rizoss16
8/4/2006 8:04:53 AM
Im painting my bike, and I got the most done that I could with an air sander, but the rest Ive been doing by hand, all of the areas I couldnt reach with the pad since its to big. I was wondering if theres such a thing as chemical paint stripper made for plastics that are safe and wont destroy the plastic. Ive been sanding right down to the plastic and by hand the small curves and indents are taking way too long, so if anyone knows if this stuff exsists, please post the name and possibly where to get it from. Thanks alot.
rizoss16
8/4/2006 8:05:45 AM
Oh ya, its an 87 honda hurricane 600 (cbr600f) just for the record.
i'm using this shit called aircraft stripper (you can find it at autozone) and it takes the paint off very quickly and easily.
ruizs
8/4/2006 4:47:40 PM
Aircraft stripper will melt your plastics, I would advise against it.
mikey1297
8/4/2006 11:58:55 PM
^^^^+1 yeah aircraft stipper will melt plastic, eat rubber, eat metal......and the list goes on, very potent stuff
isolated1523
8/5/2006 1:27:42 AM
there is a liquid paint stripper for plastic, the body shop that painted my bike used it on some pieces. Not sure what it is called, they had just got it in from a rep themselves.
-Adam
kustom98f3
8/5/2006 5:46:19 PM
All you have to do is scuff the plastics up a bit and your adhesion will be fine. If there is paint on them already then just scuff that up. It doesn't have to be totally removed.
Jaybird180
8/7/2006 2:13:24 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: ruizs
Aircraft stripper will melt your plastics, I would advise against it.
So what the heck is A/C stripper user for? Flight attendants?
mikequinn
8/7/2006 6:42:44 PM
It's for use on Alloy, & Titanium, it'll burn into plastic,
just use good old fashioned elbow grease with good fine grade rubbing paper
ruizs
8/7/2006 7:18:06 PM
I've heard its the thing to use if you want to polish your wheels.. otherwise, dunno.
Jaybird180
8/8/2006 10:09:36 AM
I'll go look at a can. Don't want to make an issue out of this but when you say alloy it means a mixture of metals. It's man made and usually (nowadays) high aluminum content. Most small aircraft use very little to no titanium. They're mostly aluminum. Newer A/C are composite and aluminum used only where necessary (engine mounts, engine, etc). Then you've got a few other metals thrown in depending on function, brass, copper, nickel, etc.
mikequinn
8/8/2006 10:27:44 AM
Thats wot i meant Aluminium
