Cleaning aluminum (IE is this crap worth the trouble)
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:25 pm
I have (free) access to a modest assload of aluminum junk that I would like to use for TIG practice, provided I can get it clean enough to fool with.
There's a small amount of cast (which is almost clean enough as-is I guess), a big box of billet pieces (anodized black) and some tubing (painted, looks to have an etch primer underneath).
The paint comes off somewhat easily in the blasting cabinet, but not sure how to clean it up afterwards. The anodized stuff I guess could be stripped with oven cleaner, and / or blasted as well. Not sure how to clean that up either.
Like I said it's free, but if it's not worth the effort I can always keep looking.
There's a small amount of cast (which is almost clean enough as-is I guess), a big box of billet pieces (anodized black) and some tubing (painted, looks to have an etch primer underneath).
The paint comes off somewhat easily in the blasting cabinet, but not sure how to clean it up afterwards. The anodized stuff I guess could be stripped with oven cleaner, and / or blasted as well. Not sure how to clean that up either.
Like I said it's free, but if it's not worth the effort I can always keep looking.