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08-02-2011, 08:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: s. terra firma
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|  Stripping? Color change
I would like to know what to use to strip off stock xr10 orange beadlock wheel rings. Ive got them on my wraith. Cant stand the orange.Wraiths gonna be army green.( im not a copy cat i was gonna do wraith before ive seen one). Ive done it before (a year ago) or so? and cant find what i used? Draino...? Stripping chrome plastic off wheels? Easy Off oven cleaner for the links/ beadlocks?
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08-02-2011, 09:55 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SS
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Oven cleaner works to strip anodizing off of metal (aluminum). I haven't done it myself so I can't recommend brands or technique but I've heard of tons of people doing it. Just google it!
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08-02-2011, 10:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: murrieta
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I have been using my wire wheel to remove it, its fast,free and gets it all off. Did all 8 on sunday and it took about 15mins.  |
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08-03-2011, 08:58 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chezzetcook Nova Scotia
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easy off oven cleaner did NOT work well for me... I used a dremmel to finish it off
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08-03-2011, 10:18 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Madrid, IA
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ive used easy off oven cleaner with the yellow lid with some success, and heavy duty grease lightning which seemed to work better without all the bad fumes.
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08-03-2011, 11:14 AM
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| No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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08-03-2011, 11:57 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: RI
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I used purple power degreaser,same as greased lightning.It worked great,it took about and hour,no fumes worked out very well.See my thread stock axial Ax 10 to fastbackII in the AX10 section for pictures. I ended up painting them metalic black. I would stay away from harsh chemicals/cleaners. |
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08-03-2011, 11:59 AM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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Yellow top oven cleaner is fast and cheap. Can't let it sit too long or it will eat the aluminum and turn it grey.
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08-03-2011, 12:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mississauga, Ontario Canada Eh!
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08-03-2011, 08:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: s. terra firma
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Thanks for all your help gonna be strippin stuff tomorrow!
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08-09-2011, 08:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: s. terra firma
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I just finished stripping the orange xr10 rings to put on xr10 wheels for my wraith. I used Easy Off oven cleaner heavy duty (yellow can yellow lid). I put the rings in a pyrex glass container where the rings all set flat for 20 minutes and pulled the rings out with needle nose pliers and scrubbed the rings on the outside with a toothbrush when done flipped them over and did the next one. When i got done with the outsides i pulled them out and did the insides. I rinsed the container w/ hot water until the oven cleaner was out of the bowl. I then scrubbed them on the outsides and insides with the toothbrush while rinsing with hot water and then dried them off. They came out perfectly stripped metal rings! Thanks to all who responded to this thread. |
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08-10-2011, 04:23 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lansing
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Greased Lightning works on aluminum. Just submerge them for about 35 minutes then wipe em off. |
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