Hey guys! working on getting my build up and going on the build journal page, but in the mean time, i have found a supplier locally for some aluminum skin for my project! unfortunately i didnt think to take pictures of it...oops, but the supplier had a few options available to me. the first was new off a fresh coil of standard mill finish aluminum 7ft wide, used for the roofs of the cargo trailers they build; pricey but not to many other options around me at $25 a foot. Keep in mind i only need 5ft wide (building a 5 wide x 5 tall x 9 long trailer), so i will have some leftovers to use for misc. trim and finishing (cupboard doors maybe?).
The second option, and to my real question, he had a couple rolls of some old stock that was what he described as water damaged. Its never been used, still in a coil, but was what i understood as got flooded at some point and the coil was in the water for a length of time. now the product is still good, but a very tarnished finish and some good "markings" on it. it didnt feel like it was scratched or anything, but did not have any luster to it. He was willing to go basically half the full price on this stuff just to get rid of it as its unusable to him. Is this something worth entertaining? do you guys figure that with quite a lot of tlc i could polish this back to a desirable finish? The kicker is i want it to match the mill finish already on the doors that ive purchased! Is it worth all my time and effort??