Aluminium corrosion

[locky]

Hi,
I have had my bike stored in the same shed for a period of time with pool chlorine and the vapour from the chlorine has caused the aluminium forks to get surface corrosion. Any ideas on what to use to remove this and prevent it from coming back??

[sgtslag]

Chlorine is a corrosive chemical, no matter what.  The only thing that might withstand it, is powder coating.  The easiest thing to remedy your problem is to remove the chlorine, or store your bike away from it.  I doubt the metal of the engine is the only thing being damaged by the chlorine gas...

With regards to cleaning off the corrosion, I would suggest  metal polish, but I would also recommend an Internet search on the topic of "cleaning corroded aluminum", or something to that effect.  Depending on how deep the corrosion is, you may need to use #00 steel wool to remove/smooth it, then use #000 steel wool, to polish things back up -- follow the grain of the metal, though.  After you finish polishing the fork tubes, hit them with a clear coat of paint, to protect them.  Cheers!

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