removing aluminum anodizing
Lil Red;
Lotsa people giving their "learned opinions" without giving you the true answer you need. Forget about Oven Cleaner. The only way to remove anodizing correctly is with EastWood's Anodizing Remover.
Do not let it rest on your fingers, wash it off or use Gloves. It is some bad stuf, but works amazingly. I have been polishing and restoring 67-8 Cuda Grilles for years. Nothing else comes close to this stuf. Very inexpensive and it lasts forever.
Your truck grille has very thick anodizing, so it may take 2 coats.
Good luck, Brutha!
OUCH that hurt (not really )
If you mean correctly by your opinion then yep go for it 29.99 plus shipping.
some one else might say that just take it to an anodizing place and have them strip it for you. even more $$$ to do that but easy and faster if you have someone else do it.
or the way a lot of people on here have sugguested which you said to forget about. (not happening here)
But you are wrong.:protest: Easy Off (original yellow cap) oven cleaner works not only for the anodizing removal but to clean plastic of paint and metalized chrome (this is not an opinion but fact) so that you can spray chrome it without the mill thickness and get crisp lines.
and your directions could have come directly from a can of easy off about gloves and such along with proper ventilation.
Good for you if you want to spend 30 bucks plus shipping on a name brand that sounds exactly like diluted Draino ( already made ready to use, heck if I pour water into a bottle and add the draino will you send me 30 bucks plus shipping? I should have enough in 1 can of draino to ship you at least 4 bottles of your eastwood stuff, uh how bout on sale 25.99 each plus shipping of course) by all means be my guest and spend that money. BUT I have many other uses for the 20-25 dollar difference in price to get the exact same results.
I have been using easy off oven cleaner($5.39 @ walmart and $5.49@ publics and k-mart) and sometimes Draino ($7.00 to 9.00)when I remember to get it. to do anodizing removal for a long time I started using it around 1967 or so. it's proven itself to me on many car restorations
here's some of the current stuff that I have in the works for my 66 dart
original bezel and grill waiting on the Easy Off treatment
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passengers side stripped andpolished (dang just saw the dent, @#!$#) the spare one instead of the one on the wife's car. it's in better shape
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both of them stripped and polished but I still have to fix that ding.
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close up of spripped bezel (with ding)
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here's what I had to work with on the passengers side
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spedo bezel with an old one for reference after spray chroming and detailing
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here's what they looked like while I was removing the pain/chrome using (wait for it....... ) Easy -Off oven cleaner.
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here's the glove box done up
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glove box lid and end piece spray chromed before detailing
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and here's what they looked like before spraying and after stripping with , I know you already guessed it yup Easy off oven cleaner on the Glove box lid and the drivers headlight bezel I forgot and left the oven cleaner on overnight. dang it was hard to get off until I remembered the old saying about the "hair of the dog" so I re sprayed it, waited a few minutes and it came right off. :D
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now I know some people swear by super clean and or purple power,and it works for them(cheaper yet than Easy off oven cleaner). I say whatever you want to use that works for you. me I'm just lazy and like the idea of spray and forget then wipe off clean after 1 or 2 sprays depending on the anodizing.