Anodizing removal

[Stretch79]

Oven cleaner (the kind with lye in it) will take anodizing off aluminum, and if you leave it too long, it will etch it.
It's also a pretty good paint and grease remover for steel, but won't affect it otherwise.

That’s great thank you

 

[Vesatoro]

Swap Thread 'X-Lite L168 'Betsy's Multi-Coloured Swap Shop''

Sep 15, 2021

As you've probably gathered, ive been on the hunt for an X-Lite L168, 115mm, ideally silver, for 6 months or more and nothing has turned up.

I picked this up last week from ebay..





I suspect from somebody here anyhow it's mint! but not exactly what i'm looking for so before i strip the anno and polish it up.. does anyone have a 115mm in similar minty-fresh condition which they would like to swap? ideally in silver or failing that a 135mm version in silver, again in similar condition.

Based in the UK please, i have no interest in selling it...

• Betsy

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The slightly difficult thing in that part are the inners of the CNCd tube. The deanodizer will leave a residue you have to brush away.