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Title: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: calmac on June 20, 2011, 11:54 PM

As title................................What's the safest option to remove spraypaint from a skyway mag 2 wheel.
Juat took delivery of my new project   complete with one pink & one sprayed gold................any help would be appreciated as i've never worked on mags before.
Thanks
Calum

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: glenboy on June 21, 2011, 12:05 AM

i think your pretty safe using nitromors but not 100% so wait for someone else to confirm but i'm pretty sure it won't touch the wheels natural colour

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on June 21, 2011, 12:17 AM

you can use it but don't leave it on too long and just do parts at a time  ;)

you gotta love it when it touches the skin and you do the fire dance  >:D ;D

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: calmac on June 21, 2011, 12:22 AM

Cheers guys for the fast responses, was thinking nitromors,just wondered whether it would have adverse effect on the plastic surface.
Off to get the Marigolds out  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: glenboy on June 21, 2011, 12:23 AM

yeh last time i used it i wore marigolds  :idiot2: and i thought my fingers seem to be tingling and when i looked it had melted through the fingers of the marigolds  :shocked:  ;D

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: oldschoolace on June 21, 2011, 01:26 AM

You can get water based citric paint strippers now, they may be a bit gentler on the mags. Not tried it myself but its pretty easy to get hold of. I think b&q may even do it  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: Hiro Tonka on June 21, 2011, 01:43 PM

I use the cheap paint stripper from wilkos, it does the job but is quite mild. Should be better than  a very strong stripper :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: 1mancity2 on June 21, 2011, 03:40 PM

If the wheels have just been sprayed using a rattlecan, nitro will rip it off, just do small sections at a time and don't allow it to dry, strip then was the area with warm soapy water.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: calmac on June 22, 2011, 11:47 PM

Job done guys, Nitromors & wiping of almost instantly with baby wet wipes----you'd never know the paint was there... :daumenhoch:
Thanks for all the advice guys
calum

Title: Re: removing spraypaint from skyway mag 2 wheels
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on June 23, 2011, 12:59 AM

you get to dancing at any time  ;D