Tower speakers need some attention

[andycriner]

My new boat arrived from Orlando on Sunday night and I am very happy with the overall deal and customer service at Regal and Nautique of Orlando. I have few corrison issue that I was looking for some help with. The tower speakers and the mirror bracket have a combination of hardwater stains, very slight pitting and cloudyness (typical Florida stuff). I tried briefly to buff with a die grinder and a rolloc wool pad using flitz. This was working pretty well, but slowly and was very messy. Any suggestions? Also how to the speakers come off the tower(2005 sante 210)? I removed two allen head bolts that looked to be holding the spaekers to the brakets, but they were still attached.

[EarmarkMarine]

Once polished aluminum begins to oxidize and dull into gray it requires a major amount of elbow grease to resurrect them. Its easier and quicker to totally disassemble them and polish them with compound on a more powerful bench polisher, like an overgrown grinder. But the dirty compound will still fly everywhere so create a tent around the workspace by hanging plastic drop cloths. After you get them restored keep pure carnuba wax (no cleaner grit) on them and use worn out T-shirts. Even paper towels are abrasive enough to dull the luster a bit. As a future option powdercoating the speaker pods the same color as the hull accents will reduce the maintenance.

David
Earmark Marine

[bhectus]

What about using a product such as NevrDull? I've never used it on polished aluminum before but it used to work wonders on my old chrome trailer wheels.

[andycriner]

I ended up using flitz with a "00" scotch brite pad. . It really worked well but took along time, 4+ hours. I would recommend to completely disassmeble the speakers to polish. All said, good therapy. I almost put the new boat in the h20 today. 60 degree weather but 10-20 mph winds.