Originally Posted by
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Very cool, thank you.
If you stop at the 0000 steel wool should you be rubbing on some kind of protectant?
I know mothers is not only polishing the metal but also leaving behind a thin protectant that will prevent oxidation.
I don't know that Mother's leaves any protection. When you use Mothers and it turns black you're actually removing aluminum (aluminum dust is black). I can;t imagine that if it's removing aluminum it's leaving anything behind.
Here's the product page for Mother's:
http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05100-05101_b.html
Makes no mention of protection. I've been wiping on Nu Finish after polishing lately...I think it adds a tad of shine and I have to think a little silicone is being left behind in micro scratches that will provide some protection.
The beauty of bare aluminum ALLOY (haha) is if it starts to get funky, just Mother's it again...easy as cake. Once you get the hard work of scratch removal and polishing done a quick touch up is just that, quick.