[Antennas] Cleaning Grungy Aluminum

Sat Jun 17 17:33:51 EDT 2006

Was given a Mosley TA-33 by another ham. It's mostly there, but in dire
need of some TLC in cleaning. Lots of grunge, some surface corrosion,
etc. on the aluminum. Anybody have any suggestions for a quick way to
knock off the crud and get the aluminum down to a usable state? Doesn't
have to be bright and shiny, but needs to not look like crud. I can
clean the electrically important parts by hand with a Scotch-Brite pad
and some Aluminum Jelly prior to spreading some Ox-Gard compound between
the joints before reassembly. I just don't like all the "aluminum
psoriasis" covering the parts.
--JohnK
73 de W5NNH