slater
Club Retro Rides Member
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Paint stripper for alloys?slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
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Yep. You will have to dip them. There is no gel type stripper that would be man enough the DCM just evaporates off too quickly.
Search out a company called Blast Wash UK. They do an alloy wheel stripper. It's mostly Dichloromethane with a bit a Hydrofloric acid in it so it's the proper stuff and requires respect when in use (full face mask, arm length gloves etc.) Works great tho!
It's about 80quid for 25L.
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Well if that is SOP for this type of stripper they should just state that on the description and instructions, not "brush on and leave for 10-15 minutes and then wash off with water" when that is impossible to do with it. I mean it would save them a lot of grief surely...
Live and learn i guess.
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I used some Starchem Synstrip on mine and it did reasonably well, but not great. I can't be sure whether mine were powder-coated before, though.
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I used some Starchem Synstrip on mine and it did reasonably well, but not great. I can't be sure whether mine were powder-coated before, though. How did you apply that? Did it evaporate quickly? Cheers |
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I applied it with a paintbrush just like normal paint stripper. It did dry off after a few minutes - it's a while ago so I'm a bit hazy on the details. It doesn't flash off like cellulose thinners, it's not that quick.
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