished our 23 foot Spartan, and although that is a 1947, the airstream with
the coating on the aluminum was twice as difficult to do, not to mention
bigger. Rolland
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