Cleaning aluminum?

[Legacy]

Any products or techniques you guys can recommend to bring my aluminum tuna tower back to a shine? The previous owner let it go and it has some corrosion that makes it look tired.

I reseated and through bolted all the fittings. I pulled out the old bolts and filled holes with epoxy. The I redrilled new holes and ran new stainless bolts with large washers then sealed it all up with 5200. Rock solid and water tight. Now I just want it to look nice.

Ideas welcome.

Rick
1998 Albin 35TE
"Legacy"

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[Tuxedo]

The boys over at TheHullTruth swear by Woody Wax. I've tried the 3M product, Neverdull, and some others on my radar arch with no success. So, I figured I'd try Woody Wax.

After 3 coats, I'd say the jury is still out. But, the oxidation on the radar arch was pretty severe. I'll let everyone know after a few more coats.

Looking forward to what others have to say on this topic.

[Veebyes2]

Based on the wisdom of THT crowd I tried Woody Wax too. It works. No it can't remove the severe corrosion. Nothing will. It does bring a nice shine back to the aluminium.

3M fiberglass cleaner wax does the same job. Take your pick.

[Mariner]

Never Dull works great on stainless. Not sure about aluminum. Aluminum doesn't stand up in our environment, so there's none on any of our boats.

I would think you could simply sand the corrosion off. If there's a protective coating, some clear Krylon to seal it back up ought to do the trick.

[Legacy]

Appreciate the input and product ideas. If I come up with one that works well, I'll post the product and photos.

Rick
1998 Albin 35TE
"Legacy"

[Veebyes2]

Good old 3M fiberglass cleaner wax works well on metal too. Removes rust stains off SS, works on the smooth aircraft quality aluminium.