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Removing paint from Skyway's
« on: February 20, 2011, 04:17 PM »
Guy's what the best way to get rid of some horrible paint job someone has done to Skyways.
Can i use paint stripper?

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2011, 04:19 PM »
hmm. i think ive heard paint stripper is ok but dont quote me on that. i had some the once that believe it or not came of with a pressure washer

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2011, 04:21 PM »
if its spray paint a cloth with some white spirit, comes off dead easy and its not as messy as paint stripper :daumenhoch:

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2011, 04:24 PM »
ive used Nitromors on Skyways with no probs, not on the alloy hubs mind but its ok on the plastic.

i didnt leave it on too long, just till it started to bubble up.

took two or three coats to get thick hammerite off

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2011, 04:26 PM »
Yeah was a little worried about using paint stripper, i reckon one of them will come up with spirit the other one they have used quite a thick spray.

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2011, 04:27 PM »
ive used Nitromors on Skyways with no probs, not on the alloy hubs mind but its ok on the plastic.

i didnt leave it on too long, just till it started to bubble up.

took two or three coats to get thick hammerite off

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Reckon i might have to do that on one of them. How the hell did you got into the little gaps :D
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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2011, 04:49 PM »
pm n2cus he can tell you  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2011, 05:02 PM »
haven't tried this but got some wheels I plan on trying it out on

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2011, 09:40 PM »
i stripped off an alloy hub rear and plastic front pair,they had household gloss on :LolLolLolLol:

used water based nitromors,stipple it on with a paintbrush small sections at a time.

as soon as it pickles take it off with wire wool,then do another section.

i used a flat head screwdriver to get in the awkward nooks and crannies.

keep going til its all off,takes a bit of time but worth it.

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2011, 09:48 PM »

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2011, 07:50 AM »
Craig, there was a member on here with the username n2cus.  He was into polishing the fook out of everything and repainting old frames, he had a NOS set of alloy hubbed tuffs and instead of bleaching them back to perfect whitiness.......he spray painted them!  :shocked:

yes a NOS set of white alloy tuffs!

anyway i think he's moved onto to something else now  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2011, 10:33 AM »
What exactly is an "n2cus"?  entoocus?

Reg plate.   :daumenhoch:

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2011, 10:37 AM »
Craig, there was a member on here with the username n2cus.  He was into polishing the fook out of everything and repainting old frames, he had a NOS set of alloy hubbed tuffs and instead of bleaching them back to perfect whitiness.......he spray painted them!  :shocked:

yes a NOS set of white alloy tuffs!

anyway i think he's moved onto to something else now  :daumenhoch:

Didn't he try to sell the wheels on here (complete with brake rub) for a hefty price but noboby wanted them so I think he ended up stripping the paint back off the wheels and bleaching them so they would sell.   :-\

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2011, 10:45 PM »
Craig, there was a member on here with the username n2cus.  He was into polishing the fook out of everything and repainting old frames, he had a NOS set of alloy hubbed tuffs and instead of bleaching them back to perfect whitiness.......he spray painted them!  :shocked:

yes a NOS set of white alloy tuffs!

anyway i think he's moved onto to something else now  :daumenhoch:

hahahahahahahahaha why?????????? some people can leave alone
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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2011, 09:43 AM »
i'm not sure i'd use nitromors on  plastic !! just use a non-scuff scouring pad i'll rub right off with some elbow grease and you wont do any damage to the wheel.

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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2011, 06:22 PM »
Cheers Glen if the weather stays like this will be out in the garden this weekend
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Re: Removing paint from Skyway's
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2011, 02:48 PM »
Nitromors is perfectly fine on plastic

Learn something new every day! after burning my hands with the stuff whilst stripping car paint and having an old tin explode when i undid it once i have always been very wary of the stuff and the fumes it gives off !.

Good to know though.

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