Yep, the alclad is 5 thousandth of an inch thick. (.005"). It's rare to find it on both sides of a panel, though. I'm working on a posting about the holographic effect & polishing, but with such beautiful spring weather I can't stay in front of the computer long enough. Will be traveling this week, so may use the laptop to finish it up then. RJ Robert / Susan Harper wrote: > > >the Rolite Sealer is the front-runner for the moment. Checked the > >Caravel this weekend, and the shine/seal job from last spring looks > >pretty good still. > >RJ > >'65 Caravel > > RJ, I was hoping to get some further comment from you re: your > restoration/polishing experience (really nice job w/ the web site: > http://www.vintageairstream.com/rr_home.html ) and the holographic effect > you described at the final Rolite (AP300) stage with the Cyclo. What was the > cause of the "holographic effect"? Are you seeing patterns left by the > Cyclo, and if so, from what step? > I'm not sure the super reflective final product is what I want, since I had > several areas of surface damage, and have witnessed your described > "sand-through" of the alclad coating. A question on that specifically: the > text at the above site says the alclad has a thickness of .05", and it > appears to me to be coated both sides (I flipped over a panel and the inside > shined-up nicely). So that makes a total thickness of .1" for the cladding. > That's thicker than the skin itself. Errant decimal? Is the cladding > thickness .005"? To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original text from your reply.
