I always new this day would come, I was out in the shop the other day sanding some water spots off my sanded aluminum Kirkham No. 498. I thought to myself- I have had the same wife now for the last 30 years and there is no way my cobra needs to look the same for the next five years soooo?????

Should I paint the thing or polish? That is the question.
Do you think I will hurt the value? If I paint?