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Old May 19, 2005 | 11:32 AM
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Default Aluminum wax, get the shine?

What products or methods do you use to get the basic aluminum parts to shine nic, liek the crank cases, etc.? I recently found the following, but wonder what others are using?

A friend recommened to me: Use Eagle One Nevel Dull and put a little Mother's Chrome polish on the Never Dull waddingand rub like crazy. It worked great!
I also tried some Wenol, which worked pretty good as well.
Anything else out there?
My HD shop told me some people use kerosene. I believe the Never Dull has some in it, as it smells similar.
 
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Old May 19, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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Just polished up my bike the other day with wenol for the first time. Have to admit loved the results on my chrome and aluminum. Sparkles like a twinkle in a virgins eye. Or something like that.
 
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Old May 19, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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wenol works great with minimum effort!!
 
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Old May 19, 2005 | 11:48 PM
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I'm using Mother's Incredible Billet Metal Polish. Does OK, but it's work. I wanted to buy Blue Magic metal polish. That's what I used to use on last bike, but can't find any here locally.

I think the Blue Magic is really good stuff, and the Mother's is pretty good as well. For some reason I liked the Blue Magic more, though I can't say why.

Mac
 
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