She is now getting ready to get hit with a massive thunderstorm. Took down the canopy as want to see how she does in full-tilt-boogy mode. And yes, we have hand polished the aluminum sheet to a brushed level. It used to be part of an industrial aluminum shelf system, so it was in pretty bad shape, but after a lot of hours it has come put pretty good. Not mirror finish, but we did not want that.