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mobeyone

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I have just bought a piece of furniture which has pitting on the aluminium surface.

Does anyone know if this can be treated at all?
 
polish? then re- anodise?

polish as in big mop on aa massive electric motor - not as in brasso.

or if its huge, weld, and re-skim, and re-polish?

take it back?

call it a feature / character? ;)
 
cheers mate!

its actually the table in the photo below.

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Just bought it from a dealer who has advised that there is some fair pitting to the surface of the alu plate where the tv sits.

Its not that bad... but i was wondering if there is a work around!

I am thinking character!
 
ooh - nice set up! if it's a brushed finish perhaps some very fine grade wire wool and some baby oil would do the trick.
 
Any work on Aluminium with abrasive must be done very carefully. Aluminium is by nature dull, like Pammy's car :D Its the oxide on the surface that gives it the sheen.
 
Could you not just flat it down with wet and dry (1000) and then dry it and de grease it before lacquering it ? :confused:

Probably that's a far too simple solution .... ;)
 
Its a beauty - i have been after this for years and is a very very rare piece of..... B&O!!!!

THe table has been stored in a warehouse for a few years and lots of damp has taken its toll on the aluminium surface.

I should have it delivered in a few weeks so will see how bad it is but the word fair was used which implies a slight abrasion to the surface?
 
No Lacqure turns yellow on ali and grease / oil is a definate no no :crazy:
 
Or buy a bigger tv:p :D

Seriuosly, I would go down Pammy's route with the wire wool.
Not too sure what she does with the baby oil though:crazy:
 
GRAV888 said:
Or buy a bigger tv:p :D

Seriuosly, I would go down Pammy's route with the wire wool.
Not too sure what she does with the baby oil though:crazy:

:p :p that'd be telling :p :p

But seriously - they recommend you use it on Stainless Steel stuff to maintain the sheen and protect from stains etc. I reckon the very fine grade wool - which polishes wood up a treat - with somne oil as a lubricant should do the job nicely;)
 
pammy said:
:p :p that'd be telling :p :p

But seriously - they recommend you use it on Stainless Steel stuff to maintain the sheen and protect from stains etc. I reckon the very fine grade wool - which polishes wood up a treat - with somne oil as a lubricant should do the job nicely;)

That's why I use wire wool on my wheels;)
 
When i worked as a location chef for a film company, we used to wipe the stainless surfaces on the cupboards etc with baby oil (not gallons, just enough to make it 'coated' ) to protect it as we moved from country to country , worked a treat .... smelt good too ;)

Other than that, take the top off and go to an alooy wheel specialist, slip him a drink and get it re-anodised.....
 
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If you have a couple of weeks to spare take a wire brush in a drill to the surface. Remove all the oxide and then go over it with wet and dry. leave to one side and allow the oxide to re grow. No I am not kidding. Any partial repair is going to stick out like a sore thumb, best remove everything and let nature take its course.

Howard said:
When i worked as a location chef for a film company, we used to wipe the stainless surfaces on the cupboards etc with baby oil (not gallons, just enough to make it 'coated' ) to protect it as we moved from country to country , worked a treat .... smelt good too
But thats on Stainless which is far tougher than aluminium
 
You will need to take the whole surface down to a point where everything is good. To do that properly and evenly you are going to need a (big!) flat bed surface grinder and them the same to wire brush back to a decent finish. Otherwise it will look crap.

The easier and maybe cheaper route is to have someone resurface it with new brushed aluminium?
 
resurface the bugger sounds good....

this isnt going to be cheap is it?!
 
The problem is, whatever you do, you just know that when you start, if it doesn't work ... :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
GRAV888 said:
Or buy a bigger tv:p :D

Seriuosly, I would go down Pammy's route with the wire wool.
Not too sure what she does with the baby oil though:crazy:

or bin it!!!

Will wait and see when i get it! thanks to all though!
 
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

DO NOT use wire wool on it... fercrissakes!!!!

the wool will become impregnated into the ali and cause a nightmare. If you do want to 'polish' ali with somthing very agressive, then foil, scrunched up.

or get a decent polishing set.

or get it skimmed - like a cylinder head. (id didnt realise it was basically flat)

Then get it re-anodized - but you will have to get the whole thing done in one go, or it will be very slightly different colours - whil will bug the cr@p out of me... Again - you have to remove the original anodising first... which is more polishing...

ooop north there are PLENTY of metal shops - not like down here... so just take it apart, take it to your nearest / local / best polishing dude and chuck him 20 - 30 quid (you can buy a house with that much cant you up your way? ;) )...

good luck

or ignore it / put the telly on the bad bit / dont wipe the dust off (tell 'er its vibration damping polymer coating and is very delicate...?)
 
Excellent advice!

It is very heavy and wieghs a lot more than it looks.

As for house prices.. were catching up with you southerners!
 
In the picture the surface doesn't look anodised, just brushed. If it was anodised it wouldn't have corroded in the first place.
You could easily re brush the surface with emery cloth or wet and dry.
 

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