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Update: Anyone here ever used this stuff?
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and here is the pic
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78 KZ 1000 A2
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76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
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Ok I now see what you mean about the price, by the time you add shipping it brings it up to around $28/gal
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Andy
Akron, Ohio
80 Z-1 Classic-Sold
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79 KZ 1000 LTD
78 KZ 1000 A2
77 KZ 1000 LTD-Sold
76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special
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Thank you for your inquiry. The web site gives you about all the information we have. The product is more than phosphoric acid, but the rest is confidential and not required to be listed on the MSDS. The cover on the web site was actually cleaned using Aluminator and a very light scrub pad and only took about 2-3 minutes. We have had mixed results with older motorcycle parts because of the different alloys, so you might want to buy a quart to test it on several different parts.
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Anybody here from that area want to pick some of this stuff up to try before I gamble 33 hard earned bucks on it?
Andy
Akron, Ohio
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84 GPZ1100
79 KZ 1000 LTD
78 KZ 1000 A2
77 KZ 1000 LTD-Sold
76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special
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77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
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76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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My bet is it's phosphoric acid with additives to get it to cling and surfactants to help water wash off the residue.
Still at that price it's not out of line with the regular metal prep that we use in our shop.
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Aluminator is not a "cleaner", it is formulated for etching aluminum surfaces and removing oxidation, road film, scum, diesel smoke, and water marks. The quick penetration and etching action reduces the need to rub, buff or agitate the surface being brightened.
These 2 statements seem to conflict each other. Ist one says it is for clean aluminum, second one conflicts the 1st?
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Andy
Akron, Ohio
80 Z-1 Classic-Sold
84 GPZ1100
79 KZ 1000 LTD
78 KZ 1000 A2
77 KZ 1000 LTD-Sold
76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special
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*This product is a buffered "safe" acid based aluminum brightener, designed for clean, unfinished (bare) aluminum. Not all aluminums are the same. Many things are manufactured with different alloys and even coatings mixed into the aluminum which, in effect, can block Aluminator.
Aluminator is not a "cleaner", it is formulated for etching aluminum surfaces and removing oxidation, road film, scum, diesel smoke, and water marks. The quick penetration and etching action reduces the need to rub, buff or agitate the surface being brightened.
These 2 statements seem to conflict each other. Ist one says it is for clean aluminum, second one conflicts the 1st?
They don't conflict: the first one is a warning thatit only can work on clean, unfinished aluminum. Then adds, coatings or other formulas of aluminum may not allow it to work.
The second statement is puffing, says it is not a cleaner but actually "etches" the surface.... which is a benign way of saying it EATS the top layer of aluminum away and hopefully exposes a lower layer that is better looking than the top one which is worn from age.
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The most time consuming part to these old bikes for me is getting them to look good, getting them to run is the easy part. In short if it was shiny when it was new, I want it to shine now but on each bike I buy I know that I'm looking at a tremendous amount of labor and time to make that happen. If this stuff will get rid of 25 or 30 years of builtup "patina" in short order I'll be one happy camper.
I can hardly wait for this stuff to arrive, but when it does I plan on trying it out on some parts that I really don't care much about first to see how it is going to perform. I'm thinking it should get here early next week and I'll let you all know how well it does or does not work.
Andy
Akron, Ohio
80 Z-1 Classic-Sold
84 GPZ1100
79 KZ 1000 LTD
78 KZ 1000 A2
77 KZ 1000 LTD-Sold
76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special
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