Paint stripper for aluminum

[Lynn Larsen]

Does anyone have any suggestions for stripping paint off of aluminum. Specifically, I want to take the black paint off of a set of aluminum valve covers so that I can powder coat them.

Regards,
Lynn

 

[Nathan]

Lynn,
Bead or sand blast them it will help the Powdercoat "stick" better.
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[Ron Earp]

Hey Lynn,

I forgot to call you back. I used my bead blaster. If you want you can come use it too, it works fine. I then powder coated them.

R

 

[Mark Worthington]

I removed the Glisten PC from some of my panels with regular methylene-chloride-based paint stripper.

 

[Lynn Larsen]

Ron, thanks for the offer. I baked them for a while last night hoping that would cause the paint to peel. No such luck; although it did make it a bit more chalky.

I have poweder coated the GT40 intake. I did the runners last night and they make the lower manifold look so bad, I am going to have to try a second coat on it. The 94/95 adapter was sooo butt ugly before, anything would be an improvement. I may try another coat on it depending on how the lower manifold does.

 

[Jim Rosenthal]

Hi Lynn, I glass beaded mine and it worked fine.

 

[Roy Snook]

Hi Lynn,
I've used glass bead on many aluminium and magnesium castings all with good results, too higher pressure will mark though.

 

Try looking at one of the Aircraft supply houses for a good stripper. I got a hold of some a few years back and the stuff was super. I covered the object being stripped with a plastic bag to hold the fumes in and it worked even better.


Vic