pics of my Silver ESX

juergen · Post by **juergen** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:22 pm

Today went and got the "Easy Off" - after more than 1 hour nothing happened - Imean at all no harm just some stains - see the pictures of the whole procedure here:
www.kowloonmusicbuero.blogspot.com
But a little bit frustrated as I really would like to change the plate into silver.

j · Post by j » Wed May 06, 2009 6:18 pm

Gil, are you going to tell us what you used ???

FreshHorses · Post by **FreshHorses** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:35 pm

hmmm...my two best guesses are that 1.) the Fume Free ovencleaner is somehow different, or 2.) the Emx has a dif finish then the ESX (which dos'nt seem likely.

Check this link: he recommends Yellow Can EZ-off

maybe you can exchange it at store?
http://www.rcbros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=801

juergen · Post by **juergen** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:51 am

Anybody some idea where to order nicer knobs + slider for the EMX1 ...?
After I have taken them off yesterday I found the original ones are really cheap............

plosive · Post by **plosive** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:11 am

I wonder if you use some metal dye on it after taking the red off if the paint would also resist the dye like it does taking it off.. that would be cool.

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:03 pm

j wrote:Gil, are you going to tell us what you used ???

mish mash · Post by **mish mash** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:11 pm

juergen wrote:So you tell me: How did you get around the very small parts between the knobs ....? Is your ESX still working. Actually in silver it looks very nice ...

he probably just took the knobs out or simply unscrewed the top (after taking the knobs out) or used a tiny tiny tiny brush and a mini scraper

gil videla · Post by **gil videla** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:52 pm

mish mash wrote:
juergen wrote:So you tell me: How did you get around the very small parts between the knobs ....? Is your ESX still working. Actually in silver it looks very nice ...
he probably just took the knobs out or simply unscrewed the top (after taking the knobs out) or used a tiny tiny tiny brush and a mini scraper

ha ha no scraper. I would never have the patience to do that
I do apologize. I will post the pics of the cleaner TONIGHT I promise. I took the picture and completely forgot to post

It's some orange can of something, again something I never saw at a regular grocery store.

gil videla · Post by **gil videla** » Tue May 12, 2009 4:59 am

AS PROMISED

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37897871@N03/3523933595/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37897871@N03/3523948273/

Its called QUALITY CARE OVEN & GRILL CLEANER

I still have a half a can if any of you are in my area (So Cal - Riverside area)

Yatmandu · Post by **Yatmandu** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:09 pm

gil videla wrote:
I still have a half a can if any of you are in my area (So Cal - Riverside area)

I don't really want to change my ESX, but my oven hasn't had a good cleaning in 5 years...can you pass by? J/k couldn't resist

I think it looks great in silver by the way.

j · Post by j » Wed May 13, 2009 3:16 pm

Thanks for the oven cleaner pic... I used some heavy duty easy-off on my ESX and had to use several applications to get all the red off, and then it looked really bad and coroded..
I was kind of worried i had ruined it, but then i used a green scrubbie with some soap and water(scrubbing only left to right) and was able to get it looking really spiffy. Then the problem was that the green scrubbie had started to go through the white print.
BUT THEN i used some acetone(nail polish remover ) on the rest of the remaining white lettering and i ended up with a beautiful brushed aluminum face plate with red anodized print ! The acetone cuts through the white , but does not mess up the anodized, so it all worked out perfect! It took more time than i wanted though....Now i just have to make some music !
I will try to post pics of mine too.

plosive · Post by **plosive** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:59 am

j wrote:Thanks for the oven cleaner pic... I used some heavy duty easy-off on my ESX and had to use several applications to get all the red off, and then it looked really bad and coroded..
I was kind of worried i had ruined it, but then i used a green scrubbie with some soap and water(scrubbing only left to right) and was able to get it looking really spiffy. Then the problem was that the green scrubbie had started to go through the white print.
BUT THEN i used some acetone(nail polish remover ) on the rest of the remaining white lettering and i ended up with a beautiful brushed aluminum face plate with red anodized print ! The acetone cuts through the white , but does not mess up the anodized, so it all worked out perfect! It took more time than i wanted though....Now i just have to make some music !
I will try to post pics of mine too.

? pics?

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:05 am

I still want to do this but I'd like to see a couple more success stories before I do it to my ESX

lukas412 · Post by **lukas412** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:21 pm

supermel74 wrote:I still want to do this but I'd like to see a couple more success stories before I do it to my ESX

This worked perfectly on my ESX. Thanks for the tip.

Luke

plosive · Post by **plosive** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:15 am

what cleaner did you end up using Luke?

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