Here was the response I got back from the boat factory:
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You may be able to find some aluminum cleaner like Aluminum Jelly. If not, then you will most likely have to get a rotary power buffer and polishing compound and start the dirty job of manually cleaning (polishing) the aluminum.
Marathon Boat Group
PO Box 549
One Grumman Way
Marathon, NY 13803
888-694-1285
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Maybe I'll see if I can track down some Duro Aluminum Jelly. I tested a small spot with some stainless steel cleaner and fine steel wool and although there's a fair amount of blackish crud, it cleaned pretty well. I'm thinking the first step is serious cleaning/scrubbing perhaps even with soft scrub and a scrubbing pad, then polishing and some protectant.
(I'm thinking those green scrubbing pads just might work with the hook 'n loop on the PC.)
Is Collinite wax the best choice for a canoe or is there something else I should get?