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

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:17 PM

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.

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:19 PM

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?

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:21 PM

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.

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:23 PM

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!

High five !!

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:25 PM

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!

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:28 PM

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!

**Superior Shine** · 04-22-2009, 07:31 PM

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

I LOVE MY JOB!

**imported_JoshVette** · 04-22-2009, 07:35 PM

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.

Josh

**Barry Theal** · 04-22-2009, 07:37 PM

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!

**oski83** · 04-22-2009, 07:38 PM

AWESOME! By far, the coolest thing Ive ever seen detailed

Great job!

**mburns813** · 04-22-2009, 07:38 PM

Wow, 50lbs of polish. That his looks great.

**MBurnickas** · 04-22-2009, 07:39 PM

Looks like hard Work

Did stimulus money pay fer that?

Some of your guys need some safety glasses.

**frito** · 04-22-2009, 07:40 PM

Wow that is so awesome. Great job!!! Thanks for the pics. That one will make a great story for many years to come.

**imported_Jakerooni** · 04-22-2009, 07:44 PM

My back is aching just looking at it. Un friggin real guys..

Question though. How do you manage the sheer power demand for 20 polishers at once?

And where does the plane go from here? Museum?