Sonex Nuvite Polishing Instructions - Manual (Page 4)

needed surface preparation for painting does not take a great deal less
time and effort that this polishing process, and your aircraft will be lighter.
- Another consideration is that you will most likely find the grass around
your airplane to suffer greatly more traffic damage at airshows than
others.
Also: FYI –
1. Yes, you can paint over areas polished with Nuvite NuShine II polishes
with thorough, standard surface preparation. Although, as a suggestion,
painting after the compounding phase, and before you do the final finish
would be ideal. Final polishing will not harm cured paint or masked areas.
Use Nuvite NuImage to clean black residue off paint after polishing –
works great for debugging and cleanup of polished metal without fogging,
too.
2. If you have surface scratches and blemishes that the above polishing
procedures will not remove, contact Nuvite for specific procedures.
3. No, we do not know of any coating that will help to protect your polish job
beyond the protection built into NuShine II. Anything between you and the
finish you will achieve WILL dull the image you see, and when you are
ready to polish again, you will have to etch strip the coating away to keep
it from fouling the buffing pads, the polish, and the expected result.
Stripping will cause you to have to start the “healing” process all over
again.
4. If you allow water to dry on the surface of your polished airplane, it is
almost certain to get hard-to-remove white spots in the image. This
comes from the dust from the air that contains salts and alkalines that
dissolve in the water spots. As the spot dries, the water goes away,
leaving a stronger and stronger “brine” of chemicals that will etch into your
surface. It does the same thing on paint. It can be avoided by wiping the
surfaces dry with a synthetic chamois or similar prior to the moisture
drying up.
5. Most likely, you will find the need to repolish again before the first year is
up –just a quick pass with Grade C and finish with Grade S as before –not
the whole compounding process. However, after that, experience has
shown, that with reasonable care, your polish job will remain quite
acceptable for as long as a year or maybe longer, depending on weather
encountered and storage care. This is consistent with the metal surface
being “healed” to a tight, oxidation-free surface.
6. “Show Finish” Hangaring suggestion: In high humidity climates, in closed
hangars with concrete floors – keep a small fan running slowly during the
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