Bare Aluminum QIII...

Former_Mag_User · Aug 5, 2005

I took the offer of fellow CPF'er, greenLED, and had the anodizing taken off of my QII. Here's how it looks...

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It looks really cool in person! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/happy14.gif

greenLED · Aug 5, 2005

You're welcome! I had fun doing it.

Archangel · Aug 5, 2005

That looks better than i would have guessed. Thanks for sharing.

xochi · Aug 6, 2005

Polish that puppy.

I'm not sure how greenLED did it but I took the ano off a light with drano and it worked great.

greenLED · Aug 6, 2005

NaOH does it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

greenLED · Aug 10, 2005

Incidentally, if someone needs parts deanodized, drop me a PM and I might be able to help you.

Former_Mag_User · Aug 10, 2005

greenLED should be CPF member of the year. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/happy14.gif

attowatt · Aug 11, 2005

looks pretty cool... now you dont see any scratches.

greenLED : what is NaOH?

Jim

pradeep1 · Aug 11, 2005

NaOH = Sodium Hydroxide - Drain cleaner, lye, caustic soda, etc. are all the same thing.

greenLED · Aug 11, 2005

What pradeep1 said. The stuff can be really harmful if you don't handle it properly. If you decide to use a NaOH solution to strip annodizing, I recommend you use thick gloves and serious eye protection (a loose apron over your clothes wouldn't hurt either) and work in a well ventilated area. If you want to learn more, here's a link to PEU's "Removing HA3 success" thread. Good info was posted there by members with lots of experience with anodizing.

attowatt · Aug 11, 2005

Thanks guys

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