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Old 05-25-2004, 08:35 PM
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I wasn't sure what forum to post this is. I guess nitro cars have alot of anodized metal so here I am.
Does anyone know how to remove the anodized coloring found on most metal r/c parts? I have a couple of small parts I would rather have a natural alum. look. Any info would be great! Thanks
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I wasn't sure what forum to post this is. I guess nitro cars have alot of anodized metal so here I am.
Does anyone know how to remove the anodized coloring found on most metal r/c parts? I have a couple of small parts I would rather have a natural alum. look. Any info would be great! Thanks
easy get the trinity nitro wash in the plastic bottle, that should take it out
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Easy off will work, Drano works better.

Soak them in water mixed with Drano, check them every fifteen minutes. With protective gogles on, and some rubber gloves brush the parts and the anodizing will come right off. Use a toothbrush for the tight spots.

Be careful, drano is an acid. Also dont mix Drano with Easy Off, bad combo!!
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always a new thing to learn everyday. Great tips! But, why would one want to remove the anodize off the finished product?



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Easy off will work, Drano works better.

Soak them in water mixed with Drano, check them every fifteen minutes. With protective gogles on, and some rubber gloves brush the parts and the anodizing will come right off. Use a toothbrush for the tight spots.

Be careful, drano is an acid. Also dont mix Drano with Easy Off, bad combo!!
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Originally posted by eddiethefish
always a new thing to learn everyday. Great tips! But, why would one want to remove the anodize off the finished product?

Well all the aluminum parts on my MTX3 are silver except for a small blue servo arm. I guess I'm just anal about that kind of stuff. I've got some draino around here somewhere. I'm gonna give it a shot.
thanks for all the tips
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I've had pieces of aluminum that were anodized that got scratched up, or pitted and I decided to polish them to make them mirror shily. The problem it is takes forever with the anodizing on there. Instead of buffing for a week, you just soak the parts in the draino and water, and in an hour or two you can get on to mking the aluminum shine!
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so, I can get rid of the hpi purple on the heatsink now. Will it damage the material at all?

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I've had pieces of aluminum that were anodized that got scratched up, or pitted and I decided to polish them to make them mirror shily. The problem it is takes forever with the anodizing on there. Instead of buffing for a week, you just soak the parts in the draino and water, and in an hour or two you can get on to mking the aluminum shine!
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Originally posted by eddiethefish
always a new thing to learn everyday. Great tips! But, why would one want to remove the anodize off the finished product?

I guess we all get tired of seeing purple on everything.
Make sure you get some metal polish after you do the easy off or draino thing.
The easy off will make your parts turn black.
Just polish it off afterwards.
I never tried the draino.
I used to do this way back when the RC10 had all that nasty gold everywhere.
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thanks! Guess no easy off for me then, since it's gonna be tough to buff out those black stuff on heatsink fins. plenty of draino at home, will give it a shot at it.

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I guess we all get tired of seeing purple on everything.
Make sure you get some metal polish after you do the easy off or draino thing.
The easy off will make your parts turn black.
Just polish it off afterwards.
I never tried the draino.
I used to do this way back when the RC10 had all that nasty gold everywhere.
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Originally posted by eddiethefish
thanks! Guess no easy off for me then, since it's gonna be tough to buff out those black stuff on heatsink fins. plenty of draino at home, will give it a shot at it.

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Ask someone if the draino leaves the black stuff before you try it.
I'm not sure if it does.
I've never used it.
I know for sure the easy off leaves that mess.
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one teaspoon of Red Devil drain cleaner in a quart of water. 5 minutes= everythings off.

Use dishwashing detergent to get the black stuff off.
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