[TR] Fwd: [6pack] Aluminum Cleaner/Brightener

[alan salvatore]

To shine up things like carb tops takes either a lot of elbow grease and
polish such as Semichrome " metal polish"
or a high speed buffer and compound which saves the elbow.  The buffer is a
lot faster.
Carb tops will also react to fine steel wool and then polish.
Al


On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 9:35 AM, alan salvatore <alansalvy at gmail.com> wrote:

> To shine up things like carb tops takes either a lot of elbow grease and
> polish such as Semichrome " metal polish"
> or a high speed buffer and compound which saves the elbow.  The buffer is
> a lot faster.
> Carb tops will also react to fine steel wool and then polish.
> Al
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:42 PM, David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yeah, Ed, I remember Simichrome from using on my motorcycle many
>> years ago. The question I had was how does one get aluminum and
>> other parts that look dull (not necessarily corroded or greasy -- like
>> the ZS carbs and throttle linkage) to look shiny-new again?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 7:53 PM, EdB <bratt at sasktel.net> wrote:
>>
>> Once you have the item clean and shiny, to get a really great shine,
>>
>> resort to a paste called Simichrome.
>> >
>> > Ed Bratt
>> > 76 Tr6
>> > Regina, Saskatchewan
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Friedlander" <
>> forzion7 at gmail.com
>> > >
>> > To: "6-Pack" <6pack at autox.team.net>
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 3:16 PM
>> > Subject: [6pack] Aluminum Cleaner/Brightener
>> >
>> >
>> >  Hey folks!
>> >>
>> >> Looks like winter is reluctantly leaving and spring is finally on the
>> way
>> >> to
>> >> New England!
>> >>
>> >> Not too much activity on the list. Perhaps [almost] everyone has
>> migrated
>> >> to the
>> >> Forum but I have a question:
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone on the list have experience with using a liquid (preferably
>> >> not
>> >> a
>> >> paste) product *that* *actually* *WORKS* on cleaning and brightening
>> >>
>> >> aluminum
>> >> parts? I'd prefer not to use anything that's acid-based....
>> >>
>> >> Thanks and cheers!
>> >>
>> >> Dave Friedlander
>> >> '74 Six w/A-OD + TBI
>>
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