killintime123

how can i remove the blue paint from the revos chassis i have tried paint striiper and had no luck??????

Eski7399

Its not paint...It's anodized. No clue if you can chemically remove it or not.

killintime123

so can i sandpaper it down to the alum. finish would it hurt it??

jt_2_5

I had pretty good luck removing the color using a product called Grease Lightning. I soaked the plate in the stuff and it came right off. Then I polished it to a shine.

Eski7399

This?
http://www.glblast.com/

DaveG55

I've heard that oven cleaner will strip the anodizing off. Not tried it though.

-SomeGuy-

Oven cleaner works but you have to be good on the timing or else it gets dark. Dont ask me how long to leave it on though but it does work.

jt_2_5

eski that is the stuff

SlowDriver

You're right about that. Once, I used oven cleaner to remove the chrome from my wheels. I left them outside for more than 8 hours. Wanna know what happened? It got dark. The sun went down. The stars came out. I think it was a waning moon, too!

Nason

I used a jitterbug sander (random orbital sander) to do mine... took almost zero effort to get the blue off. I could keep at it and polish it down to a mirror finish, but it will just be getting scratched up on the first run anyways...

REVO Lover

why dont u jus go buy spray paint of the colour u want and spray that on? that shud work

89ram

i've heard of using oven cleaner also, but i have'nt done it and don't know the details. spray paint would be ok, unless you want a bare aluminum finish

Nason

I would think spray paint, or any paint for that matter, would get scratched/chipped off verrrry easily. that's why I just polished the anodizing off mine...

89ram

i agree with you, nason. paint chips. polished aluminum is cool[8D]

NitroVenom

yea this will do it.. go to the cleaning section in a food store or somethin. check out the rest of the stuff on this site to cuz it all works

http://www.rcbros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=801

89ram

great link, nitrovenom. thanks!

pondhopper

The only problem with removing the anodizing is the aluminum oxidizes easy(goes dull)

NitroVenom

Yes the alluminum does go dull but thats why at the bottom of my link it shows you to polish it and what it looks like before and after..

89ram

spray it with a coat of clear after it's polished. once you have all the stuff attached to it, you can't see that much of it anyway. and if you worry about paint chips and keep your truck spotless, then it won't take you very long to re-sand and reclear it when you have it all stripped for cleaning!

89ram

i wonder if car wax on the chassis[to keep the shine] would last with nitro gunk on it?

NitroVenom

Yea 89ram, car wax will repel a lot of garbage you throw at your truck. If you look on the link theres other ways to keep your truck clean(or at least a safe way without damaging electronics).

89ram

i will look soon. thankyou