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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Tefore on December 12, 2006, 09:57 PM

Title: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Tefore on December 12, 2006, 09:57 PM: anyone know of any chemical or faster method
of removing paint from tuffs. these ones in the pic are painted grey
they come off ok by scraping with a stanley blade :shocked:
but want a faster method
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v372/tefore/Picture125.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v372/tefore/Picture126.jpg)
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Moose on December 12, 2006, 10:21 PM: Paint stripper? Not sure, but would have thought it would be ok ???
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Tefore on December 12, 2006, 10:30 PM: tried that moose but it still needs scraping very hard. i guess im just lazy :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Moose on December 12, 2006, 10:32 PM: OK - send them to me, I'll get it off ;) :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Rombloke on December 12, 2006, 11:02 PM: paul what happens when you put the stripper on em.....in those pics it dont look like paint, they just look extremely faded/sun bleached

paint stripper will not harm the tuff tho by the way

Dave
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Tefore on December 12, 2006, 11:19 PM: dave.

they are painted it looks like grey primer to me. the guy i bought them of said they was painted in the 80s
it does come off i have started to get the one off a bit further. im using B&Q stripper i will get a better quality one tommorow.
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Tefore on December 12, 2006, 11:21 PM: sorry dave forgot to say.
when i put the stripper on it dont really do much i use the same stripper on other painted stuff mainly off steel bits and it just drops off. strange
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: MartyC on December 13, 2006, 10:12 PM: How about a pressure washer? Might work :-\
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Rombloke on December 13, 2006, 10:19 PM: yeah if its old paint a pressure washer may blast it of.....try nitromors, but to be fair ive always found the b and q one to be just as good as the inspector

Dave
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: animal on December 13, 2006, 10:25 PM: Try using brake fluid old or new ,apply , leave on for as long as it takes paint to lift and comes off easy . trust me i had a b---- ex misses who did this to my car and it don't half fetch paint off !!!1 :knuppel2:
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: selfpreservation on December 14, 2006, 12:25 AM: steep them in water fo a while a good few days then try some nitromors loads of elbow grease , dont forget the gloves goggles and wet and dry, most paint is a plastic , its possible that its bonded to the porous nylon , its not gonna be easy but youll be proud as punch when your done
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: stoke bloke on December 14, 2006, 10:45 AM: cellulose thinners will get rid of the paint no problem. Pretty sure it won't attack the nylon . Just paint it on with a cheap household paint brush, the ones with the nylon handles as the cellulose will strip the paint of wooden handles.
Do it outside though paul as cellulose stinks and aint to good on the lungs.
phil
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: jimwise68 on December 14, 2006, 10:48 AM: Why does paint always come off when you dont want it to, and when you want it off you cant shift it?
Title: Re: getting paint of tuff wheels
Post by: Mattdub on December 14, 2006, 04:55 PM: Quote from: jimwise68 on December 14, 2006, 10:48 AM
Why does paint always come off when you dont want it to, and when you want it off you cant shift it?

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