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 Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:26 am Post subject: Polishing |
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The coarsest grit ACS offers from Nuvite is G6. Several listers have recommended F7 or F9 for the first pass, which as far as I know is only available from the Nuvite website. Something about the difference between "Coated" and "Uncoated" aluminum. All Zenith aluminum is uncoated.
I finally got far enough ahead on my winterization to actually work on the project, and have found out that G6 is about worthless for taking out normal "Shop rash" scratches. You can polish your guts out and the metal just looks back and says "I dare you".
My horoscope today says that I'm going to throw good money after bad. Just ordered 1lb of F9. Hope I didn't.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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bryanmmartin
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: Polishing |
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Most aircraft aluminum is 2024 alclad, which has a coating of pure aluminum. This coating is soft and polishes up relatively easily. The 6064 used on the Zenith aircraft is harder and takes more work to polish. I can tell you that it does polish up nicely and once you get it there, it holds up well. The F9 should do the job nicely if you have a decent compounding polisher and bonnets.
Check out http://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/ and click on the "Polishing Center" link. They have all grades of Nuvite and some good tools for applying it. Check out the velcro backing plate and wool polishing pads, they work very well.
Click on this link: http://www.zenithair.com/events.htm and look at the top photo at the bottom of the page. That's my polished Zodiac on the left in front of the Zenith hangar.
On Nov 12, 2006, at 12:25 PM, Bill Naumuk wrote:
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The coarsest grit ACS offers from Nuvite is G6. Several listers have recommended F7 or F9 for the first pass, which as far as I know is only available from the Nuvite website. Something about the difference between "Coated" and "Uncoated" aluminum. All Zenith aluminum is uncoated.
I finally got far enough ahead on my winterization to actually work on the project, and have found out that G6 is about worthless for taking out normal "Shop rash" scratches. You can polish your guts out and the metal just looks back and says "I dare you".
My horoscope today says that I'm going to throw good money after bad. Just ordered 1lb of F9. Hope I didn't.
Bill NaumukHDS FuselageTownville, Pa
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject: Polishing |
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Bryan-
Must be what Nuvite is talking about.
F9 should be in by Wednesday. Will give the list progress report shortly thereafter.
I have 7" HF rotary, 6" HF orbital, and Sears 9" orbital polishers. Bonnets don't last long considering I'm working around rivets. Still, I'm glad I decided to polish before I had to do it all uphand.
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Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
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tshank(at)core.com
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: Polishing |
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Bryan,
The F9 will work for you, just remember Nuvite recommends a compounding bonnet for the heavy stuff. I did all mine with a 6 inch Sears polisher
Tim Shankland
Bill Naumuk wrote:
[quote] Bryan-
Must be what Nuvite is talking about.
F9 should be in by Wednesday. Will give the list progress report shortly thereafter.
I have 7" HF rotary, 6" HF orbital, and Sears 9" orbital polishers. Bonnets don't last long considering I'm working around rivets. Still, I'm glad I decided to polish before I had to do it all uphand.
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Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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From: Bryan Martin (bryanmmartin(at)comcast.net)
To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com (zenith-list(at)matronics.com)
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: Polishing
Most aircraft aluminum is 2024 alclad, which has a coating of pure aluminum. This coating is soft and polishes up relatively easily. The 6064 used on the Zenith aircraft is harder and takes more work to polish. I can tell you that it does polish up nicely and once you get it there, it holds up well. The F9 should do the job nicely if you have a decent compounding polisher and bonnets.
Check out http://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/ and click on the "Polishing Center" link. They have all grades of Nuvite and some good tools for applying it. Check out the velcro backing plate and wool polishing pads, they work very well.
Click on this link: http://www.zenithair.com/events.htm and look at the top photo at the bottom of the page. That's my polished Zodiac on the left in front of the Zenith hangar.
On Nov 12, 2006, at 12:25 PM, Bill Naumuk wrote:
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The coarsest grit ACS offers from Nuvite is G6. Several listers have recommended F7 or F9 for the first pass, which as far as I know is only available from the Nuvite website. Something about the difference between "Coated" and "Uncoated" aluminum. All Zenith aluminum is uncoated.
I finally got far enough ahead on my winterization to actually work on the project, and have found out that G6 is about worthless for taking out normal "Shop rash" scratches. You can polish your guts out and the metal just looks back and says "I dare you".
My horoscope today says that I'm going to throw good money after bad. Just ordered 1lb of F9. Hope I didn't.
Bill Naumuk HDS Fuselage Townville, Pa
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