Case Mod - In Progress Project - Lian Li V2000 B Side pannels polished - Update - 20/4

Easy Peasy....

Long time lurker....first time poster

Next time you want to strip anodizing from aluminum, try this instead. Cover the part in Sodium Hydroxide (aka Lye), the easiest way to get this is in standard oven cleaner. Spray the oven cleaner all over the part, and stick it in a plastic bag. let it sit for 10 minutes, then rinse. You may have to repeat this once or twice, but it makes the polishing process go faster as you can start with a finer grade compound/paper. Ideally you would want to do a lye dip, but then disposing of the large amount of lye afterwords becomes and issue.
Anodized aluminum is aluminum that has been forced to oxidize ( something aluminum doesn't do very well naturally, the reason aluminum doesn't "rust"). The strong alkaline makeup of lie reverses the process, removing the "aluminum oxide" (sort of like a rust remover for aluminum)
BE CAREFUL: LYE is extremely EXTREMELY caustic (its other name is caustic soda) It will cause burns skin, eyes, mouth, etc. It is also extremely harmful if swallowed. Remember strong alkaline solutions are just as bad as strong acids, treat lye like its an acid.
I used to polish small aluminum parts on the side, I always used lye to strip anodized parts.
I like to let science to the dirty work for me.....

Im planning on polishing my Lian Li PC-61, ill start a work log tread as soon as I do.

 

wow it so shiny it is like you have chromw plated the case

 

That looks fantastic

 

That's just... stunning. Well done!

Sub'd.

 

+ 1

An impressive job....

 

Man! Here I was getting all excited about an update...

At least more people are being exposed to this little slice of awesome!

 

a big hi to all of you , and im very sorry to not have the time that i would like to make this project go faster , a litle big change in my life that rigth now its not possivel to dedicate my time to it , but soon as i can get my free time to do it ill do some posting over here and be more active on the forum as well

thank you guys for All the big support that you are givinn to me for the few past months

news are caming soon ill promise

Cheers

 

Looking very nice so far. I'll keep watching

 

Absolutely gorgeous. I just nabbed a b-grade TJ07 of the cheap and I think I might polish that up.


Thanks for the inspiration.

 

That really is a beautiful shine. I have used a random orbit sander to sand paint off before but it never occurred to me to use it for the finer sanding also. I also never thought to use WD-40 instead of water for lubrication. Looking very nice so far, I can't wait for the next update.

 

thats sooo shiney!

looks fantastic

 

anymore progress on this build ??

 

bad news , changed work so until end of summer i will not be hable to have the time to dedicate to this project , work first

this worklog is not fogoten just dont have the time that i would like

cheers to all and many thanks for all the support

 

Damn,was looking forward to seeing the next update on this,good luck with the new job though

 

good luck with the new job. like the method you used to remove the anodised finish. mind if i use it?

 

not at all , go for it bro

 

Looking great and thinking on making the same thing on a v2000 silver that I have.
Havent seen your project on the regular foruns in portugal.

 

Wow!

I admire the amount of hard work you have put in, it looks fantastic.

I will be following this thread to see the finished article.

 

wow that polishing is amazing

 

looks great

really impressive job