bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 26/12/19 01:10 AM Share Posted 26/12/19 01:10 AM Umbrellas and hats all round 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,178 Member For: 16y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 26/12/19 11:00 PM Share Posted 26/12/19 11:00 PM morning all, happy Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 27/12/19 05:04 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 05:04 AM Has anyone got any recomendations for keeping raw/flat plate aluminium toolboxes clean?I got a primo canopy tool box put on the work Hilux and its starting to get a light build of scale or oxide on it.I dont want to be polishing it shiny but would like to keep it looking schmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,178 Member For: 16y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/12/19 05:10 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 05:10 AM surely a bunch of clear-coat coatings would do the job... but @bloodycrashboy could surely give you some real advice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 27/12/19 05:13 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 05:13 AM I ain't going to that extent lol.Maybe bcb has an idea.I'm just giving it a light degrease and rinse when I wash the thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz097 Bronze Donating Members 1,752 Member For: 13y 6m 8d Posted 27/12/19 10:01 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 10:01 AM Plenty of acid cleaners out there for aluminium. Don't really keep it shiny, but give it a nice finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,178 Member For: 16y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/12/19 10:10 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 10:10 AM for about 5min then it'll go hazy due to the oxidation sites that the acid cleaner leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 27/12/19 10:25 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 10:25 AM Plenty of acid cleaners out there for aluminium. Don't really keep it shiny, but give it a nice finish It's a $12k tray and canopy. I'm definitely not going to try any acid cleaner on it.Although it does work well if you get every square cm, it really looks horrid if you don't get it perfectly even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz097 Bronze Donating Members 1,752 Member For: 13y 6m 8d Posted 27/12/19 10:34 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 10:34 AM Aluma Brite is much less harsh then the old school acids I'd clear it if it's worth that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 27/12/19 11:52 AM Share Posted 27/12/19 11:52 AM 1 hour ago, OZYWALKER said: It's a $12k tray and canopy. I'm definitely not going to try any acid cleaner on it. Although it does work well if you get every square cm, it really looks horrid if you don't get it perfectly even. You need to passivate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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