[Towertalk] Cleaning Aluminium. Thanks

Larry lclarks@nc.rr.com
Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:45:19 -0500


3M-Scotch-Brite

Try any home center, Lowe's Home Depot etc. I buy them all the time to clean
the carbon out of my skeet chokes. I'm using them now to clean up the legs
on an old Universal Tower.

Larry WA2SRY


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimmy Weierich" <kg2au@stny.rr.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Cleaning Aluminium. Thanks


> These pads are widely used in the metalworking industry and are made
> in a variety of grits by 3M (Scotch-Brite) and other manufacturers.
>
> They are available from industrial supply houses such as
> McMaster-Carr and Grainger as well as metalworking supply houses such
> as J&L, MSC and Enco.
>
> Try searching any such site for "abrasive hand pads".
>
>
> >I would never use steel wool except as a last resort - it deposits steel
> >shavings all over everything and you can never really clean it all off.
> >These shavings will rust and perhaps cause dissimilar metal issues.
> >
> >I use Scotch brite pads (assuming you can get them).
> >
> >73 Mike N2MG
>
> --
> Jimmy Weierich, K2LV,   ex KG2AU       <kg2au@stny.rr.com>
> Vestal, NY  USA           FN12xa
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