[Antennas] Cleaning Grungy Aluminum

Sun Jun 18 21:34:36 EDT 2006

Hello
 Hydrofloric Acid-- Or mag wheel cleaner commonly used in the 
aoutmotive industry for cleaning mag wheels. It will clean aluminium 
with a spray on hose off application .. Caution very dangerous do not 
breath in or get it in a cut or in your eyes...
ted
John Kemker wrote:
>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
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