Paint remover,,,??
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Topic: Paint remover,,,??
Posted By: desertjoe
Subject: Paint remover,,,??
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:15am
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A couple of weeks ago,, I cobbed onto an Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold for Big Brutus and have finally got around to puttin more assembly time on the new engine for Black Beauty. I had not noticed but the PO had painted the friggin manifold a grey color and musta put several coats of paint on a perfectly good aluminum manifold,,,!!! I got most of it off with my batter powered drill and a wire brush but cannot get into the nooks and crannies,,,,I tried some paint remover but did not even touch the paint,,!! Tried some more and left it on there for an hour but still no dice,,,paint never even got soft. Anybody got any ideas,,?? OH,,,and NO TANNERITE,,Shameless,,,,!!!
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:28am
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seems to me brake fluid attacks paint.....at least on my 67 stang it did..... one of the good paint strippers used in woodworking,the pasty types... be super careful rinsing it of course..caustic chemicals and eyeballs is a bad combo... big issue is WHAT type of paint and how old ? you do need something 'aluminum friendly'.... maybe google 'removing paint from aluminum' ? In the good old days I used CIL high speed automotive paint stripper, Used 2 gallons, yes real Cdn gallons to totally strip off 7 layers of paint off the 57 Willys pickup. top 2 caots were house paint.... sigh... wish I had that truck now...sniff,sniff... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:44am
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Joe, Aircraft paint stripper is pretty good. NAPA should have it. Regards, Chris
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Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 6:42am
| Be careful with chemical reactions to aluminum. Since you sanded most of it off already you might try small sanding rolls for die grinders like those used for porting and polishing. While your at it you could port match the intake to the heads. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 8:31am
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Might should rethink the removal of the 'Sealant', later manifolds are already painted to seal the porous aluminum to stop the very metal from seeping vacuum. We started seeing this issue with Throttle bodies on TBI cars mid 90s that got aggressively cleaned and removed the porosity sealants on them, got to checking back with our engine aftermarket suppliers where many 'Anodized' the parts to keep thru wall leaks under control, it is also noted that aluminum carburetors that had been overly aggressively tanked do that same thing as the vacuum leaks over ride the idle adjustment capabilities. They are currently Vacuum Impregnating aluminum castings at the factories where some are just applying sealing materials to the outsides. Point of note on older cars and trucks with slow leak tires that seemingly cannot be located to repair yet requiring often refills, the rims were sealed at the factory, time, tire changes scuffing, abrasion, corrosion all affect that sealant coating and the darned wheels are the actual leak path.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 7:37pm
| nay-palm |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 7:39pm
| as Jay says...brake fluid should do it...if not...spray sum aluminum paint over it, or sand blast them! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 8:16pm
| Brake clean /carb cleaner |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 9:20pm
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Bead blast NOT sand blast, it's probably ceramic engine paint i.e. baked on tough as nails. When you get it cleaned down to the bare metal spray it with hi temp engine clear to seal the pores. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2020 at 8:30pm
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DMiller, yes my wife experienced that very thing on aluminum wheels on a 2010 Toyota. After fighting it for 3-4 years we went to steel wheels. Not as purdy, but no more hassel. ------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2020 at 8:08pm
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