Knowing how fond the Navy is of polishing anything made of metal, I thought many of you might be a wee bit impressed by the work of the folks at Superior Shine Detailing. No this is not a plug, just an observation of their fine work.
Besides, the President and founder of Superior shine, Joe Fernandez is a former Marine!
In 1986 I joined the U.S. Marine Corps where my love for cars continued. I detailed and repaired cars anywhere the Marine Corps sent me which includes Japan and Korea. I think I maybe the only person in Marine Corps history to get magazines like “Hot Rod” and “Car Craft” shipped to me out in the field.
A few years back I had the fortunate opportunity to be at the local airfield when what did my eyes spy? But a B-17 in the pattern!
That B-17 was “Fuddy Duddy” and I thought she was a beautiful bird then…
As you can see her, aluminum skin has taken on a bit of a patina after a few thousand flight hours. Wait till you see what Superior Shine has done to rectify that! Using over 50 pounds of polish and 600 man hours!
Before…
During…
After…
More images here [link].
If you need a plane shined maybe you might want to look into these guys? Polishing this war bird is evidently not their first big bird job, they also did “SAM 970” one of the 707’s used as Air Force One (now on display in Seattle).
Thank you for the mention. Semper Fi
Posted by: Jose Fernandez | August 09, 2009 at 10:59