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« on: February 04, 2014, 11:27:24 am » |
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OK,
have bought an old medical cabinet and its made of glass & aluminium [thats aluminum guys]
now have stripped it of paint and want to polish it up.
now i have used autosol for lots of metal polishing jobs here in the UK but i distinctly
remember someone on the forum restoring an old Ajax i think it was, hot nut vendor
using some kind of specialised aluminium polish or paste that made it more than sparkle.
now no tools in my workshop, all done by hand, so no major tool polishing options just
want some advice or products that you guys use to really shine aluminum to gleaming
well at least i think it was this forum.........
many thanks in advance
GP
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tkaz
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2014, 11:32:59 am » |
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I use Flitz on most of my polishing jobs these days, works great.
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Larry
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2014, 11:45:22 am » |
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A lot of stuff.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2014, 12:52:51 pm » |
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I have had good luck on aluminum trim using jewelers rouge and a high speed polishing wheel. Ive never done big panels but the rouge will polish it like chrome and polish out fine scratches too.
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Jeffmon
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2014, 01:36:44 pm » |
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You definitely don't want to use high speed on aluminum or you will burn it, the rouge is fine to use although there are specific polish bars for aluminum, but 1800 rpm max is the highest speed you will want to use, seeing most bench grinders and big box store polishers run at 3600 rpm's I would be very carefull...
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BONOVOX
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2014, 03:30:23 pm » |
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I agree Flitz works well... you can pick it up on Amazon.com  |
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2014, 06:06:40 pm » |
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Flitz
It seems to work well on everything. I really like it on stainless.
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MCarter
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2014, 08:12:36 pm » |
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I like "Mothers Alum. Wheel Polish" Works really well.
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aristocrat
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« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2014, 03:33:57 am » |
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thx everyone for prompt relies, its much appreciated
looks like a lot of you guys use Flitz!
its not available on Ebay UK [am in England], but is available on Amazon UK.
from the internet it states Flitz made in Germany, and only distributed in USA?
yet only Flitz products on Ebay Germany are from same US international sellers.
do you think it could be sold under a different name in Europe?
if it was, maybe easier & cheaper for me to source here in UK?
gp
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« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2014, 09:19:00 am » |
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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2014, 09:40:19 am » |
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More importantly, I'd love to see pics of the cabinet...................
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aristocrat
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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2014, 11:21:07 am » |
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hello everyone, thx for all the input and advice etc its much appreciated
heres a pix of the cabinet
GP
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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2014, 12:59:30 pm » |
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Looks great!
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« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2014, 01:39:00 pm » |
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that turned out nice... so what's going in it?
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tkaz
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« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2014, 01:45:09 pm » |
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Wow, I really like that all polished up, very cool cabinet! What did you end up using?
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« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2014, 02:01:31 pm » |
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Beautiful cabinet! I think those lovely 7up Cans from UK Ebay would look GREAT in there  That's something even the Mrs would like!!! |
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« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2014, 03:07:24 pm » |
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Looks great. Did you end up polishing it with Flitz?
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« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2014, 05:25:24 pm » |
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« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2014, 07:06:59 pm » |
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Wow that does look really great, I'd also be curious to know what you ended up using ?
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aristocrat
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« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2014, 05:30:45 am » |
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hello everyone,
and thanks for the comments, yes its a nice cabinet but too big
to go where we had wanted to put it, well its too deep actually.
i am ashamed to say that after asking for all your advice i didnt
actually but any flitz.......ooops! so just used my usual cleaner
autosol and then just cleaned with spirit and then various wire
wool grades and spirits until i had had enough of it really and just
uploaded it onto ebay and hope it sells,
cabinet is difficult to date but i would expect around 1950.
the nameplate on it is a london [wigmore st]pharmacy and they have
been at the wigmore street for over x100 years [1912]
GP
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aristocrat
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« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2014, 09:13:02 am » |
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yes those 7up cans found under the floorboards over here in england
would look great in it, but thats down to the new owner now as it has
been sold.
it went on ebay uk and sold for just shy of $800, so at least have some
pennies to buy another slightly less deep model style that will get the
same treatment.
just have to be on the lookout to get a suitable cabinet at right price
GP
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