Polishing Novatac Bezel.....Easy-Off Not Working!?

[Centropolis]

I am using Easy-off oven cleaner to get rid of the ano on a Novatac bezel. I sprayed on the stuff and left it for 2 hours. Rinsed with water...nothing happened to the finish. Am I supposed to leave it for longer? I've read somewhere that oven cleaner should work pretty quick.

 

[shomie911]

I don't think oven-cleaner will take off anodizing.

 

[greenLED]

I don't think oven-cleaner will take off anodizing.

As long as it has NaOH, it will.

Centro- don't just spray it, you gotta submerge the parts in the oven cleaner. I don't know what the NaOH concentration of commercial products is, so check often to prevent damaging the flashlight parts your de-anodizing.

 

[jzmtl]

The bezel is painted stainless, not anodized aluminum, you need paint stripper.

 

[Centropolis]

As long as it has NaOH, it will.

Centro- don't just spray it, you gotta submerge the parts in the oven cleaner. I don't know what the NaOH concentration of commercial products is, so check often to prevent damaging the flashlight parts your de-anodizing.

So I guess I should get a glass and submerge the bezel into the stuff. It is NaOH. I will try again.

 

[alphazeta]

Would you consider going the non-chemical route?

For the novatac bezel, I found using some fine steel wool & a green scotch brite pad made very quick work of the black coating.
If you fit the steel wool & scrotchbrite pad to a dremel, it'll be even quicker...

-AZ

 

[Centropolis]

Would you consider going the non-chemical route?

For the novatac bezel, I found using some fine steel wool & a green scotch brite pad made very quick work of the black coating.
If you fit the steel wool & scrotchbrite pad to a dremel, it'll be even quicker...

-AZ

What level of steel wool did you use?

 

[alphazeta]

The green pad is primarily what I used to remove the coating. (frankly, I thought it came off a bit too easily.) I used #0000 steel wool for the final polishing.

-AZ

 

[shomie911]

As long as it has NaOH, it will.

Centro- don't just spray it, you gotta submerge the parts in the oven cleaner. I don't know what the NaOH concentration of commercial products is, so check often to prevent damaging the flashlight parts your de-anodizing.

You learn something ever day. :laughing:

 

[tebore]

It's not an anodize. It's SS you can't Anodize SS. It's just paint. You need to use some elbow grease.

 

[Centropolis]

It's not an anodize. It's SS you can't Anodize SS. It's just paint. You need to use some elbow grease.

Okay thanks. Would #0000 steel wool be what I should use to polish it shiny? Or Brasso? Both?

 

[pipspeak]

First try brass wool or a brass brush... it might be enough to take off the paint and will not scratch the steel at all. Otherwise try 0000 (or 000) steel wool.

 

[jzmtl]

Brake fluid to take off the paint and dremel with polishing compound to shine it up.

 

[greenLED]

The bezel is painted stainless...

...and for that NaOH won't work.

 

[merlocka]

I just used a dremel tool polishing bit. My dremel tool came with a small sample of compound, it only took a little bit. I didn't strip any paint, just took the ring off and polished it.

I've seen others who have done a much better job, but I ran out of skin on my thumb (didn't have a vice to hold it). I might hit it again, there is still a bit of black in the recesses.