Tips on how to strip anodising?
I've been spending the last few weekend evenings giving the old Bandit a bit of love with regards to manky paint and corroded alloy and she's been coming up beautifully.
Only parts that have been giving me grief are the alloy headlight brackets which appear to be anodised clear. I want to take them back to bare metal and polish them.
A few minutes with the Scotch-brite confirmed my fears, what looks like anodising is indeed hard as buggery and a serious amount of elbow grease only resulted in wearing a tiny patch off. At this rate, removing it by hand will be hell's own job. I'd rather not assault it with rough-grit sandpaper if there's an easier way.
Does anyone know of a good way to chemically strip anodising with easily acquired chemicals? I had heard that caustic soda/oven cleaner does the job. Any advice would be appreciated.
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