Removing anodizing

[Ghoste]

Is there not a fast cheap way to strip anodizing?  I have an aluminum part that has been gold anodized and I just want it the silver.

[bill440rt]

Oven cleaner. 
Stripped some gold anodized Moroso valve covers with it. Took it off in no time.

[twodko]

Yep, I used EZoff oven cleaner.

[JB400]

Clean the oven while your at it, and earn brownie points with the Mrs.

[Dino]

Wrap the part in cling wrap or stuff it in a plastic bag after you apply the oven cleaner.  It doesn't work very well when you leave it open to the elements.

Soda blasting works as well by the way.  Look at my TQ rebuild thread to see my homemade soda blaster.

[440]

Make sure you use the heavy duty easy off in the yellow can, not the blue can.

[Dino]

Make sure you use the heavy duty easy off in the yellow can, not the blue can.

Interesting you mention that.  I bought a few of the yellow cans but haven't used them yet.  I used the blue cans on my dash bezels as I wanted to go slow and not hurt the plastic, but it worked real well.  If you have any real world comparison between the two I would love to hear it!   

[ODZKing]

Yeah, the blue is milder, OK for plastics as loong as you keep an eye on it.