[VAL] Re: New (old) subject: polishing

["Tony Seidel" <tonyseidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been attempting, a little each day, to hand polish my 66  Caravel. 
Using Met-All aluminum polish. I put a little on a dry cloth, rub til my 
arthritus screams stop and the polish has turned black. Then I rub again 
with the opposite arm to get it off. It is an excruciatingly long 
process and my consumption of muscle relaxers is reaching the danger 
point.  Question: Is there a better polish? I have a random-orbital 
buffer and tried to to remove the black gunk, but one pass and the pad 
is so black I can't use it.  Should I moisten the cloth before applying 
polish? At the rate i'm going, I'll be done sometime in '07. It's also 
virtually impossible to get out of the cracks/scratches and other 
40-year old blemishes.

Tony in Sonora