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little round scrolls on aluminium sheet
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    little round scrolls on aluminium sheet

    Anyone know how to do those fancy circles you see on aluminium tankers?
    David

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    Re: little round scrolls on aluminium sheet

    The DIY method is to put some fine steel wool into the chuck of a power drill and hold it gently against the alloy. Just a second or two for each spot. Try it on some scrap aluminium first - the result should impress you.

    Norm C

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    Re: little round scrolls on aluminium sheet

    Jewelling as it is called is done similar to what Norm suggested.
    You use a sanding pad with a flexidrive shaft with a leather pad and some heavy cutting compound or fine grinding paste. Suggested to have a board with notches at the correct spacings for the shaft of the sanding disc to sit in to stop wandering with.

    Practice makes perfect as in everything else. It takes a bit of fiddling around to get spacings good and amount of polishing right.

    I have also seen it done with a scotchbright pad on a velcro sanding pad with ok effects, it polishes more than jewells the surface.
    Jack.

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    Re: little round scrolls on aluminium sheet

    These little suckers do a great job.
    http://www.australianabrasives.com/3mroloc.htm
    Look for the surface conditioning discs

    I'd be cautious about the steel wool.
    Steel wool+aluminium boat+salt= mess
    I intend on living for-ever....so far so good


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    Re: little round scrolls on aluminium sheet

    Surface conditioning discs
    I intend on living for-ever....so far so good


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