RE: Aluminum Trim

[Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,
	Excellent tip, thanks.  I had used the recommended "cheap oven
cleaner" with poor results.  I just ordered 2lb of granulated lye but will
try the easy off yellow can as well.

Thanks,
SC 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Phelps [mailto:mikeph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:30 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Aluminum Trim


Steve, I used easyoff oven cleaner in the yellow can only. It has to be the
yellow can (different ingredients). You do have to heat the piece up but I
just set it out in the hot sun for a half hour or so. Spray on and keep it
wet, don't let it dry. Let it work for about fifteen minutes then wash off.
It will be very cloudy looking but don't worry. Buff with a medium buff
wheel and compound. Then go to a fine wheel and compound. The trick is to
let the wheel get the piece hot as you are buffing then wipe clean. I did
aluminum pieces off my 65 Bel. and they came out with almost a mirror
finish. 
Mike P. 

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On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Seeing Don's mention of powder coating his grille jogged my memory - right
before the snow last year I attempted to strip my headlight bezels with oven
cleaner.  The results were not good.

Drano is granulated sodium hydroxide (lye) - has anyone tried Drano to strip
the brightcoat finish from aluminum trim?

Thanks,
SC

Steven Charette
Promerican Corporation
www.promerican.com <http://www.promerican.com/> 888-476-1210


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