Amazing bare aluminum wheel cleaner!

[Jack Klarich]

That's funny! The redhead! Mine is a redhead too! Nothing like em, is there?

You betcha, tho I sleep with 1 eye open

 

[screwylouie]

You betcha, tho I sleep with 1 eye open

You SLEEP!

 

[BOWHIKER]

How would I know if the back rim on my Night Train is bare aluminum or not ?

 

[gator508]

How would I know if the back rim on my Night Train is bare aluminum or not ?

If it dulls over time, it is bare aluminum. Reason..aluminum is easily oxidized by oxygen, to form aluminum oxide, that is what is removed by cleaners to expose fresh aluminum metal.

 

[screwylouie]

How would I know if the back rim on my Night Train is bare aluminum or not ?

Rub a little "simichrome" or other aluminum cleaner on a little spot on the wheel with a white cloth, if the cloth turns black, it's bare aluminum. Then try the Barkeepers Friend and see how much easier it works! If the cloth doesn't turn black, and I mean unmistakably black, the wheels are coated and the polish won't help. The oxidation is under the coating.