Quote Originally Posted by Phatmiata View Post
It was polished, what happened ???
I got tired of trying to maintain it and thought I was going to paint it. I put matte black on it. Didn't like it.

Can't afford a proper color-matched paint job right now, so I'm back with bare aluminum.

It's going to patina ugly really quickly, but I'm formulating a plan to get it cleaned up and get some clear on it. I may go just short of full polish and try to work a satin effect. Got to get some abrasive paper for the DA sander and figure out what kind of coating to get.