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cliffa

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Can anyone in the U.K. recommend a paint stripper that actually works ?

I'm trying to get paint off a plastic airbox, and it will not budge. I've even soaked it in brake fluid - no joy.
 
Sometimes roughing the surface up with course ish sandpaper gives the stripper an ‘in’ so it can start doing its thing.
 
Nothing in USA works like old stuff! If you brush on the newer stripper and cover it with a plastic bag it works much better IMHO
 
Craig said:
Is the colour into the plastic ?
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Hi Craig, no it does come off in flakes, but some areas just won't let go. Like I said I tried paint stripper gel for days, then gave up on that and sat it in a big bowl of old brake fluid for days and it didn't touch it ( even after roughing up the surface). I was using a paint brush to coat other areas and the paint came off the handle almost immediately, so this is some special paint !!
 
The standard professional stripper is 40% methylene chloride. In today's "protect you from yourself" world, 40% methylene chloride is getting hard to find. If you can get any stripper with methylene chloride, give it a try, especially in a plastic bag as mean gene reply #4 has given.

Slick
 
texasSlick said:
The standard professional stripper is 40% methylene chloride. In today's "protect you from yourself" world, 40% methylene chloride is getting hard to find. If you can get any stripper with methylene chloride, give it a try, especially in a plastic bag as mean gene reply #4 has given.

Slick
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Yes, they all seem to be non methylene chloride from what I can see on EBay.
 
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