Kraton How to remove anodizing?

[RC Steve]

I have a set of Kraton EXB V2 shock towers I would like to remove the anodizing from. Is there a way of doing this that retains reasonable surface quality?

 

[332_RC]

Yellow oven cleaner spray or Lye crystals

 

[332_RC]

I'll add: the oven cleaner spray works great on the red anodized parts. Not too good on black. I had to use Lye crystals for them. Try the oven cleaner spray, the lye crystals are really a caustic soda & will burn your fingers.

 

[Tex Koder]

I'll add: the oven cleaner spray works great on the red anodized parts. Not too good on black. I had to use Lye crystals for them. Try the oven cleaner spray, the lye crystals are really a caustic soda & will burn your fingers.

Wear Heavy Duty gloves..

 

[hobo]

I'll add: the oven cleaner spray works great on the red anodized parts. Not too good on black. I had to use Lye crystals for them. Try the oven cleaner spray, the lye crystals are really a caustic soda & will burn your fingers.

I did it will mr muscle crystals years ago I put a bit of warm water on also. It nearly burnt my shepherds pies out had to wear a mask and googles and gloves you can't get that stuff here anymore I'm not surprised either. its a gel now but takes ages to Deionise

 

[332_RC]

I did it will mr muscle crystals years ago I put a bit of warm water on also. It nearly burnt my shepherds pies out had to wear a mask and googles and gloves you can't get that stuff here anymore I'm not surprised either. its a gel now but takes ages to Deionise

I did an entire V5 Kraton chassis back couple months ago & burned my knuckle mixing up the lye crystals & warm water. It stripped the anodized off quick & the skin off my knuckle too. Set it all in a throw away aluminum roasting pan & dipped it w long tongs. Only took maybe a minute or two.

 

[332_RC]

For the red EXB towers, just get a Pyrex dish & spray them heavy & wait 15m. Wipe w/ paper towels & rinse. Return to dish & the leftover spray, & spray again. Repeat till gone. If the 'spray' in the dish gets really red, drain & repeat again. Then polish if desired.

 

[hobo]

I did an entire V5 Kraton chassis back couple months ago & burned my knuckle mixing up the lye crystals & warm water. It stripped the anodized off quick & the skin off my knuckle too. Set it all in a throw away aluminum roasting pan & dipped it w long tongs. Only took maybe a minute or two.

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I did the whole brand new 6s notorious christmas 2018 took some doing I can tell you never run it either

 

[332_RC]

I did the whole brand new 6s notorious christmas 2018 took some doing I can tell you never run it either