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IF you want to do the work to polish, then you can do it in a simple way, but it will require elbow grease (A lot of it). Start with a large batch of different grit "wet and Dry" sand paper. I would use 600, to 2500 grit in my selection. Get a can of WD-40 to use as the lubricant for the sand paper. Spray the paper and the aluminum and start sanding. work your way from the 600 to the 2500 in stages to get the aluminum smooth. Now go to Harbor Freight or go on-line to Eastwood and purchase some rubbing compounds that is used for aluminum. Start with the grey for cleaning up the aluminum and then use the green to polish. Follow up with the white to give the aluminum color or final polish. I use a cheap air die grinder in my shop that you can buy just about anywhere and then put a tapered tool in it to allow for the use of what is called "Razor buffs" (Look them up on the internet) They are small round buffing wheels and they mount on the tapered tool to allow for polishing in tight spaces. Yellow for cutting aluminum (use with the grey polish), white for the green and white polishes.

Put polish on the buff and then apply to the aluminum. Do not put a lot of pressure on the buff, the polish does the work, not the pressure. Hold the buff to your fingernail and that is about as hard as you want it to go onto your metal. Clean your work with WD-40 and finally with a paint detail spray.