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Safety Problems - Paint / Powder Coat Stripping on a 4th Floor Flat Balcony

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Orange777:
Thanks!! That phrase - SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT!

Just looking now at B&Q - I will recreate Altern 8 on my balcony!

ED209:

--- Quote from: Orange777 on April 15, 2012, 09:10 AM ---Setting light to it / blacking out / drilling my doodle doo.............  :wtf:

I was not thinking any of that was on the menu! :)

--- End quote ---

 >:D live a little  ;D

Orange777:
Happy to stand corrected here....things I have discovered

Powder Coating is in effect a thermoplastic. Three removal methods:

Mechanical - Steel wool or Sand / Bead or Walnut blasting

Chemical - Seems that nothing will disolve a Thermoplastic, but some things may make it swell & loosen up - Acetone seemingly the best - although just tried some nail varnish remover and did nothing

Heat - people saying that a blow torch will do it, but be prepared for extreme plumes of black toxic smoke....

So - until some of the boffins on the chemical forum reply............its good old B&Q for now..........

Back SOON

Orange777:
Quick progress update!

Went to an old school motor spare place and got hold of a can of "Pro Seal Heavy Duty Gasket Remover" - As he only had 2 cans left, thought would try one outside his store....

Bubble city!!! YAY

so have bought the other one! Next to it though he had some Nitromors - and lo and behold.... this is the old shool Nitromors and it also worked......

Pictures to follow!!!!!!!!!!!!

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