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stripping tuffs of cheap paint Progress update

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oldskooldayz:
Well as stated i started to strip these puppies last week with paint stripper and its a slow process man

again a week later and another shot at the paint stripper has scored a better result but still no kookie

what i seem to be left with is a lot of carbon build up as the wheels look like they had a very easy life of just sitting doing nothing but the elements defo had a ride on them in that time

now i have tried to take this stuff back and it does reveal a nice blue wheel but im useing a razor blade and its very slow

media blasting is an option im considering if i can find out who does it local to me but im in no rush

anyways here are some pics to show how they now look and i must say i am very happy to have a set of alloy hubbed early blue tuff at the end of it

any info on what i can do to get them back to the real deal is welcome but i dont want to dye them as i want old looking faded tuffs

cheers

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Bob_Acid:
What paint stripper did you use?

oldskooldayz:
mangers is the brand as i didnt want to use anything to strong its a paint and varnish stripper

jT Racing:
i nitromoors'd a yellow tuff that had grey paint on, got the paint off, but the rim is stained a bit from the paint, might try bleaching before dying.

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