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Old 9th Sep 2017, 10:32 pm   #9
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Default Re: Re-anodising heatsinks?

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Originally Posted by Bazz4CQJ View Post
For an outlay of 15 shillings, anodising can be done in the average home...according to PW in 1962 (see attached)! I wonder how big your heatsink(s) are? PM me if you consider any "homebrew" option. As for dish washers, I have put the odd item of agricultural engineering in them, but never any item of radio/electronics.B
I quite often put passivated steel chassis items for restoration (such as Racal receiver side panels or bottom chassis members) in the dishwasher. They come out looking like brand-new. But aluminium heatsinks evidently don't, alas.

Not sure the homebrew option would go down very well with Madam or the elf 'n' safety people nowadays....
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