Technical Cleaning Buick drums

I don't want to sandblast my drums nor do I want to polish them. How should I go about making them look good. A friend of mine uses Sno-Bowl toilet cleaner to clean aluminum intakes . Has anyone tried it on Buick drums? Thanks, Bill

 

NAPA sells an aluminum brightener/cleaner that works pretty well: http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=MCR1458_0075100080 It is nasty stuff, so wear gloves and safety goggles.

 

I blasted mine with Arm and Hammer baking soda. D

 

I just used a fine wire wheel on a bench grinder and worked off the crud. Seemed to look pretty good at the time.

 

i used some type of oven cleaner let it sit over night then sprayed off