Aluminum jelly?

[TrpnBils]

Are aluminum jelly and naval jelly the same thing for cleaning up buttons? I keep seeing references for this but have never tried it... I noticed Lowes has naval jelly so I might pick some up tomorrow if it's the same thing.

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

No. Both are mostly phosphoric acid but Aluminum jelly has fewer oxide additives.

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[FreeBirdTim]

I use naval jelly on gold gilt buttons and it works great. Doesn't work as good on aluminum tokens, though. Shines them up, but it doesn't do anything for the pitting on them.

 

[TrpnBils]

Doesn't work as good on aluminum tokens, though. Shines them up, but it doesn't do anything for the pitting on them.

Interesting - what does aluminum jelly do for pitting? I have a good many nice tokens that are lightly to moderately pitted.....

 

[hvacker]

If it gets rid of pits it's also getting rid of metal' Make sure that's what you really want to do.

 

[Palmetto Pony]

The naval jelly is slightly more corrosive due to a higher percentage of phosphoric and sulfuric acids. I know the MSDS has the same amounts listed, but if you'll notice it's listed as a percentage range (10-30% for phosphoric and 0.1-1% sulfuric). The range is to help protect their exact formulas. If you need to prove it to yourself try litmus paper on each and you'll see the differences. To me the aluminum jelly also seems to have a thinner consistency.

The full name of the aluminum jelly is Loctite Aluminum Jelly Cleaner and Brightener. I couldn't find ANY in my area so a local Tru Value hardware store said they could order it. When they tried they were advised it was being discontinued so they refunded my money and I went looking elsewhere. I ended up finding a vendor on Ebay so I ordered two bottles.

I used it on a gold gilt general service button and it brought out gilt I couldn't even see originally. It also took of the green corrosion quickly.

 

[TrpnBils]

The naval jelly is slightly more corrosive due to a higher percentage of phosphoric and sulfuric acids. I know the MSDS has the same amounts listed, but if you'll notice it's listed as a percentage range (10-30% for phosphoric and 0.1-1% sulfuric). The range is to help protect their exact formulas. If you need to prove it to yourself try litmus paper on each and you'll see the differences. To me the aluminum jelly also seems to have a thinner consistency.

The full name of the aluminum jelly is Loctite Aluminum Jelly Cleaner and Brightener. I couldn't find ANY in my area so a local Tru Value hardware store said they could order it. When they tried they were advised it was being discontinued so they refunded my money and I went looking elsewhere. I ended up finding a vendor on Ebay so I ordered two bottles.

I used it on a gold gilt general service button and it brought out gilt I couldn't even see originally. It also took of the green corrosion quickly.

Yeah I've noticed it seems to be hard to find...how does ammonia do? I've seen that mentioned from time to time too

 

[against the wind]

I originally used Naval Jelly years ago to remove rust stains from parts on my motorcycle. It worked well, especially on my chrome parts. Buying and using Naval Jelly is a lot cheaper than replacing chrome parts.

 

[dlupo]

Just found an unopened bottle of the original Duro Aluminum Jelly (blue bottle, white cap) if anyone's interested. Curious if it's still any good.