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6th Jul 2022, 6:47 pm | #1 |
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A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
The alcohol-based paint-stripper we're now allowed to play with seems to have a problem in that it is slow-acting on some kinds of enamel, and the active ingredient evaporates away, leaving a gel that doesn't do anything.
My answer to this - having failed to strip the paint off the diecast base of my Pye 'Tulip' microphone, was to slather the thing again with stripper then put it inside a polythene food-grade 'freezer-bag' and leave it for a few days. The bag stops the active component of the stripper from evaporating away. It wotked. I'd suggest _not_ using any sort of 'recycled/biodegradeable plastic' bag for this, if only because you don't know precisely what the plastic is and you could find the stripper digests it just as effectively as it digests the paint!
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6th Jul 2022, 8:09 pm | #2 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
On the "Repair Shop", when using paint stripper to dissolve old adhesives, they wrap the item in foil, but a sealed bag of a material that withstands the stripper, as above, sounds as though it should be more effective in preventing evaporation.
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6th Jul 2022, 9:24 pm | #3 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
Some of the alcohol (or other solvent) will permeate the plastic, but not the foil. A metal box or glass container with lids would be the ideal route.
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6th Jul 2022, 9:37 pm | #4 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
Methylene chloride, the active ingredient in good old paint stripper, was banned for general public sale (thanks EU). You can only get it now if you are a certified professional.
Same as creosote. In fairness, I chemically burnt my hands with Methylene Chloride Nitromors, and my hands stunk of creosote for days when painting a fence in the mid 80's. Craig
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6th Jul 2022, 10:04 pm | #5 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
At least the white ants didnt eat your hands Craig
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6th Jul 2022, 11:25 pm | #6 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
You can buy Methylene Chloride in small (57ml) bottles from shops that sell plastic model kits, under the name "Plastic Weld". Google " EMA Model Supplies Ltd". They don't ask if you are a professional. It is available on-line from them in larger bottles. It is excellent for making jigs etc. from polystyrene sheet, rod and girder sections. It dissolves the plastic allowing it to fuse into a solid mass without the residue you can get with adhesives.
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6th Jul 2022, 11:35 pm | #7 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
You can also get real creosote without any issues.
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6th Jul 2022, 11:58 pm | #8 |
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Re: A trick with 'new' paint-stripper.
Wrapping the object to be stripped is a good trick and one which I have used many times over the years.
My favourite paint stripper has no alcohol or other volatiles but it does need to be kept from drying out in order to have time to work properly. Cling film is my go to thing for this and it works very well. Steve.
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