De-Anodizing

[Rammer]

Don't like the color ?
Check this out !!!!!!!

You will need:
Gloves
Heavy duty EZ Off Oven Cleaner.

Spray parts with oven cleaner, let stand approx 10 seconds and rinse. If necessary use a tooth brush to get the stubborn parts.

[hndaman1]

Thats what I used EZ off works great for this.. I did this on my First baja to get rid of the ugly purple before I had it powder coated..

[jmolsen1@yahoo.com]

carb cleaner apears to work

[jmolsen1@yahoo.com]

sorry i was wrong about carb cleaner , does work on steel ,not alu

[mradlin]

sorry i was wrong about carb cleaner , does work on steel ,not alu
We all make mistakes. ;)
But you are correct it does work well on steel! :D

[Rammer]

Soak parts in ( Greased Lightning ) for about an hour.
Then scrub parts with dish soap,and water.
Polish parts with ( Brasso ) ,and rag.
Wash parts again with soap, and water.( Don't scrub,you will scratch )
They will look ( GREAT ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hndaman1]

Soak parts in ( Greased Lightning ) for about an hour.
Then scrub parts with dish soap,and water.
Polish parts with ( Brasso ) ,and rag.
Wash parts again with soap, and water.( Don't scrub,you will scratch )
They will look ( GREAT ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can also you some semi-crhome polish or mothers, or the best thing I found so far is a tube of honda polish:D(that what I used on motorcycle (frames/swingarms/tripleclamps/etc) it is about 6.00 a tube I was told it has jewelers ruoge in it:)

[splcrazy]

what i found to be the best stuff for taking off the annodise is , concentrated liquid degreaser , just get a plastic tub big enough for the parts you are doing then pour in the de greaser covering the parts , you will start to see tiny bubbles coming up from the parts , thats the annodise melting off . It melts off the annodise and does NOT eat alluminium , it leaves it clean and smooth ready for polishing , and it takes off the annodise very quickly

[windrider503]

It works great (The yellow can) I had parts for my rock crawler sit all night with the blue stuff and it did nothing so I switched to the yellow can and soaked everything down and went back in the house thinking it would take a while when I came back out there was smoke cumming out of the can and all I had was a bunch of junk :( I had to buy all new parts... Not my brightest moment!!!!!!!

[MTLJ2]

Soak parts in ( Greased Lightning ) for about an hour.
Then scrub parts with dish soap,and water.
Polish parts with ( Brasso ) ,and rag.
Wash parts again with soap, and water.( Don't scrub,you will scratch )
They will look ( GREAT ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have also used Greased Lightning with much success, only thing different I do is soak my parts for about 15 minutes or so then wash off with soap and water and use some mothers polish.

[mradlin]

It works great (The yellow can) I had parts for my rock crawler sit all night with the blue stuff and it did nothing so I switched to the yellow can and soaked everything down and went back in the house thinking it would take a while when I came back out there was smoke cumming out of the can and all I had was a bunch of junk :( I had to buy all new parts... Not my brightest moment!!!!!!!
I have quite a few of those "moments" :horse: