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Itsme7

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Back in my nitro rc car days, i used to use drano crystals to remove anodizing from aluminum parts, to polish to a mirror shine. That stuff is much more harsh than easy off. The drano crystals would eat through the anodizing within 10-20 seconds, where as it would take the easy off heavy duty nearly 20-30 minutes.
 
Mr. Bow Saw

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I used oven cleaner on this saw two years ago, Some one painted it green. :msp_ohmy:

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Scooterbum

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Great post Ron!!

Let's see them cylinder pics.

I do want my "LIKE" back after that Stihl comment............:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
 
roncoinc

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Great post Ron!!

Let's see them cylinder pics.

I do want my "LIKE" back after that Stihl comment............:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

May or may not have time today to do a cyl.
lots of snow to push out of the way :)

Turns the jug a darker grey is what it does..
but it does get rid of the crap and staining,,stains it all the same color !!
 
Gushh

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Thanks!, missed it.

So it's lye based with some helper additives, I would imagine a brush with regular lye would do just as well, but not as easy. Coming across these products in Argentina is rather impossible, I'm lucky enough if I can find some imported car products... But forget about foamy oven cleaners!

Never had to strip anodizing off, in fact I've been trying the opposite.

As for regular steel, I can't find a better way than electrolysis to get rid of gunk and rust (you just lose the paint and infuse some hydrogen in the steel, which you can bake off later on)

Mag... no experience right there, other than burning it :msp_w00t:
 
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