Removing pipe paint

bishgeo

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Other than sand blasting any body recommend a good brand of grinder disc that will take that soft black paint of factory pipe I bought. Tried a hard spong type disc lasted about five mins. Haven't tried 40 grit on my air board yet. [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

dirtsailor2003

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• May 7, 2014

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One oft favorite ways to remove paint, rust etc from metal is to use electrolysis. Course you have to have a tub big enough for the part.

 

lendecatural

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Are you talking about the pipe that is shown on page 3 of your build thread? If so, it looks like mill scale and it's hard to remove but a flap disk on a 4 1/2" grinder works good enough to paint. Nothing is as good as sandblasting....

 

bishgeo

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Mill scale on flat steel cheap paint on 20" pipe from mfg just plain enamel no hardner.

 

txsean

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• May 7, 2014

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I used a knotted wire wheel with success to remove some of the paint on mine. But I picked up a couple Norton stripper wheels (the blue ones) from amazon and worked like a champ. I guess you used to be able to find them at home depot but I sure couldn't. Check them out on amazon... its an option

 

rikun

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• May 9, 2014

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Hmm,

I'm getting my tank sandblasted, but I have to cook before that. Do you I could cook with the old paint on, or would it start giving aromas to my BBQ? I don't think the outside of cooking chamber would get that hot at all...

 

bishgeo

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wire wheel to take sticky stuff off lacquer thinner and sponge type stripper disc.

 

bishgeo

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