DixieTheKid
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| posted on 13/8/11 at 01:02 PM |
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Best way to make alloy look like new?
Can anyone tell me the best thing to use to clean up alloy parts such as gearbox, diff etc. Thanks
[Edited on 13/8/11 by DixieTheKid]
[Edited on 13/8/11 by DixieTheKid]
COS IT'S Worth IT
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mark chandler
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| posted on 13/8/11 at 01:27 PM |
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It will not make it look like new but when I cleaned an old very grubby RV8 engine including the heads I left in a big bucket of drain cleaner
overnight.
It ends up with a shotblast type finish, very dull but great if you want to finish off by painting silver.
Otherwise its just hard work with a scrappers and wire brushes I,m afraid, unless you have lots of compressed air then a blasting with soda will work
well.
In the first instance try soaking in Jizer or gunk for a few hours then a steam clean prefered or pressure washer.
Lots of hand car washes around here offer engine steam cleaning for £20, I,d offer them £10 and drop it off 
Regards Mark
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