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Old 09-11-2010, 09:58 AM
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Re: stripping paint

So i was curios myself on how to safely strip plastic parts, and as i am on a very tight budget brake fluid and Castrol are a little out of my price range, but i had a left over bottle of 70% Isa-propyl alcohol so i tried that. Worked Great for the first two layers i had on the body(only soaked for about 30mins and the paint came right off) but the last layer on the body (about 2 yrs old) needed a little more time so i actually went out and bought 99% alcohol and my parts have been sitting in there for about 24 hours now and i have about 95% of the paint stripped. The bonus is (and im unsure about the other methods) The alcohol doesn't touch the glue joints so i don't have to worry about the engine block coming apart on me

Lucky where i live you can readily buy 99% alcohol from the local dollar store.... BONUS lol
2 500ml bottle = $2.15
Reused an Old Oral-B Electric toothbrush(the orbiting head makes the striping a little easier IMO)

I still haven't tried it on clear parts yet though

Now my question is does anyone know a safe way to strip Glue off?!
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