RE: Aluminum Trim

[Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried to find Easy Off in the yellow can before buying Drano, but 
nobody around here carries it, including Home Depot and Lowes.
Steve Charette wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 	Excellent tip, thanks.  I had used the recommended "cheap oven
> cleaner" with poor results.  I just ordered 2lb of granulated lye but 
> will
> try the easy off yellow can as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> SC 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Phelps [mailto:mikeph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:30 AM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Aluminum Trim
> 
> 
> Steve, I used easyoff oven cleaner in the yellow can only. It has to be 
> the
> yellow can (different ingredients). You do have to heat the piece up but 
> I
> just set it out in the hot sun for a half hour or so. Spray on and keep 
> it
> wet, don't let it dry. Let it work for about fifteen minutes then wash 
> off.
> It will be very cloudy looking but don't worry. Buff with a medium buff
> wheel and compound. Then go to a fine wheel and compound. The trick is 
> to
> let the wheel get the piece hot as you are buffing then wipe clean. I 
> did
> aluminum pieces off my 65 Bel. and they came out with almost a mirror
> finish. 
> Mike P. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Steven Charette 
> <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Seeing Don's mention of powder coating his grille jogged my memory - 
> right
> before the snow last year I attempted to strip my headlight bezels with 
> oven
> cleaner.  The results were not good.
> 
> Drano is granulated sodium hydroxide (lye) - has anyone tried Drano to 
> strip
> the brightcoat finish from aluminum trim?
> 
> Thanks,
> SC
> 
> Steven Charette
> Promerican Corporation
> www.promerican.com <http://www.promerican.com/> 888-476-1210
> 
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Jeff Adams
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