Polished my firewall

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:15 pm

Over the last several weeks, I've been working on polishing my firewall. I started with some stuff called Nevr Dull, then worked thru the three step rouges (I used the second two...the first is for well worn or rusted metal) from Caswell, and finally the Caswell liquid stainless steel polish.

It went from this-

To this!

The Caswell kit is $50, and does a fantastic job!

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/sspolkit.html

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:40 am

WOW! I don't know to say.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:12 am

Chad, you mentioned that you did this over the phone but the picture looks GREAT!

Awesome job!

The red mount will contrast well!

CJ

chappyd · Post by **chappyd** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:14 am

Haven't you got some riveting to do ?

Chad, I like your brake pedals. Are they powder coated? I've been wondering what to do with mine - polish them or paint. Seems like the paint would wear at some point, but powder coating might be an answer.

weezbad · Post by **weezbad** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:29 am

looks very nice chad.
are you building a show plane ? just curious with all the little touches you've added. i cant wait to see this plane finished. i'll be sure not to park beside you.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:42 am

chappyd wrote:Haven't you got some riveting to do ?

Not yet...more is coming, but not yet.

chappyd wrote:Chad, I like your brake pedals. Are they powder coated? I've been wondering what to do with mine - polish them or paint. Seems like the paint would wear at some point, but powder coating might be an answer.

My brake pedals are just painted red. I think it will wear off over time, but I also think that polished or powder coated pedals would be slick with wet soles.

I'm just gonna see how the paint goes for now...

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:45 am

weezbad wrote:looks very nice chad.
are you building a show plane ? just curious with all the little touches you've added. i cant wait to see this plane finished. i'll be sure not to park beside you.

Thanks Willy! No, I'm not building a show plane...I just get these ideas that "hmm, that might look kinda neat", and try it. Since I'm not on ANY kind of schedule to get this thing done, I'm trying some unique touches to "make it mine".

BTW...I hope we can ALL park next to one another one day!!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:06 pm

That looks great Chad. I might just polish mine up too. You know the firewall is one mistake I made. When I got mine it had a small little crease in the upper right corner, nothing big and for sure not a structural problem and I didn;t screech about it to Van's. I've kicked myself several times for not requesting a different one before getting it all riveted together.

Oh well, live and learn.

I agree, that polished firewall should be easier to clean too.

That will be fun when we all get done and can get together at a RB flyin and have a row of planes setting there that were built by the group. I'll feel like I know each plane individually.