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Old 09-05-07 | 04:09 PM
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I have a Campagnolo Victory groupset.. some of the parts have little rust spots.. what cleaning products can i use to shine them up real nice to sell... or should i just sell them the way they are..
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Old 09-05-07 | 07:26 PM
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whatever you use do not, I repeat, do not use Castrol Super Clean (big purple bottle) on anything made of aluminum.

The citrus based solvents are great on anything with road gunk or grease, the only thing rusting on a Campy Victory group would be some screws?
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Old 09-05-07 | 07:30 PM
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WD40 and 0000 steel wool with a light touch.
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Old 09-06-07 | 01:40 AM
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yea... just the screws and bolts are a little rusty..
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Old 09-06-07 | 03:01 PM
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A tube of Autosol was sent from heaven !
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Old 09-06-07 | 03:24 PM
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Alloy? I'll swear by Mother's Aluminum Wheel Polish.
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Old 09-06-07 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by pedalada
whatever you use do not, I repeat, do not use Castrol Super Clean (big purple bottle) on anything made of aluminum.

Originally Posted by vpiuva
But that stuff will clean white brake hoods (and others) back to better than new. Bleach, Simple Green, citrus, none of 'em will come close to that CSC.
. . .it is great on plastic and synthetic rubber stuff + ferrous metals but I have some cute photos of what it does to anodised alloy chainrings, funny because it is intended for cleaning alloy auto wheels.
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Old 09-06-07 | 09:02 PM
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I too am a fan of Mother's...and it has such a cool name.

Blue Magic is good too.
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