oven cleaner on aluminum components?

[Serpico]

hello

I have two sets of bars, a stem and a seat seatpost--all are black aluminum

I am unable to remove graphics (all the components are easton except for the second set of bars, which are salsa)

would it be okay to use ovencleaner, and just have bare/silver aluminum

hate these easton graphics, and I'd rather have silver anyway

thanks

[dave thompson]

hello

I have two sets of bars, a stem and a seat seatpost--all are black aluminum

I am unable to remove graphics (all the components are easton except for the second set of bars, which are salsa)

would it be okay to use ovencleaner, and just have bare/silver aluminum

hate these easton graphics, and I'd rather have silver anyway

thanks
Oven cleaner will leave a dull and mottled look to the surface, not very pretty. I tried it on a couple of stems, trying to remove the logo. The results weren't what I would call good.

I considered having the part glass bead, or walnut shell blasted but I found some better pieces that didn't need any work so I never pursued that, though I suspect it would have good results.

[dirtdigger88]

dont do it-

like dave said- it leave a BAD finish-

I tried in on an old set of ultegra cranks just for giggles- they had 15k on em- so I didnt think I could make them any worse-

I did-

Jason

[David Kirk]

Have you tried acetone? It takes the logos off Ritchey stuff lickity split.

Dave

[Serpico]

I used acetone to eat the decals off my moots ti post, afraid it would take the finish off the black, the easton logos are silkscreened (or something)--might try it anyway

I think I'll take both bars, and the other components to a body shop and see what they say. I really want the bars I have (Salsa "Pro Road bar"), but also want silver (even though tape will cover 90% of the bars ;) )

[Kevin]

Nail polish remover will do the trick.

Kevin