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Offline monkeymoped

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frame stripping
« on: December 27, 2014, 11:05 PM »
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hey chaps
i'm looking for the best way to strip the paint work from a frame so i can polish it up as a raw finish its a '07 redline that i'm led to believe once belonged to shanaze reade or if its worth taking it to a specialist frame finishers as if thats the case i'll get the to paint it green and paint on the decals before putting on a coat of laquer
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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2014, 11:28 PM »
local sandblasters . ask them to use fine grain.

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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2014, 11:31 PM »
Or do it yourself, Starchem Synstrip is the bollox  :daumenhoch:

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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2014, 11:45 PM »
Or do it yourself, Starchem Synstrip is the bollox  :daumenhoch:


Starchen Synstrip is the way to go, I have just stripped a mountain bike frame and polished it up.  Best way to do it is paint the synstrip on liberally and then wrap it in clingfilm and leave for 12 hours.  The paint will simply peel off.

If you don't wrap it in clingfilm it dries out and doesn't work as well, the clingfilm keeps the chemicals active and working all the time.
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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2014, 11:07 AM »
I stripped the paint from my DOGSBOLX Back in 2009 so as not to ruin what was underneath. Worked and absolute treat with domestic paint stripper.  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2014, 02:03 PM »
Think i may go for the starchem synstrip
where can you get it from ???

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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2014, 02:10 PM »
Not cheap but it'll last for all the projects you've not even thought of yet.  :LolLolLolLol:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261701761068&alt=web
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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2014, 02:39 PM »
They wont ship Starchem to me in N.ireland the gits,its the same as anodized spray i want but its going to cost £18 to post it its ridiculous.
Too many cool bikes out there,  not enough money in my wallet :D

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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2014, 02:55 PM »
tenner at the sandblasters and no mess. should be one on the local trading estate tucked away in a corner.

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Re: frame stripping
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2014, 03:55 PM »
Starchem can be bought from any car bodyshop suppliers, my local one does it for £20 for 5 litres.

I don't trust media(sand) blasters with any frame that either needs care or is aluminium, simply if they use too harsh a media the frame will get dented/damaged.

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