your Exp stripping powder coating....tell me

[Jserman]

I have been doing a lot off reading on stripping powder coating.. diff products and what not....

I want to do my rims....sorry I don't like black.....so I was wondering if anyone has tried it them selves or had any good exp with places doing it for them....

let me know

thanks

[goblin]

Look here at their strippers: http://store.columbiacoatings.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=STRP&keywords=all

They work very good. They in fact will take your skin off if you aren't careful.

I would use the stripper then have it media blasted to remove any thing that may be left behind. the media blasting will also give it a good profile to stick too. Just make sure they/you do not use media that is too coarse.

Kevin

[Jserman]

yea I have seen that before was kind of hoping to find something local.....

[DICKARM]

you could throw them in a burn off oven.....BUT that would melt the shit out of the wheels.

[DICKARM]

btw...ha...that powdercoat is super industrial shit and will be a bitch to get off. do them WHITE!!!

[Jserman]

btw...ha...that powdercoat is super industrial shit and will be a bitch to get off. do them WHITE!!!

well hook it up..... you did it help me reverse it... I heard that powdercoaters can put them in the oven to get the powder coat off... yes no...

[Jdmitr]

Powder coaters have told me that the only resource they have is blasting, but they are have said they dont recommend it on stuff like wheels that is always visible because it can pit the surface.

[goblin]

well hook it up..... you did it help me reverse it... I heard that powdercoaters can put them in the oven to get the powder coat off... yes no...

ASM Handbook Volume 2, Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials has the following information:

NO. you don't want to heat your wheels up that hot. It would age the metal way to much. IMO

356-T6: aging at 305 to 315 °F for 2 to 5 hours
Yield stress = 185 MPa
Ultimate stress = 262 MPa
Fracture strain = 0.05

356-T7: aging at 435 to 445 °F for 7 to 9 hours
Yield stress = 165 MPa
Ultimate stress = 220 MPa
Fracture strain = 0.06

Based on this data, a 400 °F treatment for less than 1 hour shouldn't reduce the fatigue strength significantly.

Which is why curing the wheels to powder coat them is not that bad. To Burn the powder off would be a whole different story.

If your impataint and can't wait a few days to get a good stripper then you can try aircraft stripper. You can find it at Walmart. Will it work. Yes. Will it work well? shrug. It may take several applications.

I recommend stripping then blasting because pitting can be a problem. I've gave you the best advice I can. Now it's your choice to do what you want.

Kevin

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

i hate aircraft stripper, dont breath that shit, dont touch that shit haha

[DICKARM]

yea rob, if you wer to put them in a burn off oven it would melt your wheels. we have a burnoff at work that usually runs around 1600-1800 degrees. wouldnt recommend that for aluminum wheels

[goblin]

i hate aircraft stripper, dont breath that shit, dont touch that shit haha

The stuff in my first post is worse.

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

i cant imagine that, cos if im thinking of the right stuff i wanted to kill myself using it, like painting on a gel, and the paint ended up lookin like that..pretty sure it was aircraft stripper tho.

[Xavier]

Aircraft stripper blows goat balls, i'll get in touch with the local down here in salt lake and i can get you the name of what he uses to strip powdercoating. It's good shit, only takes 10 minutes or so.

[turbo2cam]

ive used aircraft stripper on powdercoat. it takes the shit off the same as anything else. ive done many valve covers with it and wheels too. ive also media blasted wheels and valve covers (both myself, and had others do them for me) and have never had any issues with pitting. ive polished a lot of valve covers by hand and if there was any pitting issues it would have played havoc for sure. (it was never a problem) either way will be more than sufficient IMO.

[Jserman]

i have heard the aircraft stripper way many many times... i am going to be honest i want it done as cheap as possible... not that i don't want it done right but I don't want to put a ton of money into the rims i would rather sell them and get something else....

[turbo2cam]

just do the aircraft stripper, its like 6 bucks a can at home depot. 2 cans should be plenty.

[Tom]

I agree with the calls for aircraft stripper. It is good at what it does.

[Rob]

I've also used aircraft stripper with good results, just make sure you get some gloves that are up to the task. I've had the stuff take off my finger prints before.

[spastik]

Make sure it is warm enough outside, and that you let it sit on for a while.