Best product/technique to use on unpainted aluminum

[imported_FLAWLESS]

I`m working on a Lotus 7, and the entire bottom half is unpainted aluminum. After doing the (painted) upper sections, I started on the bottom with DACP and the maroon cutting pad on the DA. Aside from gumming up my pad and turning it pitch black, it wasn`t creating any good results.

I don`t need to make a mirror out of it but want it to look polished. Any ideas on where to go with this?

I also clayed it first, and took a little junk off, but it was turning my clay black and not really doing much.

Thanks in advance for the info guys.

[forrest@mothers]

You need an aluminum polish, not a paint polish.



There are lots of metal polishes out there - Mothers, Eagle One, Semichrome, Flitz, Wenol, etc. Take your pick.

[Jesstzn]

You might even want to try Never Dull as it is a treated cotton wadding and with the area your working on you could unroll 4" or so and have a 3 x 4 " pad to work with. I used a 3 x 4" piece under the 4" pad on a cordless Orbital to do an aluminum firewall panel.