Can I get some advice as to what product people are using to clean and polish billet aluminum? I have billet valve covers on my '55 and want to keep them looking good.
Autosol is the best cream cleaner on the market to get the high lustre on aluminum. Used it by the skid lot when working with Valley View Transport keeping our shiny Petes looking like they never hauled livestock!
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I can swear on the Autosol, proabaly polished more aluminum on my Pete and Cattle Pot the first season than most guys will in a lifetime....
Yep, I do some polishing on the side, and I have 6-7 tubes of Autosol ready at all times. I finally found it in a 12oz container. Many times it gets the work done faster then having to change polishing wheels and compound.
so where does one find autosol for sale in quantity - my motor has more polished aluminum bits than paint will it work with one of those power balls as thats about the only way some of it can be reached in and around?
NAPA has it, Carquest, Uniselect, Home hardware. Canadian tire carries it, in tube format at least. And by the way, it works great for cleaning plastic lenses also. The main thing with Autosol is you have to make sure you wipe it off clean.
If you can't find it in anything larger than a tube, and you would like a larger container, I'll be glad to get you some and ship it to you, at cost plus shipping. But I'm sure you can find it locally.
It can be purchased in 750 ml cans (almost a liter) for around $60 at most any jobber. I know my local here in Campbellford keeps it on their shelf by the can or in the small consumer tubes as well. Here is a link to the locator, most everyone in your area has it or at least should have it!
A power ball does a nice job and if you get a little heavy on the black residue a little corn starch or flour dusted on a dry rag will take it right off.
A power ball does a nice job and if you get a little heavy on the black residue a little corn starch or flour dusted on a dry rag will take it right off.
Thanx for the tip, now I have to buy corn starch.
I already use baking soda for removing rust in an electrolite bath, and I'm looking at getting a stove for curing some powder coat. The wee shop is slowly turning into a kitchen, so what's on the menu, LOL.
A power ball does a nice job and if you get a little heavy on the black residue a little corn starch or flour dusted on a dry rag will take it right off.
Thanx for the tip, now I have to buy corn starch.
I already use baking soda for removing rust in an electrolite bath, and I'm looking at getting a stove for curing some powder coat. The wee shop is slowly turning into a kitchen, so what's on the menu, LOL.
Those are good aluminum tips guys,thanks. I lke the corn starch/ flour,never heard of it before.
I found a product called Wizard's Metal Renew at "Back to the Fifties" in Minniaplois a few years back and have been using it ever since. I watched a guy polish the show part of an aluminum wheel and then asked if he would polish the raw part between the beads. I was sold! They will ship to your door but ask for USPS.