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William Dominguez
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 Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject: Nuvite Polishing and Swirl Marks |
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Recently finished my right wing and decided that it is now a good time to polish it while being in the shop. I bought Nuvite G6 among all the necessary recommended consumables. It is producing a nice shine but with some very noticeable swirls. I'm using a regular compound polisher, the nuvite site recommends the cyclo polisher to remove the swirls, this is a very expensive product. Is there any other way to remove this swirls? Does a lower grade and the compound polisher works in removing the swirls?
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William Dominguez
Zodiac 601XLB Plans
Miami, Florida
http://sites.google.com/site/billplane/
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: Nuvite Polishing and Swirl Marks |
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I'm doing the same thing, except to my plane before the wings are reinstalled prior to completing the upgrade. This will make the third time I've polished it in it's lifetime, though it really should have been done a lot more frequently! I don't use any other grades of Nuvite except "C" and "S". Prior to that I wet sand with 1500 grit sandpaper to remove any corrosion. After that I use a Wool Pad to apply the "C" and my trusty Craftsman Orbital Sander with old flannel or sweatshirt material to apply the "S". No noticeable swirl marks.
Phil Maxson
601XLB/Corvair
Northwest New Jersey
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William Dominguez
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: Nuvite Polishing and Swirl Marks |
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I already have an orbital waxer/polisher and an orbital sander finisher. Will experiment with them using flannels as Phil suggested.
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William Dominguez
From: FLYaDIVE <flyadive(at)gmail.com>
To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 8:14:00 PM
Subject: Re: Nuvite Polishing and Swirl Marks
William:
What you want is an ORBITAL polisher or sander.
Polishing in a single axis rotation motion will give you swirls.
Also you DO NOT want high speed, you want something around 600 RPM.
I am not home right now but if you remind me I will look up the name and company where I purchased such an item for doing windshields.
HEAT and rotation is your enemy keep the surface cool and use a random pattern... That is what the ORBITAL action is for.
Barry
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:08 pm Post subject: Nuvite Polishing and Swirl Marks |
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William,
I left you a reply at zenith.aero. I also left a link to some photos I took of my plane along with a discussion on swirl removal that took place late last year. In the discussion, I give the process that I used in polishing my plane. Hope this helps. The link is:
http://www.zenith.aero/photo/before-2/prev?context=user
Jerry
N316JL 70hrs.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: Nuvite Polishing and Swirl Marks |
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Barry wrote: "DO NOT WET SAND the aluminum. ...
Why you may ask?
Sheet aluminums have a very thin coating known as Clear Anodize. It is only about 0.0001" thick and it is there to prevent corrosion - Aluminum Oxide. "
Can't this very thin layer of clear anodize be removed by the coarser grade treatments in the Nuvite polishing regime? Whenever I polish, even with some of the finer grades of Nuvite, I come home covered with black aluminum residue. Definitely 0.0001" worth!
Phil
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