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Alumabrite - turned aluminum yellow?

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Read good things about Alumabrite. Tried it on the top section of these barrels. Seems to be turning the metal yellow. The left is untreated, the right is Alumabrite. Followed instructions. I can't find any threads on this. Any thoughts?

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Have never heard of the stuff (or used it), but I just looked at their site and read the "How to use" page.

The two biggest things I noticed were the note that it will not penetrate grease and/or dirt, so it needs to be applied to clean aluminum, and it needs to be diluted considerably. Did you follow instructions?

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I did. I was using the NAPA version, which is a spray bottle. 30 seconds on, rinse off. Luckily I tested it before doing the whole block.

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The cylinder is painted silver. Seems that the stuff damaged the paint.
 
Didn't realize the cylinders were painted. I thought they were just that color, or maybe had a clearcoat. Thanks
 
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