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Offline gray63

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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2012, 08:40:07 AM »
Rob,
My white trailer has gray stains down the side, but not quite as bad as yours. My stains are from the acid rain in combination
with the aluminum roof. I have tried quite a few cleaners, but none work very well. I have resigned myself to try buffing the trailer or
painting it a light grey. to hide future stains.

Thanks for taking the time to show me your streamliner and GT Corvette on Saturday. Quite an impressive setup to
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Offline Ron Gibson

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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2012, 02:40:41 PM »
Did you try bleach? Looks to me to possibly be mold.

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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2012, 03:20:25 PM »
Around here, to have your vintage Airstream cleaned and polished is a mere $100/foot! (or so I'm told, ymmv.)

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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2012, 12:54:24 AM »
Did you try bleach? Looks to me to possibly be mold.

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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2012, 01:19:21 AM »
I've used Aluma-brite with success on large aluminum sheets. It will remove most stains. Just keep it away from paint or plastic parts. Not cheap, but works good.
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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2012, 10:56:35 AM »
There is no magic bullet. A lot of products out there claim to remove black streaks but none really work completely (from our experience). Degreasers works the best (simple green or equivilent) but it should be diluted. Old oxidized pre finished aluminum will thin when cleaning. After degreasing, carefull hand rubbing with a mild compound will do the finish cleaning but you will rub through on old stuff. I found that Mothers cleaner wax works well and not as abrasive as compound. The most effective restore is...............Paint.
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Offline Dean Los Angeles

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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2012, 11:03:08 AM »
I think you have to realize there is no hope. The stain was probably because the paint was already oxidized.

The amount of work to make it semi-not-stained vs repainting . . .
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Re: Removing bad stains from a trailer?
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2012, 02:08:30 PM »
I think you have to realize there is no hope. The stain was probably because the paint was already oxidized.

The amount of work to make it semi-not-stained vs repainting . . .
BINGO! If you follow my recommendation you can see that if you replace rubbing with sanding most of the repaint labor is already done. Of course the cost of materials goes way up.
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