hey, just wondering, how do you guys remove stains from aluminium?? cause i found finger prints all over my case...

Autosol if you're up to the task.

Otherwise, if the stains aren't too old, some Goof Off or washing detergent might work.

hmm....how bout if its like a week old?? still can use washing detergent?? how do i clean off the detergent later? any detergent will do? soap powder works ar?


autosol, where to get it?

try washing detergent (for plates). use soft cloth or soft sponge only.
autosol can be bought from hardware shop. eneos 1U has a wider range of autosol.
but i used metalsol (pirated autosol?) once and it turned black. have to continiously scrub the area for the black stuff to disapear. thr outcome was a smoother polished alu but darker. i did it on a piece of alumimium at workplace, not casing.

This post has been edited by Rusty Nail: Feb 14 2006, 06:39 PM

Wow! Danger! Dont use Autosol on anodized aluminum man. Autosol is highly abrasive n will rub off the anodised layer. Autosol is meant for bare metals only.

I saw a proper Aluminum cleaning solution selling at Tesco. It comes in a bottle. Cheap too. Y not buy that n try on a small corner on the inside of the panel to make sure it's not corrosive. Shud b good though coz the instructions sed it's for cleaning aluminum door n window frames n those r anodized aluminum so it shud work nicely on aluminum PC cases.

but the question when you guys say new stains, how long is considered new? that is wat i wanna know...

my Razer Exactmat has already warped already.
the black surface already sunken a bit at the middle just after 6 months.
so becareful if you want to polish aluminium, it might warp.

warp?? wat do you mean??

how about use WD40???
hehehe ..

exactmats actualy surface is not alu, but the base is alu.

Whahahaha. U too excited while sniping kar? Or ure AWP too heavy?



His mse pad went for a ride on Starship Enterprise n went tru warp speed.

Warp=bent.

use sand paper?????

uselemonzismightworksquezezelemonandgosok

This post has been edited by silllver: Feb 14 2006, 09:45 PM

how does tat help??





thx....are you high or something??

wouldn tat scratch the case instead?? even if its fine grit, it'll still scratch right??

you mean

"use lemon it might work, squeeze lemon and gosok?"

god lyn english really "keng!"

scratch liao can polish it again mah...hehe

Quote from MacDanife.

This post has been edited by ikan_semilang: Feb 15 2006, 10:26 AM

Metal polish will do..? I did mine, but not easy to remove

once u apply autosol at ur ah-lian...habis, u wil ...

try to go "brother" shop n ask for it...i forgot tat thing call wat name liao...smth like spray de... it work

wah..tell me wat is tat la... my ah lian dirty already..

This thing....

First of all, I was not referring to using Autosol on the anodized surfaced outside. That's plain idiotic.

I meant on the inside, which is bare aluminium, and I've tried it on my PCI blank slot covers which always picks up fingerprints, it works great. As for the aluminium turning black, that's normal. You just gotta keep rubbing with a clean cloth until it goes away.

If you're referring to the exterior surface, I don't know. I usually use this foaming window cleaner to wipe it everytime I touch it. Clean up everytime you've tainted your LianLi surface and it won't have any stains.

This post has been edited by evilnickwong: Feb 15 2006, 06:20 PM

For me i'll use a piece of cloth wif a bit of water.

it wil work great on copper" hsf, water block" is alu... habis

sorry, i forgot the thing name jor... it smell like "lemon"

A good recommendation is to use Aluminium cleaner. As the name suggest you use it for cleaning aluminium. You can get PYE Aluminium Cleaner from Jusco Home Center or Ace Hardware. Visit www.pyeproducts.com for details.

go ace hardware look for aluminium stain remover...
dont ask the ppl there, cuz i dont think those guys there can help u.....

hmm...the aluminium cleaner works or not? dun want the whole case to turn black instead..will go there n haf a look 1 day... thx...

Shud b ok lar. U know those alu window n door frames? Seen those? They're also anodized like alu PC cases. Anyway xetajones works for Pye n he oso sed it's alright. U can always try a lil bit on hte inside of ure panel to make sure it doesnt strip the color off.

try Braso this will help or Easy of bang !

What in the world r u talking about? "Easy of bang?" ??????????

LOL wat a thread with super duper language

so any solution beside getting those alu cleaner?

Have u use alcohol liquid. that should do the trick. Remember alcohol liquid to clean ur tape player. Use that! That might work.

If u cant find one. Use alcohol that used facial cleanser or something. that one work removing oil.

egis a spray liquid that u can buy at y hyprmarket ok u only dono what de isgoing on la!

eh..i dun noe this thread was created already..thank god somebody bumped it up..

so about the removing stain from aluminium, i suggest uncle should update the steps and guides on the first post, like sleeving guide thread..

there are many ways but it depends on what type of stain u occur .. oil, dust, thermal paste ....

for oil and dust the best method just get a piece of wet cloth that has some detergent drop

wipe it throughly then get another piece of microfiber cloth wipe off the surface to clean the detergent away ...

works very well ... sometimes i even have the whole case dissembles and use dish drop and cloth to wipe the surface then spray with clean waters.

while for thermal paste alcohol, Zippo and even tooth paste (not recommended) can works... Alcohol works the best out of all three..

anyone try to polish the heatsink?..i got one gigabyte heatsink...not as shining as new one d...plan to polish it..any advise?

Use tomato sauce.

hahah...really works?...

Come on sHawTY please be serious ...

u sure to that tomato sauce could get the stain removed...

If ciohbu means that the base is oxidized, offcourse it will work.
Try finding any copper base heatsink that is badly oxidized, then you will know either it will work or not.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 31 2007, 07:17 PM

hmmm . what about using cola ??

i tried that before on the old Vantec Ran sink .. it works and the block shine like the same old day ...

Cola Huh?

Now that is a new thing for me.
Perhaps i should try this method later on my waterblock when it oxidized, and maybe you can try the tomato sauce method too.

cola might work....heard that some fireman use it to clean their equipment, helmets, oxygen tanks and stuff

tried baking soda yet?

hmm .. i think actually is the same chemical within the Soda and Coke that actually does the magic ...

hehe..will try with my g-power when i remove it next time..
thanx for all the suggestion

sorry, a bit offtopic here..

how to remove scratches from my SECC casing?
can use those one that used on car (or what it is called)?

-adios-

cola? i thought cola got acid? make my ahlian oxidize faster?

That's for the copper part lah bro ....

the best to clean aluminum is dish soap and water .... after wipe off the water to prevent water mark left on it ...

I believe tomato sauce also has acid in it.
As far as i can remember, everything that is sour got some connection with acid.

Now that explains how the oxidation on copper can be removed quickly with tomato sauce.

wat about cleaning nickel-plated copper?? for instance my hsf XP90

thinking of doing some spring cleaning this weekend

that's even more easier men .. and that's the only reason that i stick with thermalright heatsink until now ...

just take out the heat sink and additional screws if possible ...

then prepeare a bail of water with couple drop of dish cleaning liquid.

just dump inside for a minute then take out wash with clean water ...

after remember to use heat dryer with low heat level and dried it down to avoid water mark stain ....