Paint stripping on fairings

[Racer X]

Hey guys, I'm about to drop off a couple of my fairings for acid dipping paint stripping!
1) Is this a good idea? - ie acid won't eat the plastic as well.
2) Does anyone else need some parts stripped as well? - It's $10 a kg but minimum charge of $50, and the stuff I have is < 1 kg.

[imdying]

Sounds like a really bad idea... Just spend a night or two sanding them, piece of cake :yes:

[EZAS]

Sounds like a really bad idea... Just spend a night or two sanding them, piece of cake :yes:

Yeah .. or spend the last 3 weeks :sweatdrop

[imdying]

Yeah .. or spend the last 3 weeks :sweatdropAhhh, but now you've have 3 weeks practice, and learnt some of the tricks, I bet you could do them in a few nights now :cool:

[boman]

I have heard of people using oven cleaner to strip paint off model aircraft etc. Apparantly it dosn't damage the plastic at all. If you have a piece of fibreglass to try it on , that you don't need incase it dosn't work, might be worth a look. Spray on wash off.


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[Racer X]

K might give the oven cleaner a go.
I have actually seen some fairings that were acid dipped and they looked pretty good - just that these ones seem to be a different material.

PS - Don't use paint stripper on plastics! :doh:

[boman]

Just make sure you test it first on a hidden place. I would hate to find that it dosn't work. I tried to find the article to post but it seeems it's no longer availiable.


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