the dirty business of stripping...

[750Y]

haha! thought i'd get your attention ;-) sorry to disappoint...BUT...
what is the best way to strip crud/oil/grease/flaky paint & scale from metal parts. I have a few largish items on my car like crossmember, diff, d/shaft, exhaust, suspension components etc. which I want to remove,clean up & paint. is it all elbow grease with a wire brush & sandpaper? or are there quicker/easier tools/ways (that don't cost hundreds)?
sorry this isn't bike related but i figure there's someone here who's already suffered along these lines & has some good advice they'd like to share.

[MSTRS:Me]

High-pressure steam clean should do the trick

[scumdog]

If it is'nt going to stuff up 'lectrics or get into areas-where-it-should-not then I would start off with a good coating of degreaser (Warehouse sell 4litre lots) and then waterblast the hell out of it.

After that it's coats of paint stripper and an old kitchen knife the re-blast it (watch no bits of stripper get blown into your eyes).

Bits that can be removed could be sand/bead blasted if you wanted.

At the end of the day you're going to need a shit-load of elbow grease and persistance.

[bugjuice]

steam clean could do a good job, or for a real nice job, see if any sandblasters could clean it up for ya. It'd make it look like new

[placidfemme]

*is so disapointed now*

*looks around for stippers*

[edit] *strippers even*

[750Y]

...(watch no bits of stripper get blown into your eyes)....

i wear sunglasses anyway (so noone recognises me) 8-).

[Paul in NZ]

i wear sunglasses anyway (so noone recognises me) 8-).

What? When you are stripping?

Didn't work for me but then again how many aging hunchbacks with saggy man breasts and skinny computer geek arms can there be in wellington? Oh.. That many huh? Musta been my gi nourmous....

[750Y]

lol, thanks for that PINZ. I needed a good laugh today...

btw, if I were stripping, there'd be a stampede (in the opposite direction!) 8-(

[Pixie]

Marine clean, metal ready, and por15 paint stripper -all good products for what you are doing.
www.por15.co.nz

[ManDownUnder]

*is so disapointed now*

*looks around for stippers*

[edit] *strippers even*

ROLL MUSIC

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Ba DUM *boom boom*

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ba dum TA! Bada dada de da

ddaaaaaaaa da de da

(dubbity dubbity dubbity)

ba dum... dum... dada de DAAAARRRR!!!!!

[placidfemme]

ROLL MUSIC

Bada Da Ta

Bada Da Da

Bada Da Ta

Ba DA! DA! DA!

Ba DUM *boom boom*

Ba DUM *boom boom*

Ba DUM *boom boom*

Ba DUM *boom boom*

ba dum TA! Bada dada de da

ddaaaaaaaa da de da

(dubbity dubbity dubbity)

ba dum... dum... dada de DAAAARRRR!!!!!

*sigh*

I don't see any strippers....

Any volunteers?

lol did ya know volunteers are people who don't understand the question hehe

[Paul in NZ]

*sigh*

I don't see any strippers....

Any volunteers?

lol did ya know volunteers are people who don't understand the question hehe

Actually - beneath my clothes I am completely naked... (shh)

Actually - a good night at a burlesque show would be fun... Not those sleazy joints around here that I'm terrified of the bouncers at but something tasteful and... oh yes.. never mind...

[placidfemme]

lol who said anything about being naked?

*closes my innocent eyes*

*peeks to see if you wrote the address of the burlesque place*

hehe

[Paul in NZ]

*closes my innocent eyes*

*peeks to see if you wrote the address of the burlesque place*

hehe

Don't know of any sadly... Vicki and I went to one with friends years ago and it was a bloody good night out but all the places in Welly look decidedly dodgy.... single guy sorta places - yuck!

[placidfemme]

yeah I don't think Auck's is much better... and judging by the looks of the strippers on "The real Whitehouse" they arn't worth paying to see anyway lol