[R-390] How to clean up the chassis?

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Did you ever get any answers? If so, please pass them on to me. I guess I
need to consider the dishwasher too but I don't have a compressor yet.


Barry



> Ok, I give.  I've tried washing with soap and water and WD40.  Then I've been
> polishing until my
> dremel and my fingers are shot using Mother's Aluminum polish and Semi-Chrome
> Aluminum polish. 
> There must be a better way!  The old 75A4 that I had Howard restore came back
> with the chassis
> looking like it was made yesterday.  Using the aluminum polish like I've been
> doing you also
> cannot get to all the areas - like up close to a transformer can. And it looks
> all splotchy and
> terrible!  The radio that Howard restored didn't have any of those splotchy
> "can't get to them"
> areas.  How do these guys who really know what they are doing get ALL of the
> alumimun to look like
> it's new?  It looks like they hosed it off with some magic chemical aluminum
> restorer and then
> hosed it off with water.  But what chemical and what do you do about plastic
> dial scaels etc? 
> Help!
> 
> Micheal