De-anodizing aluminum and Re-anodizing
I have an old really scratched up Cen racing Fun Factor with a purple chassis plate and would like to De-anodize it, then maybe anodize it red or black but I don't want to have to deal with the acid and having to keep it around forever. For De-anodizing I have read that oven cleaner or grease lightning will work, and they sound easy to do but my main question is, I know the anodize is there for a reason, to stop oxidation and to protect the chassis, what will removing it do? Will it decrease the lifetime of the plate or just leave it the same?
For Re-anodizing it, how far away do the electrodes need to be and what transformer would I need?