Aluminum Panel Refinishing

[Akimbeau]

An update on my refinishing. I started with a panel in the trunk and used the Maroon scotchBrite pad. It was quite a chore to get thru the light corrosion the panel had and give it a uniform finish. I had an idea to make it easier, and as a test, I put my palm sander on top of the Maroon pad and it made very fast work of getting rid of the corrosion. I worked the sander in straight lines, just as I had done when hand sanding. As was expected, it left some very small circular marks along with the straight line marks but with just a few additional hand sanding strokes they went away. I'd say using the palm sander on the pad uses 25% the time and effort of just hand sanding...maybe even more! It'll make quick work of all the remaining panels.