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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Oxidized Aluminum? 04/13/16 at 16:23:17 what's the best way to deal with the oxidized aluminum on the rear wheel hub and brake cover?
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jrobeson18 Full Member Offline Jeep and a Suzuki, how can i lose? Posts: 121 Charlotte NC Gender:	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #1 - 04/13/16 at 17:25:22 I took Marvel Mystery Oil to mine. Took a good bit of rust off with light pressure. Along with some eagle all wheel cleaner
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #2 - 04/13/16 at 19:37:54 thanks jrobeson18 ... I happen to have both in the cabinet ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-uf4YyeHI
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #3 - 04/13/16 at 19:38:40 I know Coke and aluminum foil will remove rust from chrome without scarring it. It might work to clean up oxidation as well.
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #4 - 04/13/16 at 19:54:22 now that I'm looking over this rear wheel, it may take days/weeks of scrubbing to get the oxidation off, it ain't a light film, it's pretty heavy ...
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #5 - 04/13/16 at 20:36:36 UPDATE - went searching the forums for Machinists, and the older wiser crowd have spoken - http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/1841-How-can-I-remove-oxidation-from...
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #6 - 04/14/16 at 08:42:00 Hey DeserRat. That is funny. I was wondering if anybody else had seen any of Mr. Cleanmouth's videos. He may not be the most well spoken individual, but he seems to know about bikes. Well I guess it is time to say so long to all the ----ers and ----ettes.
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #7 - 04/14/16 at 09:17:01 he's an "old timer", no non-sense type of guy. I like him
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Happybandit YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 24	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #8 - 04/16/16 at 11:30:33 I wish I would have known this before I went out and spent 30 buck on chrome polishes and cleaners.
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Reply #9 - 04/16/16 at 12:05:13

Happybandit wrote on 04/16/16 at 11:30:33:

I wish I would have known this before I went out and spent 30 buck on chrome polishes and cleaners.

Marvel Mystery Oil DOES NOT WORK. It only removes the very light white oxidation, the stuff you could rub off with your finger and a tissue.

I let the hub soak overnight in some OxyClean, it only served to removed oil, grease and brake dust.

I'm still hunting for a solution to this horrible oxidation

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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #10 - 04/16/16 at 12:06:23 Marvel Mystery Oil rub down and overnight OxyClean soaked hub still oxidized ...
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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 874 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #11 - 04/16/16 at 13:07:08 Rub that stuff in with aj powerball on an drill
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #12 - 04/16/16 at 13:23:25 rubbing even with a powerball ain't gonna get this off ... click on the photos and look at the enlarged images ... it is HEAVILY oxidized ... I'm looking into a table top blast cabinet, using baking soda/powder as media ...
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #13 - 04/16/16 at 13:34:52 Wow. That looks like it gets parked in the ocean. Perfect for a rat bike. I Think the only way to make that one nice again would be disassemble it and have it blasted. Or do it by hand with wet and dry. Then new spokes cause those rusty ones won't look right anymore.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oxidized Aluminum? Reply #14 - 04/16/16 at 14:07:38 The time your bike will be down, hours of labor, why not look for a decent used one? That Is crusty.
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