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Old Sep 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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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 09:16 AM
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Mothers mag.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 10:01 AM
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Re: Best way to clean Aluminium parts?

Bead blasting (go easy!) or walnut shell blasting
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 02:51 PM
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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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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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I used never dull on mine.
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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Re: Best way to clean Aluminium parts?

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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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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The finished part
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Re: Best way to clean Aluminium parts?

Originally Posted by chevypower91
I used never dull on mine.
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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Autosol and elbow grease:

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