# What to use to strip the ano? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [April 5, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820 "2013-04-05T02:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xmotoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xmotoby/32/1246_2.png) [@xmotoby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xmotoby)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/1 "2013-04-05T02:57:40Z")
What should i use to strip the anodization off of a yoyo? I have heard of oven cleaner and drain cleaner, ut i dont know what to use. ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/2 "2013-04-05T02:59:16Z")
Oven cleaner or drain cleaner, whatever you can get ahold of ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/3 "2013-04-05T03:12:13Z")
It really only needs to be chemically stripped if you are going to re-ano it. If not just use sandpaper, starting with maybe 150 grit and working up to 600 or more. finish it w/0000 steel woll and polish. Chuck it up in a drill and have at it. ---
**Author:** ![xmotoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xmotoby/32/1246_2.png) [@xmotoby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xmotoby)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/4 "2013-04-05T04:27:34Z")
i did sandpaper, to polish my dv888, but it took a long time, even with a drill. so thats why i was asking if chemicals would work, then to polish it with sandpaper. Thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![Squaktopus13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/squaktopus13/32/1325_2.png) [@Squaktopus13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Squaktopus13)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/5 "2013-04-05T06:01:03Z")
I took off ano with oven cleaner the polished it on the drill ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/6 "2013-04-05T21:36:42Z")
> [@xmotoby](#): > > i did sandpaper, to polish my dv888, but it took a long time, even with a drill. so thats why i was asking if chemicals would work, then to polish it with sandpaper. Thanks for the help! I used sandpaper on one of mine and it only took like 5 minutes total. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/7 "2013-04-05T21:42:36Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@xmotoby](#): > > > > i did sandpaper, to polish my dv888, but it took a long time, even with a drill. so thats why i was asking if chemicals would work, then to polish it with sandpaper. Thanks for the help! > > I used sandpaper on one of mine and it only took like 5 minutes total. Well sure, 40 grit does wonders! šŸ˜ƒ (JK) ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/8 "2013-04-05T21:49:28Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > > [@WildCat23](#): > > > > > [@xmotoby](#): > > > > > > i did sandpaper, to polish my dv888, but it took a long time, even with a drill. so thats why i was asking if chemicals would work, then to polish it with sandpaper. Thanks for the help! > > > > I used sandpaper on one of mine and it only took like 5 minutes total. > > Well sure, 40 grit does wonders! šŸ˜ƒ > (JK) I used 80. I polished it up really nicely too! ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/9 "2013-04-05T21:54:17Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > > [@WildCat23](#): > > > > > > > [@xmotoby](#): > > > > > > > > i did sandpaper, to polish my dv888, but it took a long time, even with a drill. so thats why i was asking if chemicals would work, then to polish it with sandpaper. Thanks for the help! > > > > > > I used sandpaper on one of mine and it only took like 5 minutes total. > > > > Well sure, 40 grit does wonders! šŸ˜ƒ > > (JK) > > I used 80. I polished it up really nicely too! DOubt its ā€œniceā€ anything under 100 is just like draggind it on cement, it gets the anno off but definitely scratches it up while removing it. Never start to low, you will just take off way to much metal and possibly change the weight/shape. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/10 "2013-04-05T22:11:47Z")
> [@dingo54](#): > > > [@WildCat23](#): > > > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > > > > [@WildCat23](#): > > > > > > > > > [@xmotoby](#): > > > > > > > > > > i did sandpaper, to polish my dv888, but it took a long time, even with a drill. so thats why i was asking if chemicals would work, then to polish it with sandpaper. Thanks for the help! > > > > > > > > I used sandpaper on one of mine and it only took like 5 minutes total. > > > > > > Well sure, 40 grit does wonders! šŸ˜ƒ > > > (JK) > > > > I used 80. I polished it up really nicely too! > > DOubt its ā€œniceā€ anything under 100 is just like draggind it on cement, it gets the anno off but definitely scratches it up while removing it. Never start to low, you will just take off way to much metal and possibly change the weight/shape. Hmm, it seems we have reached a riftā€¦ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/9/f/89fea9327ee1bc40c89fc5ad1c8542b73ab50405.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/7/d/07d1afc494114688605aa8ff0fcd19506a65127c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/11 "2013-04-05T22:12:40Z")
