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[ANON]

 

 

Sounds like stuff that you definately don't want to confuse as shampoo!!!!

 

 

you definitely wouldn't, the vapours from it knock you for six, ten times worse on a hot day. 

[rally1380]

 

 

 

Sounds like stuff that you definately don't want to confuse as shampoo!!!!

 

 

you definitely wouldn't, the vapours from it knock you for six, ten times worse on a hot day. 

 

 

Is there anything a little less brutal and lethal that us everyday people can use to shift Powdercoat?  I want to totally strip my wheels back to bare ally and paint them properly, but don't fancy stripping them manually....chemicals are far easier.

[ANON]

 

 

Is there anything a little less brutal and lethal that us everyday people can use to shift Powdercoat?  I want to totally strip my wheels back to bare ally and paint them properly, but don't fancy stripping them manually....chemicals are far easier.

 

 

 

depends on the actual coating, for most stuff paramose will be ok, they do two, you want the one that isn't water washable. if they've got epoxy on them as a base then you will struggle as it just tends to thin the surface a tiny bit and you get literally a couple of microns off!!

[rally1380]

 

 

 

Is there anything a little less brutal and lethal that us everyday people can use to shift Powdercoat?  I want to totally strip my wheels back to bare ally and paint them properly, but don't fancy stripping them manually....chemicals are far easier.

 

 

 

depends on the actual coating, for most stuff paramose will be ok, they do two, you want the one that isn't water washable. if they've got epoxy on them as a base then you will struggle as it just tends to thin the surface a tiny bit and you get literally a couple of microns off!!

 

 

Namby pamby paint stripper doesn't touch it (which you'd expect) but does soften the paint top layer. Then i tried some celulose thinners and that did soften the white powder coat.

 

Will have a look at the Paramose stuff

[ANON]

 

 

Namby pamby paint stripper doesn't touch it (which you'd expect) but does soften the paint top layer. Then i tried some celulose thinners and that did soften the white powder coat.

 

Will have a look at the Paramose stuff

 

 

 

you might struggle to get hold of it, some places are a bit funny about even selling it, if you can't get any give me a shout, am only on the wirral so not far.

[evansisgreat]

blasting doesn't get powdercoat off unless you go for high pressure and flow with ally oxide, ie industrial, even that struggles, also makes a mess of the surface. 

 

Not true, I can get power coat off my parts at <100psi in my blasting cabinet with glass bead. It is however very slow, I'd hate to do 5 wheels! Doing a single wheel spacer when water got in my line took almost 2 hours.

[ANON]

 

blasting doesn't get powdercoat off unless you go for high pressure and flow with ally oxide, ie industrial, even that struggles, also makes a mess of the surface. 

 

Not true, I can get power coat off my parts at <100psi in my blasting cabinet with glass bead. It is however very slow, I'd hate to do 5 wheels! Doing a single wheel spacer when water got in my line took almost 2 hours.

 

 

 

syphon or pressure pot cabinet? 

[castafiore]

Having them re powder coated is not as expensive as you might think. I was quoted £35 per wheel by APC who are powder coaters in Manchester and had a recommendation on Detailing World. I was going to refurb my Saab wheels but by the time I added up stripping them, epoxy primer, top coat, then laquer it was looking quite expensive. I might still do them myself as I have a small compressor, but powder coating is not as much as you might think.

[Covert]

/\ true I can get wheels done for £ 20 a rim

[evansisgreat]

blasting doesn't get powdercoat off unless you go for high pressure and flow with ally oxide, ie industrial, even that struggles, also makes a mess of the surface.

 
Not true, I can get power coat off my parts at <100psi in my blasting cabinet with glass bead. It is however very slow, I'd hate to do 5 wheels! Doing a single wheel spacer when water got in my line took almost 2 hours.

 
 
syphon or pressure pot cabinet?

Eeemmmmmm... The cheap one? It's an eBay special. Just the cheap worktop ones where the bead goes to the bottom and is sucked up again.
It's tiresome work but if it's a single part it beats have to send it away to the blasters.