crowelle
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'60 Shasta Airflyte
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Post by crowelle on Jun 21, 2012 12:45:31 GMT -5
Don't know any other way to describe it, but my '60 Airflyte had an aluminum metal "bra" attached to the lower 1/3 of the front that presumably cuts down on dents caused by rocks, debris, etc. It looks kind of like a wrinkled leather look but in aluminum. I have removed it for painting of the trailer, but want to put it back on - but would like to clean it up first. I can get it sort of shiny using a wire brush attachment to a drill. Tried using Mother's aluminum polish, but only got dark grey tarnishing-- seemed to react to something in the polish. Wondering if anyone had luck polishing this type of surface with anything else?
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Post by universalexports on Jun 21, 2012 13:14:15 GMT -5
mothers polish will usually turn blackish quite a bit, specially if the metal is a bit dirty or old, you might try hitting it with another coat. sometimes you have to rub the grime out with a few coats.
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Gone Kayaking
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long live the Vintage Shasta Trailer Forum....we're gone but you are not forgotten!
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Post by Gone Kayaking on Jun 21, 2012 14:11:49 GMT -5
keep rubbing the dark grey comes before it gets shiny. Related, saw a great bra this weekend that a guy had made out of padded vinyl which snapped on to the front of his trailer www.tnttt.com/gallery/image.php?image_id=67995. You can see it and the rest of his build here... Very cool. |
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cowcharge
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I suffer from Shastasomiasis.
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Post by cowcharge on Jun 21, 2012 14:13:40 GMT -5
That's nice!
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Post by diamondrelics on Jun 21, 2012 21:45:38 GMT -5
I think most people put those on Shasta's not for the rocks but because the tongue is so short and cars had big back end they tended to hit the front of the trailer if turned too sharp. I'm sure they do help with rocks also. The best aluminum polish I ever found came from a Kenworth dealer. It was a 2 part compound and worked awesome. The truckers loved it.
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