[mooseknuckles]

I've hand polished aluminum lots and i've found that using progressively finer grits of sandpaper from 120 or so up to about 800- 1000 grit and using mothers aluminum polish directly on the sandpaper worked the best to bring out a deep chrome like shine and get rid of the small sanding marks. the sandpaper will have a aluminum look to it this way, and the more used and worn out the sandpaper was the better it worked!