I used Autosol before on one of my older aluminum cases, it does turn black, then shiny after rubbing it all out. You'll turn a couple of cloths completely black doing this, plus it take lots of time and effort to make sure you don't leave swirl marks too.

True True ... really hassle just to get small area completed //

imagine the hell with whole casing ...... kill me !!!

well, its a small price to pay to get many good returns..

if u polish wouldnt it take a little off the surface, i mean shud be wax right, anyway does it work on black as its so easy to get finger marks.

Sonex it is then. Is it available in Carrefour / Giant?

so, car polisher is the best alu cleaner?
any brand of car polish also can?

hmm...thought polishing lifts dirt of the surface?? that is why it become all black...never know polishing eats metal... can you confirm this??

haha...autosol also can...like wat evilnickwong...cause the effects of using polish and autosol also pretty same..the whole thing become very black..gotta rub a lot only become shinny..but no mirror finish la...which i dun care...cause less likely to get stain from finger prints anymore...

hmm...not too sure bout tat..others use those glass cleaner...and it works wonders...haha...its all up to you..see how adventurous you are..

car polish for sure, no matter how light the polish material is, there will be some abrasive material as opposed to wax, thats why u can wax a car as many times as u wan but polishing is normally done once in a long while as it thins out a little of the paint coating, n after polishing they normally apply a coat or two of wax over it.

not sure abt the black aluminium on casing as its not paint right...anodised something...what does that mean...maybe ian will know? Anybody??

This post has been edited by cablesguy: Nov 22 2006, 09:26 PM

Anodizing is a process where they treat the aluminum so that it doesn't corrode. It's like chrome plating for steel. They can also add colors. DO NOT POLISH anodized aluminum. It will b rubbed off n irreparably damaged.

that means car polish is a big no no? then what do u need to use?
plz enlightened us.

me wanna know also, i mean to clean the aluminium, just stuck a double sided tape on the untreated aluminium, next day peel off the mark refuse to go off, use contact cleaner, arctic clean n alcohol the mark still there.

Hmmm *comes back from carrefour, reads thread, tosses bottle of Sonex behind* (nah im just kidding)

So what's the proper way of buffing the internals of my lian li case to a pretty shine without possibly making any irreversible repairs? Clean it followed by a wax with rotary / wax cloth?

Aiyaaaaa u all misunderstooded my engrand lar.

Dont polish the external surfaces. That's where the anodized alu is. The internals r untreated alu, that's y it get's dull after a while.

still wanna know how to clean la bro, referring to the internal, that spot of peeled of double sided tape, no residue but got mark there.....so how to clean?? just to repeat, i use ctc cleaner kenot, use arctic clean kenot, use alcohol pun taboleh.

Zippo fluid.

Since like Zippo is multi purpose shinning tool ... i saw people at the sticker shop use it to clean the surface of the sticker and make it shine like new.....

Zippo fluid is just like WD40 in the hobby world. Both r items u must haf in the cupboard if ure an avid hobbyist. Cant possibly live without them.

ic ic .....thanks to another tip from Ianho....

will try it home when got time .... Autosol is really troublesome .....

okey dokey, will try it thx

i read Atomic magazine. the editor says can use zippo fuel to clean heatsink. can use it on anodized alu?
can use WD40 to clean the anodized alu also?

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Nov 23 2006, 05:32 PM