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Doesn't caustic soda eat away at aluminum though??
I used that stuff to remove a broken / seized quill stem out of a fork last year??
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Well, when I do it I do it in short intervals taking it out of the bucket and rinse in cold water. Keeping an eye on the process constantly
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We did some lab excersizes with anodizing in engineering school - there's a rule of thumb when removing ano as to how many seconds per micrometer of anodizing - I think we did between 20-30 seconds in a highly concentrated caustic soda solution.
I could probably dig up the tables we used to calculate the times.
But it definitely shouldn't be left unattended!Removing black ano is pretty easy, as the colour lifts off the item quite quickly for visual confirmation.
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If you were to use the Thomson you have coming and wanted it silver, it is pretty easy dunking it in drain cleaner and polish it up using a drill and some pads and compound.
But whatever it looks great no matter.
Also you have loads og silver and black components mixed so it actually fits the build.