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Title: paint stripper
Post by: pauls on 02 June 2015, 15:06:33

Can you use paint stripper on a alloy wheel. Dont want to get it dipped. i have stripped the inner wheel just want to sort put between the spokes

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: Nick W on 02 June 2015, 17:09:35

Yes.
But modern DIY type paint stripper is crap.

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: pauls on 02 June 2015, 17:18:12

I do agree. its had 4 coats of nitromose only just starting to lift.

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: 05omegav6 on 02 June 2015, 18:00:56

Any boatyards nearby? If so, find one that uses something called the Farrow System or similar for stripping antifouling and see if they can help... Otherwise try and get them sand blasted :-\

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: pauls on 02 June 2015, 20:19:11

Managed too remove what I needed to not a super job but it will do for now. 
 Al, trouble with sandblastering alloys is it leaves a very fine pitting which you the have to use a lot of high filler primer.

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: 05omegav6 on 03 June 2015, 07:42:01

Ah, that makes sense thinking it through ;)

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: Terbs on 03 June 2015, 10:23:50

Quote from: Taxi Al on 02 June 2015, 18:00:56

Any boatyards nearby? If so, find one that uses something called the Farrow System or similar for stripping antifouling and see if they can help... Otherwise try and get them sand blasted :-\

Sorry for this hijack, paul...but I burst out laughing when I saw this....there's you in the middle of Hayes ;D ;D ;D

PS...May be a boatyard near you but sorry Al, I just lost it....warped sense of humour ??? :-[

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: aaronjb on 03 June 2015, 12:40:55

There's a few in Staines & Chertsey though, just the other side of Heathrow from Hayes ;)

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: 05omegav6 on 03 June 2015, 16:09:54

Snigger, you may... but not as daft as you might think ::)

http://www.farrowecosystems.co.uk/marine/ :y

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: Terbs on 03 June 2015, 16:57:47

It wasn't the Farrow stuff mate........I just had this stupid vision of when I went to paul's house in Hayes....boats were the last thing I expect to find in the madhouse traffic of suburban London ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: paint stripper
Post by: 05omegav6 on 03 June 2015, 18:11:09

The Thames is only the other side of Heathrow ::)