Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Cleaning aluminum

[E M (pokiebaron]

I use a tube of German stuff on some of the AL bits on my old 911.  It
cleans the AL well, the only thing that you may not like, is it does polish
the AL a bit, so not sure just how factory it looks.  Not a really high
polish, but not that dull ish look as it comes out of the cast either.  I'll
find the name for you, but I'll have to go to the garage to get it, once the
rain stops.  When I first started using it, I picked it up at car shows, but
I think you can probably get it in most automotive places now.

Ed
911SC

2008/12/24 Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>

> Hello Friends,
>
> Merry Christmas and all the other salutations of the season!
>
> I write to you this Christmas Eve to talk about Ferraris.  Specifically, I
> want to ask about cleaning aluminum.  I have always used cloth, steel wool
> or ScotchBrite lubricated with WD40 or lacquer thinner and I like the
> results.  However, the finish does not look 'new'.  I'd like to know a
> technique to get that really clean white-aluminum finish of freshly cast
> aluminum.  I've tried media blasting but the shop I visited used steel balls
> not glass, plastic or shells.  The result was a dull gray finish that I
> didn't like.  I ended up painting the part with 'Cast Coat Aluminum' engine
> paint - a sad, second-class solution, if attractive.
>
> So today I ask; How does one get that 'new part' aluminum finish?
>
> best regards,
>
> rick
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