Thanks PyroJim. yeah I soaked mine with Easy-Off "ORIGINAL" yellow top oven cleaner. that's really the only one I have found that works. Of course you can use crystal Draino too! but for that you have to have a tray big enough to soak the part in. (I'm doing some plastic dash pieces as I type) soak the part down good and just wait. small parts work better in draino if you can submerge them ,faster too!
For easyoff I found that if I cover the part in plastic(garbage bags work great) to keep it wet it works better with less applications of cleaner. it works GREAT. I've tried eastwoods stuff and it works but is a lot slower than the easy off. plus it's almost 20 bucks plus shipping. DUH! no brainer there for me.
you'll know when the easy off has done it's work , you will see a gray yucky smut on the aluminum . it usually takes a couple of coats to egt the part all the way clear of the anodizing. It's a 4 part process
(1) spray
(2)cover and
(3)walk away for a couple hours,
(4)clean and check.
if not done go to the start (1) it's not a hard process but it does take a bit of time.I usually am doing 10 or 20 different thing (I have the old persons ailment "Can't remembe @##$ and gets distracted easily") according to my wife so it works out for me. I do try to stay on track but it doesn't work.:banghead:
here's a sample of what my bezels looked like
all dinged and beat up
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after soaking in cleaner and removing most of the anodizing and paint plus using the harbor freight aluminum brazing rods to fix a hole or 2.
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passengers side done getting ready for the drivers side.
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done deal. (well not really I have to finish polishing up the pieces and waxing them) but you get the drift of what they can look like if you spend a bit of time on em.
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