Polishing Aluminium armor plates

I have just finished bending my armor plates. What is the best way of Polishing Aluminium armor plates?

just basic wax polish worked nice for me once...but that was on a car

if it's unpainted aluminum you can go through the same process i use for polishing a cold cast helmet. start sanding with 400, and work your way up to 800 and 1000, then get meguiars all metal polish. apply it with a cotton ball then take it off with a mcdonalds napkin.

I finally got around to start polishing my armor plates. I am using SILVO metal polish. Here is a before and after picture of the shoulder plates. I was thinking it would be best not to polish the metal to perfectly, so that any minor scratches and dents it picks up, don’t stand out to much.

Wow that looks great! What would happen it it does come into contact with a painted portion?

Thanks JangoTex.

Originally Posted by JangoTex

Wow that looks great! What would happen if it does come into contact with a painted portion?

I think SILVO would probably remove or damage some paints.