I wash my own truck all the time and use products from FPPF. I use either the propar super renews 2 or the trailer brightner on the aluminum parts that aren't polished and when diluted down enough I use it on the panels to help pull the yellow out of them. I use there luster bright on all the stainless and polished aluminum, it pulls the dirt out of the poors and still leaves the original shine behind. If you go to the FPPF website they have a complete list of all there products.
"Brightener" for aluminum / stainless
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by VisionLogistics, Mar 17, 2012.
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OK- One word for this FPPF trailer brightener: WOW!!!
I diluted it about 40:1 with water, put it into a spray bottle and sprayed it on my aluminum wheels. HOLY MOLY! No scrubbing, no touch, nothing. Just sprayed it on, waited for a couple of minutes and rinsed it off with my power washer. Finally I found a comparable product to what the truck washes use.
It cleaned the aluminum wheels to like they were almost brand new (million mile project truck). I can only imagine how well this will work for my pre-polish wheels and trailer doors when I actually take some time and do it properly. Oh and the aluminum frame rails on the trailers should look real purrty too. I will check around for the luster bright as you mentioned so I can keep a polish on the wheels, yet brighten them after washes.
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Here's a quick wash job using FPPF trailer brightener on my reefer doors (same product that I used on my wheels). First pic is a test where I brushed it onto the panel of the bottom right door, and rinsed it off. That's the first attention those S/S doors have had in 3 years. They had stains and road film, as shown on the other parts of the first picture. The second pic is after I used a wash brush, bucket of water, and 50:1 diluted FPPF. I scrubbed lightly and rinsed it off before it dried. Not perfect, but better than what it was.
Total time: 35 minutes including scraping off the old stickers and DOT tape.
The last owner of this wagon painted some of the rear stainless steel a gray metal flake spray paint, who knows why.
I'll be taking a buffer and some polishing compound to the stainless frame after I get the rest of the paint & adhesive off.
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Is it found retail? I refuse to buy that stuff from truckstops, so I haven't looked there. Example: You know the "Pure Citrus" Orange air freshener that the truckstops charge $13 per bottle for? I think Home depot or walmart sells the same item and size for $5.
I about puked when I saw the receipt from Dad's truckstop in Idaho Falls the other day when they charged me $13 for one bottle of it. Scammmmmmers.
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