Cleaning oxidized aluminum
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Cleaning oxidized aluminum
I’m trying to clean up some turbocharger compressor housings and am looking for a quick way of getting the nasty oxidized look off of them. I’m trying to stay away from mechanical means because I don’t think I want them to look polished (that’s easy enough to do, just takes time and it wouldn’t match anything else).
I’m betting sand or bead blasting would work if I had access to a blaster…
Any ideas?
I’m betting sand or bead blasting would work if I had access to a blaster…
Any ideas?
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Bead blasting will give you a very even clean looking finish for a very short while. Then the porous surface you create will get dirty, greasy, grimey as all get out. I would just stick to a commercial aluminum polish to remove the oxidation.
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