[ARC5] Taigh Ramey - please contact me - AL cleaning.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

I thought I would ask Taigh about this, PLUS ask the collective wisdom 
while I was at it.

Every time I see another photo of a restored warbird, whoever has done 
the work has polished the aluminum until it looks like a mirror.

I have tried any number of methods to obtain the same effect and, so 
far, have failed. Not only failed, but failed miserably.

In fact, I STILL have not come up with a relatively simple method to 
even CLEAN the aluminum acceptably.

Nothing I have used so far has done even a fair job of cleaning all the 
surface garbage off aluminum, let alone making it shine.

So, I guess I have TWO different questions here: 1) how do YOU 
thoroughly and effectively CLEAN aluminum, I.e. BC-458s, and 2) how 
do YOU give aluminum that beautiful mirror shine?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Ken Gordon W7EKB