Protecting Polished Aluminum

I bought more polished aluminum goodies for my Hemi. Can I wash these with paint precleaner and then clearcoat them? Will it stick or peel off in the long run? or is there something better to use?
I love the look of polished aluminum, but I hate having to constantly clean and rebuff them with polishing cream.
What works best?[S
FrankR
1934 Dodge 392 Hemi

We polished the buick brake drums on our rod and then clearcoated them with PPG Omni clear. The dash that we built was stainless and engine turned and my ol man just cleared it with rattle can clear. Both turned out good.

I think any clear acrylic will work, it's almost plastic-like once it's dry

Only problem is some of the clears will yellow if they're exposed to a lot of sun, probably look for something thats as UV resistant as possible and cross your fingers, I don't have any brand suggestions, but love the look of polished aluminum.

Regards,

Rev. D.

Google 'Zoopseal', haven't used it yet, but have heard good things about it.

Mothers makes some great Billet and aluminum polishes. I just spent last night doing my Edelbrock finned air cleaner with 000 steel wool and Mothers, then used the Powerball on it. Made a real difference. I would be afraid clears would dull especially on hot engine parts.

Don

Reverend D said:

Only problem is some of the clears will yellow if they're exposed to a lot of sun, probably look for something thats as UV resistant as possible and cross your fingers, I don't have any brand suggestions, but love the look of polished aluminum.

Regards,

Rev. D.

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Yeah that could be true, probably worse if the part(s) gets too warm.

No doubt about it gentlemen. Rattle can clears yellow when used on ANY engine part. I like to use Eastwood powders as I've never had a problem with them. I don't do this for a living but I've been using the stuff for a while now. I like to take brand new aluminum intakes out of the box and clear them. Mostly I build serious street engines and block off heat to the intake, but they look great literally forever. I've done polished surfaces too Frank, it will stick, just make sure you thoroughly clean the surface after you polish it. I'd use pre-cleano or some other wax and degreaser.

i agree with sniper

zoop works great on my father-in-laws blower and thats on a boat

That says a lot if it holds up on the boat, I've heard good things too about the zoop, I've just never tried it.