Chaps,

Any ideas out there on how to clean alloy without polishing the surface?

Have some light salty oxidisation on the underside of exhaust and side of rims.....tried a small area with autosol.....!!!.....gave a too polished finish....

Just looking to clean up really (without getting the polished look!!)...

Cheers!

wonder wheels for car alloys will do it

Or WD40 and wire wool.

Scotchbrite pad!

I have used spray on wheel cleaner ( aluminum specific ) , Maquiers (sp?) or Mothers . Works pretty good . Also used S-100 / Hondabrite for washing the whole bike. Works well . I took the Pontoon boat to a Truck wash where they wash up Semi's / trailers . They sprayed on a "Brightener " and power washed it off . I was amazed . Might be a source . FWIW .

+1 for scotchbrite, a small bit of bar with a slot in the end for a small scotchbrite pad in a dremal will work wonders of your not after a super shiny finish.

hmmmm

I'm liking the idea of a dremel and scotchbrite...!!....but, can't visualise it.....!!

You mean looping the scotchbrite through the bar a couple of times, creating a sort of small polishing disk?

hmmmm

I'm liking the idea of a dremel and scotchbrite...!!....but, can't visualise it.....!!

You mean looping the scotchbrite through the bar a couple of times, creating a sort of small polishing disk?

Imagine a 4mm diameter piece of bar (or whatever diameter fits in the dremel), look at the bar end on so you looking at the diameter of it, now take a hacksaw and cut a groove in the top like a screwdriver slot, then carry that slot on down for an inch or so so your piece of bar now has a 'forked' end, now take an inch square piece of scotchbrite and shove it down the slot you've made so you have what looks like a fly swatter (the handle being the piece of bar and the swatter being the square of scotchbrite). Whack that in the dremel, give it some high revs and start polishing.

Edited August 16, 200917 yr by SawTooth