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I really needed silver haro fusion pegs for one of my '99 masters. I found some in black so the search began and I found this thread.

My materials






Mixture






Started taking the stickers off of the black pegs (these were brand new)







Checking progress







After a while, I cleaned her off and this is what we have! putting the stickers back on..







One cleaned up and one just taken out of the solution







End rersult/comparison













So here are all 4 pegs. The front ones were originally silver and they are NOS, the rear ones are the ones I removed the anodizing from







One of my 1999 Masters with the black pegs, then silver

bloud wrote:

Just read this entire thread and was looking to do this to a few parts. However, i want to have them reanodized. I didn't see a single example of someone who used this process and had the part reanodized. Anyone?

Ask and Yee shall receive (a year later albeit).

Before:



Post Draino:


Post sanding (220):


Post anodizing:








I see no signs of problems.  This shall be my chosen method of de-anodizing.  Thanks Deme. 

So WARNING... the color on Victor pedals is not oxidization is candy paint... I ruined a set trying to get that off thinking it was anodized.

This was awesome!!!! I am in Germany and checked the military base for any dry form and didn't have any luck, but I hit up the German super market and got 2 lbs of crystal for 3 bucks and just did this in the driveway with a gladware container and some surgical gloves. Pretty amazing results and fast too.

4themasses wrote:

I remember doing this in the 80's with annodized parts. We used oven cleaner at that time. It was addicting!

Glad I'm seeing this newer method as I want to do a set of hoops that are like Araya 7x's...Sumo's. Looks like hoops are gonna be a pain!

its actually not that bad... i did some primo hoops in champagne for a shop build and they took less time than i expected.
i will say that i took a stronger solution to break down the ano.
this is after a weak bath- NOTHING!

stepped it up a bit; ya i know about a bigger more shallow tub!

after neutralization and wipe down- flawless i could have stopped here but....

i couldnt- though i could return them to brushed look.

i'll get better shot of the rims built

So 10min max for most parts ?

~10 minutes, but don't do it by the time.  You should be able to lift it and look at it.  It is easy to destroy a part.  You should see bubble action, etc.

Also, i after mixing the draino the water was quite merky, should i wait till it clears up before adding parts ? And how many parts can i use per mix ?

I work for parks and rec in my town.... We had a memo and I saw it online too... There's been cases of plastic bottles left by mailboxes and in parks.....and when picked up it explodes and removes fingers and such !!!!  The cause is they are filled with some draino and a piece of aluminum foil. It reacts, but doesn't explode until it's disturbed.  So definately need to be careful and in a ventilated area when cleaning anno off aluminum parts with draino and similar.....

Because they're not ano'd. 






Are these platform pedals?  Maybe post a pic

I should be rdy to sand and polish next week!!!