# stripping ano
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [January 31, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456 "2012-01-31T22:48:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456/21 "2012-02-05T22:36:34Z")
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Works. Even though this is for RC cars…
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456/22 "2012-02-07T06:43:15Z")
That looks a lot safer than the other methods.
Still, I don’t think I have any yoyos I want to do that with. That’s just my thoughts.
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### Author:  [@DangerYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DangerYoyo)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456/23 "2012-02-08T22:13:56Z")
I did this with my raptor and it came out nice. Here’s a tip though: use a dremel or a drill! This will take forever without a drill. It took me 4 hours with one, but that was because I was so inefficient. Also, I’m not sure if it will happen, but when I was using steel wool on my HM to take the dings off, it got black. I believe this was a burn, and I had to sand off quite a bit to get it nice and shiny. To prevent it from happening again, I didn’t spin the drill at max speed. Just a heads up.
If you can, please post pics before and after. I want to see how it went!
Good luck 😃
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456/24 "2012-02-09T02:23:34Z")
Yes, the black mark was probably due to overheating the metal by spinning it too fast. best to go slow with these.
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### Author:  [@YoyojamFan21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyojamFan21)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456/25 "2012-02-26T23:50:20Z")
Try using Drano Max Gel that you can get from walmart it worked on my Yoyofactory Popstar and just get some steel woll to remove any leftovers
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### Author:  [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-ano/34456/26 "2012-02-28T21:35:48Z")
From the looks of it, any highly basic chemical will work. This makes sense because you use a strong acid to anodize it.
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