It is motorcycle related - honest !!

cliffa · May 4, 2022

Can anyone in the U.K. recommend a paint stripper that actually works ?

I'm trying to get paint off a plastic airbox, and it will not budge. I've even soaked it in brake fluid - no joy.

Craig · May 4, 2022

Is the colour into the plastic ?

Fast Eddie · May 4, 2022

Sometimes roughing the surface up with course ish sandpaper gives the stripper an ‘in’ so it can start doing its thing.

mean gene · May 4, 2022

Nothing in USA works like old stuff! If you brush on the newer stripper and cover it with a plastic bag it works much better IMHO

cliffa · May 4, 2022

Craig said:
Is the colour into the plastic ?

Hi Craig, no it does come off in flakes, but some areas just won't let go. Like I said I tried paint stripper gel for days, then gave up on that and sat it in a big bowl of old brake fluid for days and it didn't touch it ( even after roughing up the surface). I was using a paint brush to coat other areas and the paint came off the handle almost immediately, so this is some special paint !!

Derek Wilson · May 4, 2022

Sounds to me like it wants to be painted over...

texasSlick · May 4, 2022

The standard professional stripper is 40% methylene chloride. In today's "protect you from yourself" world, 40% methylene chloride is getting hard to find. If you can get any stripper with methylene chloride, give it a try, especially in a plastic bag as mean gene reply #4 has given.

Slick

cliffa · May 4, 2022

Derek Wilson said:
Sounds to me like it wants to be painted over...

Knowing my luck it would just flake off

cliffa · May 4, 2022

texasSlick said:
The standard professional stripper is 40% methylene chloride. In today's "protect you from yourself" world, 40% methylene chloride is getting hard to find. If you can get any stripper with methylene chloride, give it a try, especially in a plastic bag as mean gene reply #4 has given.

Slick

Yes, they all seem to be non methylene chloride from what I can see on EBay.

Derek Wilson · May 4, 2022

cliffa said:
Knowing my luck it would just flake off

There are special primers for plastic that are supposed to prevent that.

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/specialty/plastic-primer-spray/

cliffa · May 4, 2022

Derek Wilson said:
There are special primers for plastic that are supposed to prevent that.

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/specialty/plastic-primer-spray/

Thanks !!

It is motorcycle related - honest !!

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