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From: alanj@orca.UUCP (Alan Jeddeloh)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Splotchy aluminum parts!
Message-ID: <2151@orca.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Sep-86 12:17:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: orca.2151
Posted: Fri Sep  5 12:17:22 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 7-Sep-86 01:34:41 EDT
References: <1226@utastro.UUCP>
Reply-To: alanj@orca.UUCP (Alan Jeddeloh)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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In article <1226@utastro.UUCP> fbr@utastro.UUCP (F. B. RAY) writes:
>German detergent out, handled by BMW dealers among others.  Also advertised
>in the cycle mags.  It makes aluminum really shine.  Apologies for not having
>the name on the tip of my tongue, but ask around.  Comes in a red box.
>About $10 a throw, but you can clean everything with it.  You're right not
>to use too coarse an abrasive, but the abrasives in Simichrome are very fine.

Are you by any chance thinking of "S-100"?  I bought some (about $15 around
here).  Works fine, does a great job on baked on stuff.  Don't believe the
"just spray it on a hose it off" claim, though.  You still have to wipe and
scrub a little.  The manufacturer directs you to spray it on, wait, then
hose it off with a high-pressure water jet.  My Nighthawk owner's manual
is full of warnings of where not to spray with high-pressure water jets.
So much for the S-100 manufacturer's instructions :-).

The local fuller brush lady sold me a handy item.  It's supposed to be a
"shower door track brush".   The bristles are about 1 1/2 inch long, with
the whole brush only about 3/8 inch wide.  The bar holding the bristles
is bent 90 degrees at the end of the brush, with the bristles trimmed at
a 90 degree angle as well, so it will reach into a tight corner.

                TOP VIEW
                                 ooooooooooooooo
        ----********************ooooooooooooooooo
        ----********************ooooooooooooooooo
                                 ooooooooooooooo
	
BRISTLE                                                  HANDLE
 END                                                      END
  ..    ----*                 SIDE VIEW                    **
  ..    ----*                                              ** 
 o..o   ----**                   ooooooooooooooo          oooo   
 o..o   ----/*******************oooo(handle)ooooo         oooo
 o..o   --///||||||||||||||||    ooooooooooooooo          oooo
  ..    /////|||(bristles)|||                              ||
  ..    ////|||||||||||||||||                              ||

                BOTTOM VIEW
                                 ooooooooooooooo
        .....................***ooooooooooooooooo
        .....................***ooooooooooooooooo
                                 ooooooooooooooo
	
(I can't do justice with character graphics.  The handle is out of proportion,
among other problems.  The bristles change direction smoothly, not in steps.)

Anyway, (after spending $? of Tek's money making this picture), what it's
good for is brushing the engine behind the exhaust pipes.  It's narrow enough
to fit between the pipes.

	-Alan Jeddeloh
	Tektronix GWD