Oldfeller--FSO
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Use a mild stripper to take off the clear coat.
Me, I don't like to use normal caustic paint stripper because it discolors the metal underneath making more work for later polishing steps.
You notice the boys keep saying "air craft stripper" but where do you buy such like stuff out in normal land ????
If you can't find air craft stripper just get some 320 and 400 wet or dry sandpaper and use the 320 to remove the eat up clear coat and get an even appearance to the aluminum corrosion underneath.
Keep sanding with the 320 over a few weeks until you have it all off and the surface seems stable, then switch to 400 until the surface gets nice and smooth and shiny looking.
Here's the trick, the same old piece of 400 will begin to polish after a while as it wears out. And you will find that "polish" quickly becomes keeping an even small pattern of scratch marks in the same grain orientation that appeals to your eye while removing oxides and ugly spots.
Once it looks right to you, mask it in place and paint it with a clear rattle can from Wal-Mart auto section.
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Bill's method given below would only take 2-3 weeks worth of of endless rubbing to go nowhere, so normal people will want to stick with the fine fine 400 grit sandy side .....
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