Cleaning Aluminum pontoons? What is best?

Wintersux

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I need to clean alum. pontoons that have algae and some discoloration. What is the best method and what cleaners are best?
 
How much work do you want to do? I use to use toon-brite to give them a good cleaning, then I used Mag Wheel polisher from the auto store, they always came up shining. The toon-brite cleaned them but left them with a white haze to them, the mag wheel polish and a buffer and time made them shine. I came to the feeling that just cleaning them was enough. I spent 2 days polishing them, just to get them dirty again. Some people have recommended Shark-Hide after the polish step. It is supposed to keep them shiny.
 
I tried some "works" lime and scale remover and it didn't do much. How strong can the cleaner be before it etches the pontoons?
 
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