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I have little experience polishing RC metal parts nor removing rust from vintage parts. Can all of this be done easily by hand and ... the best? 2) The dogbones and turnbuckles are made of steel and have black anodizing -- Will rust removal liquid restore the original black? Or, leave it ...

Bright dip should make them close to factory. Removing the old anodizing dulls them a bit.

Are they all blue or do you have any that are more teal? Not sure if it's early or later nitro hawk but I have three more teal colored shocks and always keep a lookout for a 4th to complete the set.

... duty Easy-Off oven cleaner (the yellow cap can) really does the trick removing anodizing. Here's a couple pictures of the chassis after spraying with Easy-off, sit for 15-20 ...

... Thank you for highlighting. Have updated post accordingly. If the anodizing on those wheels is looking a little dull, they do polish up nicely after removing the anodizing. 8) https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=31065&p=327720 ...

Very nice work! What did you use to remove the anodizing? Thanks! I use "Destop" . I made a post about anodising removing long time ago : https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=40691 Wow, do you use a ...

... I can answer though is don't try to wet-sand anodized aluminum. Anodizing is very hard and it'll be a righteous pain to sand off. Easy-Off ... will work on an anodized aluminum surface. I would guess that removing the anodizing first would be less likely to cause issues with powdercoating. ...

Removing the old anodizing should be easy enough. Use Easy-Off oven cleaner, the heavy duty one with the yellow cap. Spray on, let ...

Removing the old anodizing should be easy enough. Use Easy-Off oven cleaner, the heavy duty one with the yellow cap. Spray on, let ...

... holes. The chassis tub is anodized I believe and you can strip the anodizing but you'll want to take special caution with that process as I ... caustic product(s) any contact with the aluminum past the point of removing the anodizing with result in eating at and pitting the aluminum..... ...

Acetone won't harm the anodizing but you really only need it if you aren't removing ca/crazy glue and/or servo tape or sticker residue. I use these in this order: Dish soap- most dirt ...

... way to get rid of the rust? Do I need to do anything to the parts after removing the rust to prevent it from coming back - I recall using a dremel ... of time. For aluminum... I have some shocks that I've stripped the anodizing from. Can I just use a dremel with a buffing attachment to shine ...

As mentioned, sometimes when removing anodizing (not all the time), you get that dark smut appearing on the aluminum parts. It usually buffs off ...

I have an art/drawing pencil eraser that I've found useful for removing all kinds of marks from parts. It's not the kind on the end of a No. ... though. It's a little more abrasive than those but still doesn't mess up anodizing. Even a normal one might be worth a shot though. Test it on something ...

Oven cleaner (caustic) is the most popular method of removing anodizing, you have to be careful as if parts are left in too long can turn black.

... caps? A+ Paul ;) Thank you Paul, the caps are the original ones without anodizing. JErome - can you school me on RR shocks? I know they had some ... it can be mounted (do you know someone have to do it?) For the shocks i removing the anodizing, they were black/grey anodized before https://media.joomeo.com/large/59b571b6a4d1d.jpg ...