Stripping wheels

[Blck945.0]

Anyone ever stripped paint/finish off of rims, if so what'd you use? I got this set of bullitts and wanted the strip them down to bare aluminum and try to polish them any ideas would help thanks.

[GTkyle]

I'm wondering if the solvents in laquer thinner won't eat away or pit the aluminum. If not, then that would work very well.

Then you'd have lots of hours and a set of polishing cakes to turn them into mirrors.

[Blck945.0]

See thats the problem i was having, i know i can go out and get somthing like that to eat the finish off but i dont know if it would hurt the aluminum or not:confused:

[Shemmy]

Acetone might work.

[91STANG]

Try Calling Motomotion In Medina, They Specilize In That Kind Of Stuff... Their On Rt 18.. Great People..

[TrickVert]

Aircraft paint stripper is designed specifically for removing finishes from aluminum. Most automotive paint suppliers will carry it. AL Pavey in North Canton is one. I used this to strip the ten-hole rims from my '87. Nasty stuff, and not particularly environmentally friendly (proper cleanup procedures are a must), but it worked great.

Andy

[Junior2561]

Andy is correct, Aircraft is the best for aluminum.

[badpuss]

AirCraft Paint remover:cheer: It will also strip bondo from metal its so powerfull.

[backinblack]

http://duplicolor.com/gallery/gallery_images/can_stripper.jpg
I used this when stripping wheels, works great!
http://duplicolor.com/products/stripper.html
it doesn't work as well in the cold though.

once you get the paint stripped, here's a good how-to of how to polish them yourself:
http://civic-eg.com/viewtopic.php?t=2
(yeah it is honda wheels, but same concept :p )

[bobtsgt]

I used aircraft stripper on my 97 cobra wheels when I painted them. Took all the paint off so I could polish them out.

[GT350R]

Non scented Easy Off Oven cleaner. (not the fume free sissy stuff either)

Two to three app's and they are CLEAN.

(no joke)

[GTkyle]

Non scented Easy Off Oven cleaner. (not the fume free sissy stuff either)

Two to three app's and they are CLEAN.

(no joke)
The only thing is this stuff actually reacts with aluminum, as does Drano crystals (of corse not NEAR as fast). I've used Drano crystals for a couple years with deanodizing aluminum parts, all you ave to do is dunk the part and swish it around for 30 seconds to a minute and it comes out smoking. Other people use the easy-off and wait several hours for the same results.

[TrickVert]

Yes. Oven cleaner will react with the aluminum. Maybe not a big deal if you're going to polish them anyway, but I'd guess it could make the job a bit more difficult. I'd just use the proper stuff to begin with.

Andy