De-anodising or straight painting?

[Milo]

Hey all,

I found some beadlocks thaI I bought ages ago but I hate the colour. They are anodised blue but completely the wrong shade. I want to make them raw or black.

Should I key the surface with ‘wet&dry’ then just paint it or give it the oven cleaner treatment first and remove the anodisation?

Who has done it? TIA,

Milo.

 

[DougStar]

Caustic soda and warm water??

 

[spents]

or oven cleaner then rinse well miles

 

[Milo]

Cheers Doug. ??

or oven cleaner then rinse well miles

Don’t want to rot it, that’s my worry.

 

[DougStar]

I did a tr top plate on my 5t build and youd never know.....looks like it came silver??

 

[spents]

Cheers Doug. ??

Don’t want to rot it, that’s my worry.

you wont rot it miles ,
i've deanodised a whole set of baja parts before and as doug says, comes out silver,
i did my area rc beads and they were fine an all, all with oven cleaner, used the gel type and brushed , covered in a tub , left for 15 mins, brush in with old toothbrush then left again for 15 mins then wash em off ,

edit, shouldnt need to say this really cos its obvious, but wear gloves and safety goggles whether you use oven cleaner or caustic soda,
aint worth an eye or a chem burn

 

[cubalz]

I have had really good luck using Easy Off oven cleaner on the parts and then placing them in a bag to soak for about 30 mins then washing them off with Dawn dishwashing liquid