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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
Originally Posted by tuscarora dave
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Where I need the opinions here is on the cast aluminum corners and other various cast parts. I want a clean look on them and NOT polished.
What my vision for the cast is, the cast aluminum clean with the pours as clean as I can get them.
I've recently used this product from Flits and it clean really well without dulling the aluminum, it actually almost seems to make the aluminum better looking.
I used it to clean off years of oxidation off an aluminum slotted mag and was completely impressed with the product. Afterwards of course I polished the mag wheel but you could try this and I think it will clean the aluminum down to the pores and restore and original bright look without giving it a machine polished look.
Flitz Industrial Strength Aluminum PreClean
It uses some kind of salt to clean with instead of acid.
Be careful of any acid sprays near aluminum as my experience is that it will stain, gray and darken the aluminum deeper than just topical.
Cool truck, kind of reminds me of my 1966 Chevy Milk Truck except my Milk Truck was bright yellow and the back half was all fiberglass insulated to keep the milk cold.
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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
Wow that's a cool truck Mike, Thanks for the advice. I will consider getting some of that stuff.
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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
Originally Posted by tuscarora dave
Wow that's a cool truck Mike, Thanks for the advice. I will consider getting some of that stuff.
Didn't mean to take your thread off-topic... but it's the same type of truck, that is a commercial delivery.
My Milk Truck had a 396 Big Block Chevy with a mild cam and a Turbo 400 with a Lokar Shifter and was a blast to drive!
Again... sorry for taking your thread off-topic... for anyone interested in the Milk Truck, here's some pictures here,
1966 Milk Truck
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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
That's ok Mike, I was glad to see your truck. It Seems this thread isn't a very hot topic anyway. I pretty much got the same answer over at DC too. I am gonna try straight APC and a stiff bristled nylon brush first and then get the Flitz if that don't work. Thanks
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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
What about a strong wheel cleaner?
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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
Amazing how you can get some shine out of that, most would have given up on an old truck like that.
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Re: Grumman Olson aluminum body truck, oppinions please
WOW.... That looks great. It's gonna take allot to maintain that shine, my buddy did the same thing to a old DHL truck. Needless to say he ended up getting it painted.
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