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I'm sure the hardware store stuff worked well just to remove paint, but as John said, the big deal is not how well it works, but how well it is neutralized afterward. I've heard horror stories of beautiful paint jobs, where the stripper just kept on working down in all the cracks and crevices corroding away even after the plane was painted. Personally, if I have serious reservations about using Simple Green, I'm going to be really careful about stripper! (Especially if I might get caught with one!) Artie N2666H ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Ercoupe Painting > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > In a message dated 12/14/01 12:53:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Stripping the paint to bare metal is not too hard, it just takes time. I > > used regular hardware store paint remover. > > I'd stay away from hardware store stripper. Many strippers are corrosive to > aluminum and, while it may work in the short run, if you don't get it *ALL* > out of the seams and such, you'll have problems down the line. "Aircraft" > stripper is available from most body shop supply stores, and is approved. > (Note that even it is not allowed on some landing gear parts, due I think to > the possibility of hydrogen enbrittlement or something.) Also, zinc chromate > is very difficult to remove and requires more elbow grease than stripper. > Scotch-brite type "A" (NEVER type "S") helps, as does lacquer thinner. > > John > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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