Paint Stripper Recommendations Please.

[Flingdangle]

I just attempted to strip some flaking spray paint off of an old bicycle frame. It was this stuff called Sunnyside 2 minute remover. I globbed it onto the frame and kept an eye on the paint. It didn't bubble up. I left it on for ten minutes and if anything, the stripper actually made the paint look better! I've used paint stripper in the past and the paint boiled up immediately. Can anybody tell me a good paint stripper?

 

[Late To The Party]

Unfortunately, the Fed took the good stuff out of consumer level stripper a few years ago due to several deaths by dumb users spray applying it in closed spaces. If you want some that will actually work the only way to get it is in 5 gallon pails with a commercial account at a paint store (you only need a SSN to get an account BTW). In truth you can buy both methylene chloride and n-methylpyrrolidone as stand alone chemicals and add them back into a consumer level methanol stripper base. Home chemistry is not for everybody, obviously.

I have had pretty good luck using razor blades to scrape it all off, stripping aluminum boats and cars that way. I go through a lot of blades, which are cheaper and less toxic than strippers, but the paint just flies off in sharp little chips. Hold it at a low angle in a holder and watch the chips fly.

 

[GTs58]

So after all that work stripping the paint, what are you going to do with all the rust that's everywhere, including under the paint? Just blast it and be done with it.

 

[Flingdangle]

GTs58, this is a different bike from the 56. I just wanted to strip the paint today. I tried another brand “Kleen Strip” and it was a little better but not much. I actually got some on my arm and it didn’t even hurt. I remember getting paint stripper on my hand as a kid back in the 70’s and immediately screaming in agony. I’ve got a blasting cabinet. I can’t lift my hands up high enough to put them into the gloves right now due to a recent motorcycle crash. Looks like this frame is gonna have to wait another month.

 

[Andrew Gorman]

Goof off graffiti remover works well for housepaint and spray paint. If you want to take it all off, pick up automotive brake fluid at yard sales. It will blister up just about anything.

 

[GTs58]

After wasting my time stripping this frame, I had to spend more time getting rid of all the rust. After this experience I have never chemically stripped a frame again.

 

[Greg Kozak]

This stuff is amazing. I got it a an Ace hardware. The spray can is great. Paint starts to bubble up in a few minutes.

 

[GTs58]

This stuff is amazing. I got it a an Ace hardware. The spray can is great. Paint starts to bubble up in a few minutes.View attachment 1665585

Super strong Oven Cleaner?

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

I'm a big fan of the wire wheel. either on a buffer or handheld 4" grinder or both.

 

[J-wagon]

I recently stripped a frame with auto brake fluid described this link:
Post in thread 'What bike did you work on today?' https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/what-bike-did-you-work-on-today.161390/post-1434659

Also brushed coat of auto brake fluid on house/spray painted steel wheels, paint bubbled peeled off easily.