Brightwork & Metal Polishing at KCNO

What Chino does to an airframe

The Inland Empire runs hot, dry, and dusty, and Chino gets wind off the open ground around it. Fine grit settles on everything, which makes the single most damaging thing an owner can do here painfully common: wiping a dry aircraft with a dry rag. That is how polished surfaces get ruined.

More on the field itself, the based fleet, and access is on the KCNO Chino Airport page.

What brightwork & metal polishing means at KCNO

Polished aluminum, leading edges, spinners, and exhaust stacks.

Bare polished aluminum has no clear coat over it, so every pass is on the metal itself.

Airborne grit is the enemy of polished metal. One piece caught in a pad draws a line you can read from thirty feet.

Polishing in ramp heat is unworkable. Compound flashes, pads load up, and the panel gets too hot to control, which is why this runs at night or inside.

This field has a real concentration of polished and vintage airframes, which is exactly the work that rewards a careful hand and punishes a fast one.

How a job at KCNO runs

Polishing runs in stages and a full airframe is usually a multi day job. Joel assesses in raked light before quoting, because old sealant, previous polish work, and pitting all change the answer, and pitting is a maintenance item rather than a polishing one.

Call or text with the aircraft type and where it sits on the field. Free estimate, usually the same day, and one price for the work discussed. Joel does not pack up until you or your crew have walked it.