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by **DigitalMCO** on Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:36 pm

I was wondering what the preferred method was for removing corrosion and polishing up reflector mouthing hardware (excluding the reflector of course).

I'd like to clean up my Eaglelux signals internal components before I install some new cork gaskets and was wondering what the best method would be for achieving this? Would steel wool (med to fine) do the trick or might that be to abrasive on the aluminum? :scratch:

by **LarryC39** on Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:00 pm

How rusty is it? If it's textured rust, it's lost already, go ahead and sandblast it, hit it with rustoleum rusty metal primer, then a silver spraypaint of your choice.

If it's smooth, surface rust, try one of those evapo-rust products.

by **64ragtop** on Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:33 pm

Ron,

I've found that that the deep black pits and most of the less severe pits are virtually impossible to remove if you are trying to keep an original semi-polished surface. Yes, your steel wool idea will work and will soften the look of the pits that haven't turned black. It requires quite a bit of patience (and sore hands) because of all the scrubbing. I was able to get some of my DT reflector frames to look almost new by the time I got to the "0000" steel wool. But those only had light pitting. I also tried using an Eastwood tumbler on some badly pitted DT frames with fairly good results. There are some negatives to using the Eastwood tumbler though. A larger tumbler would have been better. Lastly, I have some Eagelux frames that were full of deep black pits. After trying various methods, I elected to bead blast those as Larry has suggested. They do not have the shiny surface as they did when new, but they are at least a uniform dull silver color now and look WAY better than before. :good:

by **DigitalMCO** on Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:02 pm

Thanks guys.
I tried the steel wool on the worst of the hardware figuring I didn't have anything to lose. After that I took some polishing compound to it. Granted the deep pitting is still there, and yes it was labor intensive, but I was pleasantly surprised at how it turned out.

I just can't imagine doing a 4-way with 12 reflectors all by hand. :No:

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