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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: skki3330 on February 20, 2011, 04:17 PM
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Guy's what the best way to get rid of some horrible paint job someone has done to Skyways.
Can i use paint stripper?
Cheers
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hmm. i think ive heard paint stripper is ok but dont quote me on that. i had some the once that believe it or not came of with a pressure washer
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if its spray paint a cloth with some white spirit, comes off dead easy and its not as messy as paint stripper :daumenhoch:
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ive used Nitromors on Skyways with no probs, not on the alloy hubs mind but its ok on the plastic.
i didnt leave it on too long, just till it started to bubble up.
took two or three coats to get thick hammerite off
Bob 8)
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Yeah was a little worried about using paint stripper, i reckon one of them will come up with spirit the other one they have used quite a thick spray.
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ive used Nitromors on Skyways with no probs, not on the alloy hubs mind but its ok on the plastic.
i didnt leave it on too long, just till it started to bubble up.
took two or three coats to get thick hammerite off
Bob 8)
Reckon i might have to do that on one of them. How the hell did you got into the little gaps :D
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pm n2cus he can tell you :LolLolLolLol:
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haven't tried this but got some wheels I plan on trying it out on
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i stripped off an alloy hub rear and plastic front pair,they had household gloss on :LolLolLolLol:
used water based nitromors,stipple it on with a paintbrush small sections at a time.
as soon as it pickles take it off with wire wool,then do another section.
i used a flat head screwdriver to get in the awkward nooks and crannies.
keep going til its all off,takes a bit of time but worth it.
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pm n2cus he can tell you :LolLolLolLol:
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pm n2cus he can tell you :LolLolLolLol:
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pm n2cus he can tell you :LolLolLolLol:
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Right let me in on the joke????
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Craig, there was a member on here with the username n2cus. He was into polishing the fook out of everything and repainting old frames, he had a NOS set of alloy hubbed tuffs and instead of bleaching them back to perfect whitiness.......he spray painted them! :shocked:
yes a NOS set of white alloy tuffs!
anyway i think he's moved onto to something else now :daumenhoch:
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What exactly is an "n2cus"? entoocus?
Reg plate. :daumenhoch:
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Craig, there was a member on here with the username n2cus. He was into polishing the fook out of everything and repainting old frames, he had a NOS set of alloy hubbed tuffs and instead of bleaching them back to perfect whitiness.......he spray painted them! :shocked:
yes a NOS set of white alloy tuffs!
anyway i think he's moved onto to something else now :daumenhoch:
Didn't he try to sell the wheels on here (complete with brake rub) for a hefty price but noboby wanted them so I think he ended up stripping the paint back off the wheels and bleaching them so they would sell. :-\
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Craig, there was a member on here with the username n2cus. He was into polishing the fook out of everything and repainting old frames, he had a NOS set of alloy hubbed tuffs and instead of bleaching them back to perfect whitiness.......he spray painted them! :shocked:
yes a NOS set of white alloy tuffs!
anyway i think he's moved onto to something else now :daumenhoch:
hahahahahahahahaha why?????????? some people can leave alone
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i'm not sure i'd use nitromors on plastic !! just use a non-scuff scouring pad i'll rub right off with some elbow grease and you wont do any damage to the wheel.
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Cheers Glen if the weather stays like this will be out in the garden this weekend
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Nitromors is perfectly fine on plastic
Learn something new every day! after burning my hands with the stuff whilst stripping car paint and having an old tin explode when i undid it once i have always been very wary of the stuff and the fumes it gives off !.
Good to know though.