<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17635">Richard</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17652"> Use "Easy-off" heavy duty oven cleaner, not the lighter weight low odor version. Let it sit and scrub with coarse Scotch Bright may, need a second pass. Normal safety procedures gloves, ventilation, eye protection etc. You may find just a little bit that needs to be sanded off but that is the next step anyway as you work down through the grits of sand paper to final polish.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_18882" dir="ltr"> At this point you can go to clear anodizing but I agree with Wilco about leaving the parts just polished. I use an aircraft product called "Met-all"it has something in it that keeps oxidation from forming for quite a while and then just a quick shine up with the same stuff and you are back in business. Check on line or Mc Master Carr a small can lasts forever.</div><div dir="ltr">Ray Juncal</div><div dir="ltr">check my web page <healeyray.com><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_18109"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_18110"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_18111"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_18889"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17641" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17640" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17639" class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8505734055"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17644"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17649"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17650">On Jan 2, 2015, at 3:37 PM, richard mayor wrote:</div><br class="yiv8505734055Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17648" type="cite"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17647" class="yiv8505734055Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17646" class="yiv8505734055hmmessage" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420224746305_17645" dir="ltr">The cockpit trim on a Healey I am working on is pretty ugly. I need to sand it out first so I can polish it. I've found a number of suggestions on the web, most of which require heat. Has anyone found an effective way to strip the anodizing without using exotic chemicals and heat. I have seen some posts that recommend oven cleaner. 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