There is no way you did that in 5 minutes with 80 grit sandpaper and some polish ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/12 "2013-04-06T01:11:57Z")
> [@dingo54](#): > > There is no way you did that in 5 minutes with 80 grit sandpaper and some polish I stripped it in 5 min, easy. The polish took like 25 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/13 "2013-04-06T01:57:30Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@dingo54](#): > > > > There is no way you did that in 5 minutes with 80 grit sandpaper and some polish > > I stripped it in 5 min, easy. The polish took like 25 minutes. Its scratch less basically. ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/14 "2013-04-06T01:58:57Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@dingo54](#): > > > > There is no way you did that in 5 minutes with 80 grit sandpaper and some polish > > I stripped it in 5 min, easy. The polish took like 25 minutes. Did you just do it over and over? ---
**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/15 "2013-04-06T02:12:36Z")
I for one use 80 grit paper on woodworking projects around the house. I would never use it on a yoyo and certainly wouldnā€™t tell someone I did. When something takes only minutes to doā€¦well you know where Iā€™m going with this. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/16 "2013-04-06T02:19:56Z")
> [@mullicabob](#): > > I for one use 80 grit paper on woodworking projects around the house. > > I would never use it on a yoyo and certainly wouldnā€™t tell someone I did. > > When something takes only minutes to doā€¦well you know where Iā€™m going with this. Ok, I only used it to scratch the surface. I used finer grits to polish it up (Obviously). I really donā€™t see how it can possibly be any worse than oven cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/17 "2013-04-06T02:21:35Z")
I use 100 grit to remove anodize lol ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/18 "2013-04-06T02:23:53Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@mullicabob](#): > > > > I for one use 80 grit paper on woodworking projects around the house. > > > > I would never use it on a yoyo and certainly wouldnā€™t tell someone I did. > > > > When something takes only minutes to doā€¦well you know where Iā€™m going with this. > > Ok, I only used it to scratch the surface. I used finer grits to polish it up (Obviously). I really donā€™t see how it can possibly be any worse than oven cleaner. SO it didnt take 5 mins, and it isnt all you used. WOUld have helped to know that ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/19 "2013-04-06T02:28:59Z")
> [@dingo54](#): > > > [@WildCat23](#): > > > > > [@mullicabob](#): > > > > > > I for one use 80 grit paper on woodworking projects around the house. > > > > > > I would never use it on a yoyo and certainly wouldnā€™t tell someone I did. > > > > > > When something takes only minutes to doā€¦well you know where Iā€™m going with this. > > > > Ok, I only used it to scratch the surface. I used finer grits to polish it up (Obviously). I really donā€™t see how it can possibly be any worse than oven cleaner. > > SO it didnt take 5 mins, and it isnt all you used. WOUld have helped to know that No, it still only took five minutes, but I didnā€™t bother to get every nook and cranny of the yoyo with 80 grit, because those would come off with later grits. ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820/20 "2013-04-06T02:35:51Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@dingo54](#): > > > > > [@WildCat23](#): > > > > > > > [@mullicabob](#): > > > > > > > > I for one use 80 grit paper on woodworking projects around the house. > > > > > > > > I would never use it on a yoyo and certainly wouldnā€™t tell someone I did. > > > > > > > > When something takes only minutes to doā€¦well you know where Iā€™m going with this. > > > > > > Ok, I only used it to scratch the surface. I used finer grits to polish it up (Obviously). I really donā€™t see how it can possibly be any worse than oven cleaner. > > > > SO it didnt take 5 mins, and it isnt all you used. WOUld have helped to know that > > No, it still only took five minutes, but I didnā€™t bother to get every nook and cranny of the yoyo with 80 grit, because those would come off with later grits. I feel like you should spend at least 5-10 minutes on the starting paper. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-to-use-to-strip-the-ano/51820.md?page=2)