London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Multi Grooves · 24th November 2009

S'all in the title really, I want to remove the black anodise from my 75's without causing too much damage. Oven cleaner? Any advise?

Thanx

Barring this, if anyone want's to do a swap: your silver for my black (5month old 165mm suginos) then gimme a shout.

31trum · 24th November 2009

i think the black annodising is the same as the silver, and have also seen highly polished ones, so i don't think it will be a problem as long as you look after it afterwards.

Smallfurry · 24th November 2009

Aparantly this stuff called Lye is good.

Google: t

Been looking at MTN cranks for single speed, and the deanoized, modified, and polished XTR's (960) look amazing.

JJ XTR singlespeed homebrew mod - Mtbr.com Forums

Originaly a Jeff Jones thing.
http://www.jonesbikes.com/shop.html

Polky · 24th November 2009

Zinn on anodising - with links at the bottom about removing it...

http://www.velonews.com/article/8470...hose-scratches

Mrlemon · 24th November 2009

Ive removed anodising on rims with caustic soda with pretty good results, I reckon if you polish the fuck out of them after, they'll come up larrvely.

Polky · 24th November 2009

by the way IMHO i'd sell them and by silver ones instead of removing the anodising yourself. Sounds like a super messy and annoying job - and then one's you end up with won't have the hard outer surface or logo.

spagettihoops · 24th November 2009

possible swapsies?

165's with a 50t ring.

i got them off AndyP, and was going to get them anodized black, but after looking into this, i've been told one-off anodizing can be a little hit & miss... and i don't really want to fuck these up. so i'm not sure weather or not to do it.

DFP · 24th November 2009

Dont even thing about doing it.

The whole removing anodising with caustic soda does thing does not actually work very well at all. It wont all come off uniformly. And then the the caustic soda will stain the bare metal a dark grey/blue colour which you will have to polish out.

It is a lot of hard work, which involves a fuckload of polishing even if you want them to look halfway decent.

Plus it will never last as the raw alu without hard-anodising will dull & go flaky grey colur in no time at all.

Dylan · 25th November 2009

shop 14 does anodizing

31trum · 25th November 2009

yes, but only one type of anodising, only good for small parts or stuff that won't rub.

Multi Grooves · 25th November 2009

I guess my preference would be a swap or some sort of exchange. Don't have the time for hand polishing.

Multi Grooves · 25th November 2009

That was an unfortunate statement ^^^

31trum · 25th November 2009

Dammit · 25th November 2009

Stick them in caustic soda then take them to the same people that Graham and I used to polish our frames?

They would get them to either a mirror finish or a matt/satin finish in about two seconds using their polishing gear.

dogsballs · 25th November 2009

bullshit!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DFP

Dont even thing about doing it.

The whole removing anodising with caustic soda does thing does not actually work very well at all. It wont all come off uniformly. And then the the caustic soda will stain the bare metal a dark grey/blue colour which you will have to polish out.

It is a lot of hard work, which involves a fuckload of polishing even if you want them to look halfway decent.

Plus it will never last as the raw alu without hard-anodising will dull & go flaky grey colur in no time at all.

31trum · 25th November 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogsballs

bullshit!!

absolutely. LCB strikes again

erictheking · 25th November 2009

I wanna swap my silver Sugino's from my Charge Plug for Black ones, not got a clue about sizings n' shit. Would this be possible?

31trum · 25th November 2009

on your plug they are probably messenger cranks not 75's

erictheking · 25th November 2009

Cheers mate, if anyone wants to swap Black messengers for silver ones give me a shout.

31trum · 25th November 2009

@mutligrooves

http://www.lfgss.com/thread25837.html#post1077450

Multi Grooves · 25th November 2009

Big big thanks to all. Hopeful to have a solution by 2mo

lpg · 25th November 2009

Hey MG - I de-anodised my SilverSG75s .. This was in the summer of 07, when I was all prissy about having a shiny bike =). I wouldn't really recommend it, unless you are prepared to remove them every month and re-buff them. Mine look very dull now, but I don't really care anymore. Defeats to point of a fixie if you have to perform maintenence work on it all the time. Just my two pence.

lpg · 25th November 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by DFP

Dont even thing about doing it.

The whole removing anodising with caustic soda does thing does not actually work very well at all. It wont all come off uniformly. And then the the caustic soda will stain the bare metal a dark grey/blue colour which you will have to polish out.

no, it will come off uniformly, it won't 'stain' the metal. just need to sand it down a little. removing the ano with caustic soda is the easy part, it works very well indeed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DFP

It is a lot of hard work, which involves a fuckload of polishing even if you want them to look halfway decent.

Plus it will never last as the raw alu without hard-anodising will dull & go flaky grey colur in no time at all.

this is true.

Multi Grooves · 25th November 2009

Yup, that sounds like too much work. TBH I wasn't after a shiny finish, just a matt silvery/grey finish. I'd be more bothered about the loss of strength sue to the loss of the anodise.

lpg · 25th November 2009

Negligible strength loss, don't worry about that. It's just to protect the alu so it doesn't oxidise with the air, it's cosmetic.

24th November 2009	#1
Multi Grooves	Has anyone removed the anodise from sugino 75s? S'all in the title really, I want to remove the black anodise from my 75's without causing too much damage. Oven cleaner? Any advise? Thanx Barring this, if anyone want's to do a swap: your silver for my black (5month old 165mm suginos) then gimme a shout.
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24th November 2009	#3
Smallfurry	Aparantly this stuff called Lye is good. lye remove anodizing - Google-søk Google: t Been looking at MTN cranks for single speed, and the deanoized, modified, and polished XTR's (960) look amazing. JJ XTR singlespeed homebrew mod - Mtbr.com Forums JJ XTR singlespeed homebrew mod - Mtbr.com Forums Originaly a Jeff Jones thing. http://www.jonesbikes.com/shop.html
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25th November 2009	#13
31trum	haha
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24th November 2009	#4
Polky	Zinn on anodising - with links at the bottom about removing it... http://www.velonews.com/article/8470...hose-scratches
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24th November 2009	#5
Mrlemon	Ive removed anodising on rims with caustic soda with pretty good results, I reckon if you polish the fuck out of them after, they'll come up larrvely.
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24th November 2009	#7
spagettihoops	possible swapsies? 165's with a 50t ring. i got them off AndyP, and was going to get them anodized black, but after looking into this, i've been told one-off anodizing can be a little hit & miss... and i don't really want to fuck these up. so i'm not sure weather or not to do it.
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25th November 2009	#14
Dammit	Stick them in caustic soda then take them to the same people that Graham and I used to polish our frames? They would get them to either a mirror finish or a matt/satin finish in about two seconds using their polishing gear.
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25th November 2009	#17
erictheking	I wanna swap my silver Sugino's from my Charge Plug for Black ones, not got a clue about sizings n' shit. Would this be possible?
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