[Elecraft] 'Refreshing' Aluminum

Mon Oct 7 21:36:00 2002

Basically, a mild detergent (like Tide) and warm water is safe...

Check out http://www.metalwax.com/

The green "Scotch-Brite" pads are good too, but they can scratch --- no
metal splinters tho...

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brendan Minish
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 8:14 PM
To: Mike McCoy
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 'Refreshing' Aluminum

At 17:27 07/10/2002 -0500, Mike McCoy wrote:
>Does anyone have a recommended solution for removing the naturally
>accumulating crud/oxidation from aluminum tubing that's been outdoors for a
>while?

Never Ever use steel Wool, I learned this the hard way

Steel wool makes it lovely and shiny (if fine enough) but leaves
microscopic bits of steel behind the effect of this is the next time your
aluminum gets wet it reacts with the tiny bits of steel left behind and
oxidizes far worse than before.

I still don't know how to clean Aluminium but I sure know how not to!

73
Brendan EI6IZ

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