Hey Guys,

I have my moulds off from the gutter and around the front window.. Ive had 2 attempts at paint stripper but still no budging..

Anyone have any tips or things to use to get the paint off the trims..

Thanks

 

Have you tried soda blasting them? That might work.

 

Chemical paint stripper (aka 'aircraft stripper'), or fine-grit sandpaper and a lot of work.

 

This is what I use to remove powder coating from metal parts. Works great. It does eat plastic and rubber and burns skin.

http://www.homedepot.com/buy/paint/c...lon-54688.html

 

brake fluid. Works good for most stuff you want stripped. I've had pretty good luck with the aircraft paint stripper too.

 

Tal-strip (aluminum aircraft grade stripper)
it will take paint and "orange peel it" in seconds!..you can watch it!

 

have now tried 3 differnt paint strippers and the **** still wont budge!!

time to take them all to the nickle platers me thinks..

 

It's been a while since I dealt with original moldings, but aren't those anodized aluminum? If that's the case, you have to consider what you want to do with them as a final state. If you want to keep them as bare aluminum, you can sand it off (time consuming and tedious) or you can strip it with oven cleaner (google "stripping anodization"). If you want to paint it, you just need to rough up the surface, then prep it like any other aluminum.

I painted mine many years ago with a base coat / clear coat system, and they still look great.

 

It wouldn't be tedious / alot of work if he had a mini / 3" DA, compressed air and the right sand paper discs....