Painting Mountain Mods UFO

[Daddyjaxx]

I've had a non painted anodized aluminum UFO for about 4 years now. After all of the abuse it has taken, it is tarnished, dirty, and scratched. I'd like to paint it. Since it is already at bare metal, do I still have to sand it down or do I just apply primer, paint, and clearcoat?

Is there any good aluminum cleaner that I could use in lieu of painting it?

[clone38]

You will still have to sand it down so that the primer(etch primer) then paint can take hold to the case,why not get it powdercoated?

[BlueAqua]

If you're going to paint aluminum it would be a good idea to get a good aluminum etching primer.

You could just polish the whole thing, that might be nice.

[zuess]

I've had a non painted anodized aluminum UFO for about 4 years now. After all of the abuse it has taken, it is tarnished, dirty, and scratched. I'd like to paint it. Since it is already at bare metal, do I still have to sand it down or do I just apply primer, paint, and clearcoat?

Is there any good aluminum cleaner that I could use in lieu of painting it?

Autosol makes a good polisher, I use one called "Shine".
Once your done polishing you can use any car wax.

The wax will even keep finger prints from showing.

hope that helps