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aluminum cleaner
I got a set of vintage eledrbrock ellite valve cover but they are really tarnish. What is the best thing to use and how to clean them. Please let me know our is there a place to refinish them. Thanks for the help from the nest site on the net.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
if their aluminum take them to blue beacon truck washes they have this stuff their called brightner its used to take stains and other stuff off of alumimum it may turn them white or a milky color but thats the best time to have them polished i know this cus im a superviser at one of them
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Re: aluminum cleaner
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and i know this as well, because i used to be a customer!!!! it will clean aluminum and then it will be easy to polish to a mirror shine. around most truck stops you can find somebody that polishes aluminum for a living. i bet it wouldnt cost over 20 bucks to have it polished. you can also use purple dragon which as acid in it. it will clean and brighten aluminum. it can be bought at auto parts stores
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Re: aluminum cleaner
I found some stuf at napa auto parts that is called alumia brite is this about the same
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Re: aluminum cleaner
I don't know the name, but I got some stuff at NAPA in a white and blue pump spray bottle that worked pretty good on my truck tool box.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
i used to polish my alum rims with extreme metal polish. it always worked for me. it looks like pink cotton candy. but dont eat it
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Stuff called metal wax you can see it online at www.metalwax.com it comes with a greene water type liqud that you use first and let dry and then a polish. this is the best that i have found and it lasts along time before it tarnishes again. Pics on the web would surprise you but they are true.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Flitz is the best polish I have ever seen. Kinda pricey but it can make your aluminum look like chrome.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
i was very impressed with Mother's Aluminum Polish, along with the Mini Power Ball.
Took very little work to completely change the look of my raw aluminum wheels.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
In one of the most recent truck magazines I got in the mail, they showed how to refinish aluminum trim very easily: Shoot oven cleaner on it. Rinse after the recommended clean time on the can. Take a Flitz ball (or similar) to it. Wax or clearcoat after.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
If you go out to the edelbrock site, I think they have a cleaner they recommend. It is not there product and can only be purchased on line. I will look and see if I can find it again.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
If you look in the detail forum there are a couple threads on this subject.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Sorry for the jack, but would the stuff y'all are mentioning above fix the wheel on my silverado? I apologize for the crappy pics, but this is the best I could get it to show up. It's much much worse looking in person.
They look like sploches? It's only on one of my rims, but on 3 of the spokes and is very visible from 5 feet away. The rims are some sort of alloy, right? So will aluminum cleaner work?
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Hey mudder what is the polish you use ? You recomended it to pont and it worked wonders for him....
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Re: aluminum cleaner
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Do I need to get one of those powerball thingys for a drill too?
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Thanks everyone for the help. I bought some alumabrite from napa and it took some of the hard tarnish off but not all of it. Im gonna try some aluminum polish with a power ball and see what happens. If don't work I thinking about painting them a high gloss black and then buffing the ribs and the edelbrock emblem. I will post some picks of the before and after when i get them done. Here is a pic of the cover when they are brand new.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
I use and recomend California Customs Purple. They have a step 1 which is a weak acid that works wonders for wheels that are oxidized really bad to use before the purple. You have to get it online and I will say that as far a easy to use it will blow Mothers away. Has a very good shine too.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
I have used the powerball and find it to be rather messy. Those new Chevy wheels are probably clearcoated and anything abrasive will probably just make them worse. Treat clear coat like you would paint.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Thanks Mudder. I really don't know much about the rims, other than a BUNCH of weird splotches just showed up that won't come off, and they don't look like something ON the rims, more like putting citric acid on paint kinda thing.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Thanks mudder that is what pont was useing very good stuff and yes it blows mothers outta the water..
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Re: aluminum cleaner
Redneck those are water spots that got under the clearcoat from what i can tell. I would clean the rims real good with a stiff brush and a clearcoat safe cleaner. then wax them good. IF it bothers you that bad have a body shop give you an estimate to re-clear or get a estimate to have them CPC'd (clear powder-coated). Good luck.
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Re: aluminum cleaner
this stuff is usually applied by hand, but you could just buy the powerball kit and go that route, i think it comes with some compound.
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YOURS MAY HAVE A CLEAR COAT ON THEM, AND MAY NEED STRIPPED. IF YOU CAN GET THE CLEAR OFF THEM THEN THEY WOULD CLEAN UP NICE!
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