Topic: Is this set of 750 cases now trash?

[bunghole]

P.S Use a rubber mat for bottom of tub, don't ask me how I know

Yep!!!!!!!!

I put some gnarly black lines on our tub.  I freaked out before my wife got home from travels, but luckily, it polished out with some abrasive cleaner.

I put some cardboard underneath for the second go.

[Terry in Australia]

Geez, you guys are ballsier than I thought, I didn't clean mine in the bath tub, I bought a cheap plastic tub from my local hardware store (great for storing parts too) and cleaned them out in the garage............ 

It's the trisodium phosphate in dishwashing detergent that does not like aluminum.

What are you doing spouting proper chemical names like that Jerry? I would have thought that this time of year you'd be sipping makers like me, and mumbling incoherently............... 

[Brantley]

The only problem I've seen is staining of the bare aluminum with the automotive washers/detergents. I'd be very careful putting those in any washing machine. If you are painting them no big deal.

The whole point of this debacle was to blast the PAINTED surfaces since I was having a repair done. Had I not needed a weld I'd have poured old dot 3  brake fluid on the sucker and let the old paint bubble off, wash it, and repaint. I actually thought I should only use the water pressure from the washer of which I spoke as I am the cat what repairs it when it acts up. (i.e. I can disconnect the lines that supply the detergent that BURRRRRNS pale skin, the rinse agent, and the sanitiser and maybe just pour a bit of Dawn in) And Terry- one thing I haven't figured out how to destroy is an 100 yr old clawfoot tub- although it's been tried.