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I have a bunch of folding mast steps - the kind made from 2 cast alum
pieces. I took them off the mast before I repainted it with LP - now
I'd like to clean them up and put them back. They're uncoated alum so
have a white powdery dusty feel to them now. What to do with them ??
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What you should do is get them bead blasted. (using glass beads) This will
remove all the oxidation. Them get them anodized. End of problem. However,
you will find that doing this will probably end up costing you about the
same as just purchasing new ones. I believe they cost around 28 bucks a
piece new. My recommendation - purchase new ones.

Or, best of all - do nothing at all as the white powder looking stuff is a
good coating in and of itself.

Wilbur Hubbard