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TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:14 am
by craig
Last year I started cleaning my toons with a aluminum cleaner sold a NAPA stores. It works great like nothing I have bought before and a fraction of the price. I mixed a 1cleaner/3 water and spray on and rinse off its really that simple with great results 1/3 the time too.

This NAPA product is called "ALUMINUM BRIGHTENER" #1478 Blue label with bright yellow lettering with the NAPA logo on the left side. Under this is smaller lettering works in seconds. Sold in gallon jugs. Promise you'll never buy another toon cleaner again.

Craig

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:14 am
by robster
Hey what's the aluminum cleaner called? so I can go to NAPA and get a bottle,I would like to try it out to see if it will remove the streaks and spots JJV"s Best ..(Worst!)... cleaner left on our toons and aluminum trim.

Cheers,
Robert

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:10 pm
by ttcfan4476
i use jd acid found at airgas welding supply for 12 bucks a gallon its better than jjv's imo

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 3:22 pm
by Mosnowman
I just went to NAPA looking for it and couldn't find the described product. I asked the NAPA guy and told him what it was for..I ended up with a small bottle of "Mothers Aluminum Polsh"....he didn't know of any NAPA product.....let me know if anyone else has luck finding it.


Heres a link showing it at NAPA....

http://m.napaonline.com/Tablet/parts/Pa ... 0075100080

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:26 am
by BiXLL
I got a gallon of it at my local napa. They just happened to have it in as it was ordered in for someone that never came and got it.

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:57 pm
by belercous
I don't recall the name of the cleaner but yes, the stuff sold at NAPA stores is great. Works better than other alunimun cleaners & is much cheaper. Just found it a couple of weeks ago myself. Comes in a spray bottle.

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:43 pm
by promad
just bought some today , best way to find it is give them the part number and they punch it in the computer alot of times napa has stuff in the back that is not on the shelf out front .

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:36 pm
by ltrosson
The cleaner at NAPA is called Fleet Bright and it works great. Truck drivers use the stuff to clean their aluminum gas tanks. Learned the hard way do not get it on painted surface.

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:50 pm
by Mosnowman
I found it...at my NAPA store it was called Aluminum Brightner...NAPA brand. It worked like a charm...sprayed on waited 30 seconds ...hosed off..toons looked new! I bought two spray bottles and used most all of it on my two outer toons. Great stuff...thanks!

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:30 pm
by Ryan
Wow, this sounds great I have a local Napa and going to go get some and try it. One question though, are you guys just cleaning them on the trailer and getting what you can? It's be cool to be able to lift the boat somehow with straps and get it all done properly then wax. It was also mentioned that its not something you want to get on a painted surface; what about it running down on the bunk carpet.. any damage there? Thanks guys


Ryan

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:43 pm
by Ryan
My local Napa had it so I grabed a gallon today. Just under 30 bucks after tax, I'll be using it one day this week, I'll post results then.

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:04 pm
by OK Toon
I asked a guy at my local Napa store for the "Napa Aluminum Brightener" and he couldn't find it.

After searching on the internet on the Napa website, I found the stuff. I went back to the Napa store and told him the manufacturer - Mac's. He then was able to find the stuff -- but only the 32oz spray bottle was available in the store. The gallon jug was available in the warehouse as well.

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Catal ... 0075100080

I picked up a couple of bottles - I can't wait to see how well it does on my 2003 toon. I'll make sure to get "before" and "after" pics.

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:23 am
by rwtdct
I have a question.....How many of you are cleaning the toons on a trailer and how many off the trailer? What I am getting at, is when you clean the toons on a trailer will tarnish or spot the paint on the trailer?

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:28 am
by pote
Also want to know what will the runoff do to bunk carpeting.

Re: TOON CLEANERS

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:41 pm
by bacaruda
POTE, Question and answer. Product I've used doesn't seem to harm bunk carpet, going on third year.
Question, this NAPA stuff sounds like a miracle. I have used TOON BRITE for a couple years. Only thing to restore from
discoloring and algae. Works great with some elbow grease and brush. but the NAPA stuff is better?