Subject: [Shop-talk] cleaning nasty aluminum

From: "john niolon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:46:48 -0500

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I'm restoring a 50's model gas pump and the next step is cleaning and maybe=
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polishing the aluminum nozzle.
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70 years of accumulated crap (fuel, oxidation, etc) have it looking and=20
smelling BAD
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I'm looking for  a lazy mans' way to clean this up... i.e. no scrubbing and=
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scraping.
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Anything I can just dump all this into a plastic pan that will remove the c=
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thanks
john
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Segoe UI">I'm restoring a 50's model gas pump and the ne=
xt step is cleaning and maybe polishing the aluminum nozzle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Segoe UI">70 years of accumulated crap (fuel, oxidation,=
 etc) have it looking and smelling BAD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Segoe UI">I'm looking for&nbsp; a lazy mans' way to clea=
n this up... i.e. no scrubbing and scraping.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Segoe UI">Anything I can just dump all this into a plast=
ic pan that will remove the crud ?? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Segoe UI">thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Segoe UI">john</FONT></DIV>
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