Cleaning cast aluminum tips?

[gnoplos]

gnoplos, note that justinmc89 stated that he used a stainless brush. That is because a regular steel bristled brush or wire wheel can leave a little steel on the surface which can then rust later on.

Oh I missed that. I would have never thought of that! I tried a little bit of wire wheel and I wasn’t a fan of it. I tried a bit of polish with a scotch pad for a nasty parts and it looked pretty good. I think I’ll try to just use polish to get it looking nice. Can I clear coat over polished aluminum??

[gnoplos]

This is my final product. After I cleaned it with the self etching mag cleaner, no matter what I did, it dried coated in a white powdery residue. I tried polishing it but realized that clear coat would never stick to it. So i just cleared over the residue and it seemed to go pretty well. It’s a little darker than I would have liked but it’s very clean looking which is great.

I’ll be doing the same thing for the transmission