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sharkskinman Lateral Lunatic
Joined: April 26, 2006 Posts: 4030 Location: Deep In My Own Psyche
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: Aluminum Cleaner? |
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Im looking to take my mahle wheels and Clean them Before polishing them
I get the Sand Paper and Polish
I dont think that the fronts are that bad
Maybe just a light clean and then a polish
But the backs are Nasty
My question is ...
What Has Worked Best For All Of You?
Pictures of before and after?
and thoughts on
Alcoa Aluminum Cleaner
http://www.hereinmaine.com/aviation/37129.php
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luckystiff Samba Member
Joined: September 28, 2005 Posts: 2252 Location: hickory,nc
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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your also going to have to remove the anodized coating from them before any polishing. i had planned to have mine bead blasted this week. in doing a little more reading i've been told that Easy Off will strip the anodizing off and leave you with a much better surface than blasting. i'm supposed to drop my Mahles off at the blaster friday morning. i'm going to try easy off on one tomorrow morning to see if it works. if it does i'll easy off all of them if it doesn't i'll still take them to the blaster. if the easy off doesn't leave them with the best surface i'm thinking of still taking them to the blaster but having them blasted with walnut shell instead of glass or a combo of the two. i'll let you know how either or all work within the next 48 or so hrs. then i get to spend the weekend polishing.
there is a company out of south carolina called Jestco, that sells a powder that you mix a solution from and submerge the wheel for 10-15 and it strips the anodize off. it's cheap and supposedly you only use a small amount. they also sell tons of polishing stuff. i may place an order with them tomorrow as well...ken.... _________________ ITMC
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