Primer stripper

2356 · Post by **2356** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:31 pm

Do you have access to a store that provides paint and supplies to the auto body repair trade ? They will have a good stripper for sale.

8342 · Post by **8342** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:12 am

Copy, thanks.

Rick

8342 · Post by **8342** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:29 am

Thanks for all of the help and here are the results.

MEK- A lot of rubbing with Scotch bite pad and comes off very slow. Stinks!

Acetone- pretty much the same as MEK.

Both require a ton of elbow grease.

Jasco Premium stripper- Doesn't touch the Primer. The paint was already off so I do not know how it works on that.

Any other suggestions?

Rick

8342 · Post by **8342** » Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:59 am

I finally found a paint stripper that works.

This stuff even gets off powder coat paint. It still take a bit of scrubbing with a a plastic brush and some elbow grease and scotch bright to get the zinc Chromate primer off but it does work. If you have access to a power washer that would probably work too. On a flap that I bought the paint on it I think was Imron. None of the other strippers I tried would touch it. This loosened it up within an hour.

It comes from Solvent Kleene, Peabody Mass.

It is called D-Zolve GL-15-33R. It looks like Pepto Bismal.

The only problem is they will only sell to businesses. And 5 gallons at a time. If you are doing an entire airplane you will need it.

Rick

a64pilot · Post by **a64pilot** » Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:02 am

Unless I’m mistaken, do put stripper on the gear legs. I believe some may cause hydrogen embrittlement.

4004 · Post by **4004** » Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:31 am

Jody:

Did you leave out a word like "not'?

a64pilot · Post by **a64pilot** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:25 pm

4004 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:31 am Jody:

Did you leave out a word like "not'?

Yes I did, IPad likes to mess with me, don’t understand why.
Good catch, I’m not certain about not using stripper, I was told that long ago, seemed to pass the common sense test, but I do not have any data to support that statement, so I didn’t strip my gear when I repainted the aircraft.

8342 · Post by **8342** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:24 am

a64pilot wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:02 am Unless I’m mistaken, do put stripper on the gear legs. I believe some may cause hydrogen embrittlement.

Out of curiosity, do you have any data to support this statement?

Thanks,

Rick

Post by **6643** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:42 am

8342 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:24 am
a64pilot wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:02 am Unless I’m mistaken, do [not] put stripper on the gear legs. I believe some may cause hydrogen embrittlement.
Out of curiosity, do you have any data to support this statement?

AC43-205 was canceled, but mentions it.
Here's the cancellation memo.

8342 · Post by **8342** » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:07 pm

Copy thanks.

Rick

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