Will Acetone Damage Anodized Aluminum?

[Crawfish141]

Will acetone damage anodized aluminum? I'm trying to remove blue Locktite from my AR-15 lower receiver buffer tube threads, supposedly acetone will do the trick. However, I don't want to damage the anodizing.

 

[Uncle Mike]

I have never seen it harm anodizing....

Blue...use a heatgun.

 

[briansmithwins]

Acetone won't harm the anodizing. I use it all the time to degrease parts prior to using locktite.

BSW

 

[RustyHammer]

I have never seen it harm anodizing....

Blue...use a heatgun.

... +1

 

[berettashotgun]

Huge negative on a solvent damaging anodizing.
Now a caustic.......

 

[Horsemany]

Anodizing is acetone safe.

 

[tincanhunter]

Acetone won't harm anodized aluminum.....matter fact we use acetone at work to clean anodized aluminum in one of our assembly processes.

 

[Crawfish141]

Did it last night, worked like a charm. No damage was noted. Thanks for the reassurance and info; I was just double checking, I didn't want to ruin the finish on my Ar-15.