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Polishing a aluminum MB/MBP/MBA?
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Feb 12, 2009, 09:36 PM
 
Has anybody tried polishing their aluminum-hulled notebook with Nevr-Dull or similar products? I polished a brushed stainless steel pen to a shine once, and wonder what a MB/MBP/MBA would look like with a mirror-like finish on the outside.
     
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Feb 13, 2009, 02:30 AM
 
Unless you treated it or constantly kept polishing, I suspect it would oxidize right back down to dullness again within a few days/weeks.

Might be a nifty effect, though.
     
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Feb 13, 2009, 01:55 PM
 
Nah, I'm a little to paranoid that I'd do something to wreck the appearance.
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Feb 20, 2009, 02:52 PM
 
Aluminum only oxidizes under very specific and violent circumstances. Simply leaving it out in the air will do nothing.

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