hector
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 04:43 PM |
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removing powder coat??
What is the best way of removing powder coat- I tried nitrmors and it doesnt really touch it!......
any ideas??
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mookaloid
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 04:47 PM |
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I pay someone else to do it - they can use whatever method they want then.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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RazMan
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 04:54 PM |
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Shot or sand blasting might work - also obscene amounts of heat 
Cheers,
Raz
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 05:05 PM |
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I don't know the answer but what I can tell you is that the metal finishers that I use in Exeter say that it is very difficult to remove powder
coating even with the shot blasting equipment that they have. If you want to weld a bracket on, ie a small area, I have found a flapper disc will sand
down the area quite effectively. If you want to clean a whole chassis, well it could be character building!
John
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oliwb
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 05:18 PM |
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I always used a grinding wheel?? Only doing small bits though....Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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hector
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 05:31 PM |
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ahh not really the answers i want! sound like its goin to be a bit of elbow grease then
cheers all
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graememk
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 05:42 PM |
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Sounds like a job for ...THE TOOL...
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 06:12 PM |
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my wishobones are powdered and its damaged quite badly so i was going to try sandblasting in our little cabinet in work if that doesn't work our
tank blasters are gonna have a go with their kit. if that dont get it off not a lot will.
they did my de-dion beam and it came out grreat
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jon_boy
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 06:55 PM |
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I think "The TOOL" is the best bet. Does it peel off once you get one side off. If that makes sense?
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tks
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 07:01 PM |
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BRAKE FLUID
or any other Acid like used in inox worlds..
should be doing it...
but for welding i also use a sandingdisc on the grinder.
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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BenB
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 07:05 PM |
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Grinder would be my weapon of choice.
Definitely one of those garage sessions though where you come out without a completely dark face apart from where the goggles (and hopefully face
mask) have been!!!
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jambojeef
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 08:30 PM |
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I removed mine with a blow torch.
If you heat it up it in one spot it sort of bubbles up and you can then carck big chunks off when it cools....
That was table legs though so maybe a different sort of powder coating.
Or I seem to remember my climbing frame in the garden when I was a kid had the powder coating flaking off after about 2 years - so if all else fails
and you're not in a hurry.......
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jolson
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| posted on 12/12/06 at 09:12 PM |
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We have bicycle frames powdercoated. The only sensible way of getting it off is to burn it off. If you're having the part re-powdercoated,
check with the painters as they may have a burn-off oven.
Burning off is easy with a decent torch; we use oxy-acetylene, turn up the oxygen as high as possible, and away you go. The powdercoat comes off as a
dark grey ash. Wire-brush or -wheel any area you hope to weld to.
If you're re-painting yourself, get the part sweep-blasted before you repaint; it's a LOT easier and more thorough than wire-brushing the
whole part, and most blasting places will do it for beer money or less.
Wire-wheeling any significant amount of powdercoat is tough, as it heats up and melts under the wire brush; you need something that abrades it off
quickly rather than rubs it away.
Cheers
John
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stevebubs
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 03:00 AM |
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Scratch it up then cover liberally in acetone.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 08:56 AM |
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I hve had good success with Nitromors, but I guess it depends on the exact type of power coat.
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