Cleaning the aluminum on my boat

[fiker]

Bought a gallon of aluminum cleaner.  It did a great job.  Parts of the boat are like new. 

But, parts of the alumuninum turned kind of white.  Does the white go away?

Is there something else that I should do to make it go away? 

[fowlmouth]

I forget the name of the product, but I used it on my pontoon boat a couple years ago. Same thing, parts turned white but within a few days it all looked the same. I hosed it off each day, not sure if that helped.

[peters_skeeter]

I have a tracker 175. We dock our boat, so it is always a bear to get it clean. We used a product call Zing. I wouldn't use this product over your lawn. Anyways, wet the hull down, scrub with a stiff brush to get a majority of the scum off, dip a Brillo pad in a pale of the zing and scrub the aluminum in one direction. My boat came out really clean, but I am going to try an aluminum polish also.

[fiker]

I didn't do anything special, but the whiteish color did go away after a while.
I don't remember the brand, but the cleaner was just something they carry at the marina down the street.

[Waterfoul]

Zing or Alumaclean from BioKleen are the best products out there.  And I don't sell either of them darnit!