wheel paint removal

jasle · Post by **jasle** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:06 pm

wondering what the best method for removing the black paint from my 2 liter Porsche wheels is?

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:25 am

If you have time (and these are steel), you can dunk them in a chemical dip.

OR

Are your rims aluminum?

jasle · Post by **jasle** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:15 pm

they are aluminum. looks like paint not powder coat on them.

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:55 am

Glad we asked.

The bummer is that Aluminum is a soft metal.. just about any mechanical abrasive will "brush" the aluminum.

Chemical dips may "pit" your material.

It will take me a few weeks, I can ask the chemist at work what he suggests.

T.

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:20 am

Most any really hot solvent stripper will do the job. Something without any sodium hydroxide or acids. Just solvent. You can than scrub away everything after it starts to bubble up with a softer non-scratch version of a scotch brite pad.
You may also get good results from taking the wheels to the same place you have your aluminum engine block hot dipped. Ray

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:48 am

Ray good point.

Wouldnt' be bad to soak a small piece of thin aluminum trim in the material to ensure it isn't corrosive.

T.

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