Nice way to clean/ brighten the UIM
#27
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Originally Posted by CantGoStraight
Steel wool won't be your best friend when all the little steel pieces get into you alternator and cause it to fail. You do realize all the little sttle particles will begin to cause rust stains everywhere they land, collect, and get wet. I have to admitt it looks worlds better. I'm just hate to say that using steelwool with parts still in the engine bay will be really hard to clean out and will deffinately start causing rust stains, after all you did use soap and "water" as well so it won't be long before you start seeing the rust.
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Originally Posted by HDP
Not if it's stainless steel wool. I think that's mostly all they sell nowadays.
The only thing stainless woudn't do is perhaps rust, there are also lesser grades of stainless that do rust so just because it's called stainless doesn't mean it won't rust. It still wouldn't be good) stainless or not) to use it on the alternator, small metal pieces just don't work well with electrical components, and I probably wouldn't have said anything at all if he had said stainless steel wool, or that he was using it around his alternator. I still think the results he got for the amount of time invested is outstanding.
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I doubt it, but you could keep the magnet off the surface of those items you are worried about. The field strength drops quickly with distance, but would still be able to pick up light pieces of steel wool. Just don't put a magnet next to a floppy disk or other magnetic recording media.
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Whenever I have parts apart, I hit them with a wire wheel on my power drill to clean off all the grime. I often hit it with some polishing compound and a polishing wheel also on the power drill. Looks almost polished and LOTS cleaner. I did that on my Y pipe, suspension control arms brake calipers etc.
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I had someone bead blast my intake manifolds for me. After a couple months they begin to dull (this car is garage kept). I even used some spray-on clear engine enamel but it didn't seem to do much. They look a lot better, but they don't like as good as they did right after you clean them.
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