[Elecraft] 'Refreshing' Aluminum

Mon Oct 7 23:43:01 2002

I used a product called Aluminum Jelly. That and some green  Scotchbrite
pads work pretty good.

73
Jim W7RY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendan Minish" <[email protected]>
To: "Mike McCoy" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:13 PM
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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