Home Grown Anno Removal??

[DevilMan]

Alright I know there are some folks here who have tried it... or if not there are about to be...

I'm pondering the stripping of some parts. I know that sand/media blasting works, but I've also HEARD that oven cleaner will strip anno.

What I want/need to know is.... How long do you put it on? Can you do a fade type strip? Will Oven cleaner strip paint? NOT ANNO but paint? Will Paint stripper strip anno???

Just a few of the questions. I plan on learning more about it in the upcoming weeks, but thought I'd ask the grey matter of AO first.

Oh and I guess I should say...


IF ANYTHING YOU READ IN THIS THREAD YOU TRY TO DO AND JACK UP YOUR STUFF AND/OR YOURSELF!!!!! IT"S YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT!!!!!

DM

[Rudz]

ive heard oven cleaner will strip anno, but only use enough to barely submerge the part, and dont leave it too long or it will cuase pitting and make the aluminum look ugly.

[DevilMan]

ive heard oven cleaner will strip anno, but only use enough to barely submerge the part, and dont leave it too long or it will cuase pitting and make the aluminum look ugly.

I was just gonna use the spray on stuff, let it sit, time it for 1 minute, the spray it off with water. Keep doing that to same spot til I figure out what I end up with...

that was the plan....

Meh.... maybe I'll be the trailblazer!!! Hell by the time some of use "Brains" get done the woman of the house will have her whole kitchen cleaned anytime one of us wants to do something....

From stripping it to baking the parts...

Guess we'll see. Was hoping that someone else with the grand idea had already done it...



Learning from someone else's mistakes is always less painful than learning from your own.

DM

[Beemer]

Learning from someone else's mistakes is always less painful than learning from your own.

DM

Classic.........and less expensive and part of the edjumacation process.

[Karta-mag]

I have used crystal Drano to strip the anodizing off parts and never had a problem. Just use a small brush and make sure not to leave the parts in it any longer than needed or it will pit them. Do it outside wear rubber gloves and safety glasses, I use about a teaspoon of drano per cup of water.
Before pic


after stripping anodizing

[DevilMan]

I have used crystal Drano to strip the anodizing off parts and never had a problem. Just use a small brush and make sure not to leave the parts in it any longer than needed or it will pit them. Do it outside wear rubber gloves and safety glasses, I use about a teaspoon of drano per cup of water.
Before pic


after stripping anodizing

NOW THAT"S WHAT I"M TALKIN ABOUT!!!!!

Nice N Shiny!!!!

So you just mix in a bit of drano with water and use something akin to a toothbrush and work it over??? or do you put the stuff in the solution and let it dissolve for a bit???

Thanx so much man... that's what I was looking for!!!!

DM

[skife]

try using muratic acid its been used for years to clean aluminium wheels, it strips the top coating off of it.

[thruster78]

Yes you can strip anno finish with Easy Off oven cleaner and also crystal type drain cleaners. The chemical in the drain cleaner that dissolves the anno finish is Caustic Soda. You can also just buy Caustic Soda by itself. Remember these chemicals are very dangerous you should always wear eye protection and chemical resistant rubber gloves.

This is a thread from a bicycle forum on how to clean anno off parts.

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=40732&p=1

[DevilMan]

Looks like someone is gonna be busy tearin up stuff tomorrow!!!!



Woot Woot!!!

DM

[xero28]

Thanks for asking this DM! I never would have thought of that. Guess what I'll be doing to this when it arrives...




I was just gonna sand/polish it, this is going to be so much easier.

By the way, I recently aquired an X-valve with some scratches on the top, I was thinking I could sand/polish some sort of design into it to cover up the marks. Do you think using some Easy Off would work, would you risk it on a valve? I'm thinking I could lay down some tape or something on the parts of the valve I don't want the anno removed from?

[Dend78]

yeah i would strip the valve down no seals or anything in it then i would mask the threads and inside of it so as not to screw that up then go to town

[Karta-mag]

Mix some in a small bucket you can put the part in and use the toothbrush to help remove the ano. It will fizz if it is working right and should only take a few minutes to get it all off. You will have to use some polish after stripping the parts to clean them and get them to shine.

[DevilMan]

I think this thread is gonna lead to a WHOLE LOT of busted parts and pissed off people!!!!


And alot of NEKKID aluminum.


Okay, so before I go outside and start this...> I have a bottle of LYE already in hand...

MAKE SURE TO USE COLD WATER!!!! NOT HOT!!!! It says so LOTS of times on the bottle.

But before I start... That other site had alot of folks painting the parts they stripped. Now my question is.... Why strip em if you are gonna paint em??? Doesn't the anno harden the part??? So it's stronger? I can understand stripping if you are gonna anno it again, but why strip it just to paint it????

Anyone know?

I mean I WANT to get my parts anno'd when I'm done, but I'm also thinking I can paint em to see if I'll like the look of what I want to get anno'd. If I don't I'll just hit it with paint stripper. and go back to square 1.

But if I'm going to paint it anyway, why even strip it???

DM

[DevilMan]

Oh and hey Xero... you in or out this weekend???

DM

[xero28]

Oh and hey Xero... you in or out this weekend???

DM

I posted up on the other thread you've got going. I can't make this weekend. I haven't played since New Years and I'm getting anxious, I need to get out and play at least a little, try out my new (to me) ULT X Keep posting when you're playing and I'll make one of these days.