powdercoating removal

Date 07-30-2007 19:37

I'm sure there will be better answers than mine, but a company I used to work for also had a truck accessory biz (brushguards and such) and they would burn the powder coating off with a torch. It was time consuming though, cuz I heard them complaining numerous times about it. Other than that, maybe sandblasting? Doesn't seem to be any "easy" way that I know of.

By MDG Custom Weld (***)

Date 07-30-2007 20:14

Depending on the finish thickness, sandblasting might take a long time too. I did a railing job a few months ago that was coated with a textured black and it would not blast off, even using the heaviest media I could get. Burning it off was the only thing that worked.

By turbolaser (**)

Date 07-31-2007 01:22

There are 2 ways that have been succesfull for me. First is to get a sandblast media with walnut shell in it, works well. Even quicker is a solvent called zip strip.

By EVWELDER (**)

Date 07-31-2007 02:31

were would I be able to find this zip srtip?

By elliott (**)

Date 07-31-2007 20:21

hows it going. I just found some at the true value hardware store in mass if that helps you. I have used before and the zip strip will take anything off that you can imagine .

By EVWELDER (**)

Date 07-31-2007 23:13

Thanks I will try that to see how good it works thanks for the help.