It's time to clean the oxidation off my blazer hull. I'm looking for ideas and experiences others have had. My main concerns are the decals and trailer paint. I have used acid based cleaners on my pontoon boat with mixed results. They turned out with a milky look that I had to buff out. I currently have a bottle of Aluminex I bought last year. I am also looking at a product called bar keepers friend. Not really looking for a gloss finish, just want to return to the original look. All suggestions are appreciated. :wink:
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Ozark River Runner
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This might not be what you were looking for but a buddy of mine has an unpainted 1752 Blazer and he uses the same stuff he uses to clean cars for his car business. He takes a buffer to his with just a generic buffing compound. You have to watch out for the decals just as you would on a car. My boat is painted and I had mine sand blasted before I painted it.
riverrat717
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Barkeeper's Friend, is YOUR friend \
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/If I can't find something that will not harm my decals or trailer paint, that's what I'll probably do. I figure if I have to tape and cover everything off, I could probably buff it in the same time.Ozark River Runner said:
Lil' Blue Rude
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If you polish it California Customs make a pretty good polishing compound called Purple polish and when you go to repolish make sure to get some aluminum deoxidizer from them. Cuts polishing time in half easy.
riverrat717
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Riverdog said:I've read some good post on it. Do you know if it will harm the decals?riverrat717 said:Barkeeper's Friend, is YOUR friend \
I'm not sure. But if you put it on a rag, over your finger tip, you could clean around them, then wipe it down with a wet sponge. It's a mild acid to eat through the oxidation.
**after a lil research, I do see it will degrade vinyl, so its a little more acidic than I though. Wish I had some here, I'd do an experiment**
riverrat717
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I do however, have Brasso, and an oxid alu razor knife!
Little on the finger tip and polish away.
After I polished over the sticker, I put a bit directly on and left it sit for a min.
Then wiped it all off
Little on the finger tip and polish away.
After I polished over the sticker, I put a bit directly on and left it sit for a min.
Then wiped it all off
riverrat717 said:I do however, have Brasso, and an oxid alu razor knife!
Little on the finger tip and polish away.
After I polished over the sticker, I put a bit directly on and left it sit for a min.
Then wiped it all off
Doesn't look as if the decal likes that stuff. I looked it up and found both brasso and barkeeprs friend use oxalic acid. Thanks for the experiment. =D>
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