POR73R
Dirt Disciple
Hi i thought i would post this in case other people are wanting to do something similar with there bike parts,
I bought a GT Zaskar Le of here a week or two ago
Although i was happy with my buy the Anodising had wear for a 13 year old frame so i started looking at the possibilities for what i could do with the frame. I decided on stripping off the anodising from the frame, I could have taken it to a local firm but they wanted 35 - 40 pounds to carry this out, So i did some research on the net and discovered that Caustic Soda strips it straight off (Sodium Hydroxide) or in domestic terms Oven Cleaner.
I was straight of the Techno Tesco’s and bought a can of Mr Muscle oven cleaner pictured below, also I would advise on taking the advise on the can wear gloves and defiantly wear a mask, also help things along with a oven scouring pad.
I proceeded to start stripping the frame with mr muscle and although the picture below is impressive I used nearly a full can on the area shown and boy did it take some effort and at £2.50 a tin this was going to cost some money maybe the local firm was a better option after all or was it .
I them went shopping at the weekend and forgot all about my stripping until I was in my local Wilkinson’s store and spotted this on the shelf for £1.15 a tin
So I bought 2 cans and started stripping again and I purposely left the decals on at the first stages so you can see the effect it has, it will probably need 2 – 3 applications before you get to the alloy on Zaskars as the Anodising seams quite good,
You will be able to physically see the effects as the oven cleaner will start to turn the colour of the anodising
The results were fantastic shown below, left for the same period of time as Mr Muscle 30 – 45 min I then proceeded to get the kitchen scouring pad on and within no time at all I was down to the alloy. I have still got a way to go yet and I will post my final results up but this stuff realy works great and I would estimate it would only take 3 – 4 Tins to complete at a cost of £4.60 and a bit of time of course.
Be aware that on bare alloy the oven cleaner will leave a black deposit but this will clean off after.
Hope this helps someone out,
I bought a GT Zaskar Le of here a week or two ago
Although i was happy with my buy the Anodising had wear for a 13 year old frame so i started looking at the possibilities for what i could do with the frame. I decided on stripping off the anodising from the frame, I could have taken it to a local firm but they wanted 35 - 40 pounds to carry this out, So i did some research on the net and discovered that Caustic Soda strips it straight off (Sodium Hydroxide) or in domestic terms Oven Cleaner.
I was straight of the Techno Tesco’s and bought a can of Mr Muscle oven cleaner pictured below, also I would advise on taking the advise on the can wear gloves and defiantly wear a mask, also help things along with a oven scouring pad.
I proceeded to start stripping the frame with mr muscle and although the picture below is impressive I used nearly a full can on the area shown and boy did it take some effort and at £2.50 a tin this was going to cost some money maybe the local firm was a better option after all or was it .
I them went shopping at the weekend and forgot all about my stripping until I was in my local Wilkinson’s store and spotted this on the shelf for £1.15 a tin
So I bought 2 cans and started stripping again and I purposely left the decals on at the first stages so you can see the effect it has, it will probably need 2 – 3 applications before you get to the alloy on Zaskars as the Anodising seams quite good,
You will be able to physically see the effects as the oven cleaner will start to turn the colour of the anodising
The results were fantastic shown below, left for the same period of time as Mr Muscle 30 – 45 min I then proceeded to get the kitchen scouring pad on and within no time at all I was down to the alloy. I have still got a way to go yet and I will post my final results up but this stuff realy works great and I would estimate it would only take 3 – 4 Tins to complete at a cost of £4.60 and a bit of time of course.
Be aware that on bare alloy the oven cleaner will leave a black deposit but this will clean off after.
Hope this helps someone out,
