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Old 09-30-2012, 07:49 AM
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Best way to clean Aluminium parts?

Need some help/advise for cleaning my fuel rails and maybe plenum and runners.

Anyone have suggestions....Windex? Mothers Mag cleaner?


Since the parts are off the car might as well give them a good clean.

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Mothers mag.
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Bead blasting (go easy!) or walnut shell blasting
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Re: Best way to clean Aluminium parts?

Meguires Hot Rims spray for CHROME wheels, BUT test it on something so you know the aggressiveness of it. works on brass,copper etc just get familiar first
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I used never dull on mine.
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A bench wheel and 3 stages of compounds, look at Bad N Blacks stuff he does a great job, here is some stuff I have done
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The finished part
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I used never dull on mine.
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Autosol and elbow grease:

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