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20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

We were recently contracted to polish a WW2 B17 Flying Fortress.

We were exhilarated and honored to have been trusted with a fabulous artifact of American history.


This job was HUGE. It has to have been the largest and most difficult job Superior Shine have ever undertaken.

We found the aircraft to have a satin sheen to it.

Our job was to restore the aluminum to a brilliant shine worthy of this American Hero.





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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

DAY ONE ........


We started with the underside to escape working in direct sun light. The first day was forecast to be the warmest. The weather was pleasant but did warm up a bit.

Ever wonder how fun it would be to buff over your head?









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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

You can see in this picture the difference between the dull and freshly polished sides.





DAY TWO ..........

We still had lots of work to complete on underside. We started moving teams out on to the fuselage and wings.










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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

DAY THREE.........

We are now in our "groove" and progressing nicely.

Notice how much surface area just one wing is. Keep in mind we had to do top and bottom. Then there was the other side to do!









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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

DAY FOUR..........

We are starting to feel the effects on our bodies of long days polishing. We have sore arms and backs. Fuddy is starting to reveal some of his shine. That motivates the team and we polish on. We are almost there!







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DAY FIVE............


The threat of rain keeps us indoors. Today is the day we put that final polish on the plane. We perform our clean up an double check every square inch for shine!















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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!






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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

Wow, you really blow me away with getting these kinds of jobs, my hat is off to you.

Nice work on making that thing shine.

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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

simply amazing! im speechless! joe one of these days this army guy has to come out and do one with ya! hooooaaaah there man!!! outstanding and standing tall!
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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

AWESOME! By far, the coolest thing Ive ever seen detailed Great job!
 
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Wow, 50lbs of polish. That his looks great.
 
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Re: 20 screaming polishers, 50 pounds of polish, 600+ man hours......

Looks like hard Work Did stimulus money pay fer that? Some of your guys need some safety glasses.
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