Bigman Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 RightBIG problem, i want to strip the paint off my BT F6 forks, i have tried nitromors and it has barely touched the surface, the paint is very thick and almost like a plastic coat, i need to know quickly how it is possible to remove such paint.Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) you can hire sand blasters from HSS. that should do the job or the boring old job of sand paper wet n' dryJKEDIT:local garages that do spray painting should have sand blasters. im sure for a few £'s they can sort you out. Edited July 5, 2006 by J-KAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted July 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 you can hire sand blasters from HSS. that should do the job or the boring old job of sand paper wet n' dryJKEDIT:local garages that do spray painting should have sand blasters. im sure for a few £'s they can sort you out.I don't realy want to sand/grit blast them as i have done that before and it leaves the surface pitted and hard to polish out as i want to keep the forks silver you see.Anyone else?Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hot air paint stripper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted July 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hot air paint stripper?Forgot to say that i have tried that too, nothing seems to happen........I have also tried scoring the paint and nitromorsing it, as well as sanding it down so it isn't so thick and nitromors still don't want to touch it Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) caustic soda maybe? blowtorch? Edited July 5, 2006 by mat hudson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 One of those drill like polisher thingies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Elding Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Dremil with a wire brush on the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Caustic should eat anything.I remember the paint on my Crescent, it was so tough! Tried 3 different strippers before I found one that did the job of removing the coat on the Crez.. I had to really slap on a lot of stripper onto the frame, and put it in a plastic bag for 30 minutes, and it took 3 or 4 sessions to get rid of the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 caustic soda?im guessing they must be anodised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 No, but caustic soda is a very powerful stripping agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtrials Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 A knife like you stripped your gussets with Caustic soda sounds like the best option to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 from my experience caustic soda doesnt effect anything plastic, this includes paint (well, not plastic, but you get the idea)just keep at it with the nitromoors, buy enough to fill a bucket and bosh the forks in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 i wouldent use caustic soda if i were you, i tried to strip some paint off my onza vp pedals and it just ate the aluminium and left the paint on there , the cages are about 1mm thick now . just stick with paint stripper, prehaps try different brands B&Q paint stripper seemd to work better than nitromorse for me (its thicker so stays on better) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSuave Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Find your local powdercoating company, go see them and get them to remove the paint. The company i used did it while i waited, took like 10mins and charged me a whopping great £5 Either that or acid the bad boys or try 'mangers' paint stripper, its like a thick jelly stuff and is only £6 for 5litres from any leyland paint store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mods Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 from my experience caustic soda doesnt effect anything plastic, this includes paint (well, not plastic, but you get the idea)just keep at it with the nitromoors, buy enough to fill a bucket and bosh the forks in i have to dissagree with you there, caustic soda will eat plastics if left to do the job, put some caustic soda cyrstals in a bucket with hot water ( speeds up reaction) and leave over night outdoors! and out of harms way, i can garuntee the paint will be gone in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 And the bucket.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 there are metal buckets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 i have to dissagree with you there, caustic soda will eat plastics if left to do the job, put some caustic soda cyrstals in a bucket with hot water ( speeds up reaction) and leave over night outdoors! and out of harms way, i can garuntee the paint will be gone in the morning.i can garuntee there will also be no forks left in the bucket , after the caustic soda has eaten the plastic it will eat the alu forks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinky Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 i had the same problem, in the end i got bored of using stripper, get a drill and a wire brush attachment like this. youll be finished in about 10 minutes. then just sand it down with a finer sandpaper. looks really good when finished. then you just need to lacquer it if you wanted to keep 'em silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHayes Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 i can garuntee there will also be no forks left in the bucket , after the caustic soda has eaten the plastic it will eat the alu forks Lmao, will it bollock I have left a rim in it for well over an hour before, did nothing to the metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 caustic soda eats aluminium though, so its bound to do somthing nasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 well it wont eat the whole forks but it certanly wont do the forks any good, any tiny defects in the welds will be made bigger and more prone to them cracking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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