Today I mixed up a small batch of anodize stripper. Man, this stuff is
aggressive. I tested it out on one of my wire hooks and you could literally
see it disolving away the anodize coating. It did a great job on removing the
anodizing from the fitting, but it also turned the fitting a dark grey oxide
color. No matter...a few seconds in the deox tank had the bare aluminum
color showing.
I spent the evening anodizing two more of the flanges on the intake tubes. Neither one
was as perfect as the first flange, but they were both passable. The imperfections are
on the bottom surface of the flanges, so they won't be too noticeable. The bolts will
cover some of the lighter areas up too. The good news is that the double layer of saran
wrap completely eliminated the leaking into the tube. I still need to do a bit of touch
up polishing on these before they're ready to ship back to Aerosport Power.
I also took a few minutes to re-polish the aluminum fitting on the one intake pipe from
yesterday that didn't come out well. I'll try to get this one plated tomorrow.