Painting aluminum?

[ssrjim]

Hey Ssrjim, I looked at you photos with my wife and that is exactly the way I was thinking of doing it. Matching body color with aluminum trim. Your trailer looks great. Nice matching pinstriping also.

Again nice job
Rich

Thank you.

[HossHoffer]

The manufacturer-applied clear-coat on my 10 year old TD failed, so I am stripping it off.
What would the aluminum experts recommend as a wipe or brush-on corrosion-inhibitor?
Should I just leave it alone (it's mill finish) or treat it with something like ALODINE 1001? I don't want a 'coating' as such, where it may need to be stripped again, more like a 'treatment' or the like that would leave the surface sheen about like it is.

Thanks in advance,
Kurt

There is a clear alodine that doesn't leave the yellow/brown of regular alodine. It will help with corrosion but it will etch the surface so you would have more of a matte finish. That sharkhyde sounds promising though.

Hope this helps
Hoss