AIO haze

[Jesstzn]

I made an interesting observation about AIO this morning. It all started with me fabricating an aluminum heat sheald for my air box.



I made the shield from 1/8" aluminum and polished it by using 600 with oil then 1000 with oil then 1500 after this was done I washed it very well in a degreaser then Dawn to get a clean surface.



Next I used the PC with an old pad and Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish followed by Turtle wax rubbing compound and these 2 pretty well brought out the sanding marks. Believe it or not the Mag and Aluminum polish is more aggressive than the compound.



Next I went with Menzerna IP and FP till I was happy with it.



I thought because of here this was going a little protection would be in order so I brought out the Klasse Twins.



I did about 1/2 of the shield with AIO , wiped off and it looked good .. no noticeable difference . I was called to the phone and when I returned 20 min later I noticed the area I used the AIO on had a haze. I thought no biggie .. rub rub with the MF towel all will be well .. Hmmm nope didn`t come off. It was a chemical haze not a drying haze.

I tried 50/50 Rubbing Alcohol / water .. nope , tried a little SG on it .. nope.



Tried a little AIO .. nope , I ended up using Menzerna FP and a MF and some effort and it came off.



I then spritzed with 50/50 and dried and let it dry and applied SG .. all looks fine now.



The Al. I used was not a common off the shelf alloy , more of a cathode grade so the alloy could have been the problem

[Scottwax]

Interesting....



Pics of the heat shield?

[Jesstzn]

Originally posted by Scottwax

Interesting....



Pics of the heat shield?

[CRXSi90]

If I experienced that, my conclusion would have been that AIO "cleaned" out minor fillers and abrasive lubricants that were left behind by the polishes. I would have also thought that the reason it didn`t appear right away is because the AIO hadn`t completely dried in the minor scratches that became apparent. Finally, the application of SG didn`t have the same result because...it doesn`t have cleaners. I suppose one way to tell would be to wipe part that had only been polished, no AIO, with your 50/50 mix. Don`t bother trying it, I`ll take your word that you found the cause, this was just my thought process that I thought I`d share.



You`re probably right. Good job thinking analytically.

[Scottwax]

Originally posted by Jesstzn

If you put a sticker on it, you get an extra 25 HP! :p



Nice fabrication job, looks real clean!