Cleaning

Cleaning involves picking the chemicals of your choosing to remove all the oil and grime from the parts. I started out thinking that I could clean with the Boeing Spec degreaser called Simple Green, but was advised not to do this for bare aluminum, even of the formula is specified as non-corrosive. Then you get into all sorts of possible solutions, ranging from dawn dishwashing detergent to MEK and Lacquer thinner. The whole point is that you need to remove the contamination that will prevent any anti-corrosion treatments or primers from adhering to the metal properly. I used microfiber cloth and Acetone - seems to work rather well, but still requires some elbow grease to get everthing properly cleaned.