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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 03:18 PM
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Hello all, My '97 flht has the plain old aluminum finish on the drive train and it could use cleaned up some. Has anyone had any good experience with any products that make the aluminum "bright" again? I've been down the S100 and nylon brush route, and am looking for something that will really clean/ restore it.


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I use Solvol Autosol Chrome Cleaner.
 
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I use Solvol Autosol Chrome Cleaner.

Thanks Spanners. Do you use this on the textured surfaces like the inner primary and engine cases?
 
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Thanks Spanners. Do you use this on the textured surfaces like the inner primary and engine cases?
It's a cleaner not a polish.
 
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Thanks. That makes sense. I did a Google search and only saw the paste. I'll look into that further. Thanks for clearing that up.
 
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It's a cleaner not a polish.

It is both in one tube and you can use it on rough or smooth surfaces as long as they are not so rough they rip the cleaning rag to shreds.
 
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It is both in one tube and you can use it on rough or smooth surfaces as long as they are not so rough they rip the cleaning rag to shreds.

Thanks. I'm going to try it. I had a Kury inner primary cover on the bike for many years. I just took it off and need to really clean the inner prmary underneath.
 
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I haven't tried it yet, but someone on here talked about this the other day
 
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Originally Posted by flhchaz
Thanks. I'm going to try it. I had a Kury inner primary cover on the bike for many years. I just took it off and need to really clean the inner prmary underneath.
My 90 FLT aluminum was beyond a good polishing so when i did a motor
rebuild my motor guy blasted them and i painted them using the VHT brand paint. I used the high heat , oven cured type and was impressed.
They have a wide variety of colors including aluminum and chrome .
Saved a lot of elbow grease trying to polish 25 year old oxidised aluminum.
 
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