Is there a Wrong way to polish A trailer?
Yes, there is. One of the worst things you can do, and something that will make the polishing take 3 times as long, is to attack the trailer with a buffing wheel and any old metal or “truck” polish. The thing you must avoid at all costs is inducing “swirls”, really small scratches into the surface. This may get the oxidation off fast, but it will then take forever with subsequent passes of polishing to get the finished surface down to a smooth, swirless shine – or in some cases, just get the trailer skin back to just short of a garish nightmare.
