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| Scott S |
 May 26 2010, 03:03 PM
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Small Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633  |
Hi All -
I have a ton of aluminum to clean on a car. Some of the panels have oil/dirt residue, some have a bit of gas spatter and some - like the wheel wells - just have a bit of road grime. Lots of rivets that are holding grime as well. I dont want to polish anything, just get it clean. I had a bad experience with some wheels a few years back where a FLAPS recommended cleaner turned them white - it was a terrible mess. Makes me a bit nervous. Anyone have any experience/recommendations of a good product? Thanks! Scott S |
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| ArtechnikA |
May 26 2010, 06:25 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Scott Schroeder @ May 26 2010, 05:03 PM)  ...I dont want to polish anything, just get it clean. I had a bad experience with some wheels a few years back where a FLAPS recommended cleaner turned them white... I've had pretty good results with Simple Green on aluminum. Start dilute, test in an inconspicuous area... There is a super-duper Simple Green wheel cleaner I actually do use on our (painted) aluminum without issue. I'd test it before trusting it to bare alloy. Plain ol' Simple Green is pretty benign IME tho... |
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| underthetire |
May 26 2010, 06:29 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ May 26 2010, 05:25 PM) QUOTE(Scott Schroeder @ May 26 2010, 05:03 PM) ...I dont want to polish anything, just get it clean. I had a bad experience with some wheels a few years back where a FLAPS recommended cleaner turned them white... I've had pretty good results with Simple Green on aluminum. Start dilute, test in an inconspicuous area... There is a super-duper Simple Green wheel cleaner I actually do use on our (painted) aluminum without issue. I'd test it before trusting it to bare alloy. Plain ol' Simple Green is pretty benign IME tho... On everything but clear plastic. Makes a mess of that. I would try lemon dish soap with warm water. We use that to clean aluminum parts at work. |
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