Polishing Aluminum Tank

It’s a harbor freight special. I did a lot of hand sanding in those areas. That tank took me 8 hours of work. The one on the other side still looks the same as this one did before I polished it. And it’s been a year.

Lol

Heck the one in the picture needs polishing again.

 

Ya i didn't even do my rims. Got the tanks, the step boxes under the doors, the sale box on the left side and the rigmaster cover on the right side. That was 4 days. Wheels will wait for another day. Since i have steel inside rims on the drives im seriously thinking of buying 6 new ones or used but in better shape than mine and cleaning them up one at a time when sitting at the house.

Is the sander an oscillating one or does it just spin?

 

It’s an oscillating DA sander. I even had to use 36 grit on a 7 in grinder on some of it. Like the face of the wheels. Mine were pitted bad. 180 grit wouldn’t of even made a dent in it. I’ve got plans to get the other tank done and have new polished wheels sitting in the shop. I will spend a week cleaning, repolishing and mounting new tool boxes on the trailer. Problem is the money is to good to stop at the moment.

 

That looks really good, nice work.