Safe paint remover for vintage wheels?

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Re: Safe paint remover for vintage wheels?

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bearrickster wrote:that rim was dyed the super clean wont change the color. I soaked this whole car in it. everything is nice and white
Are those wheels aluminum or did you paint them? :?:
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their aluminum, but the rest of the car was cleaned in super clean
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HI!... Well ran over to the U.S today to pick up some more RC10 related items from the UPS Store. While I was over there I stopped over at Home Depot and picked up a jug of CITRISTRIP. A bit pricey at $20 for the small jug. Got home and pored about 1/3 of it in a old cut off plastic milk jug bottom. I submerged several painted wheels (silver, several coats) into it. I checked back in like 15 minutes. This stuff is awesome!!!! :mrgreen: Plus it smells nice too, which is good since I'm doing it in my RC room down in the basement. Just the 15 minutes stripped 95% of the paint off, all in the little intricate parts too. I cleaned them off using a old tooth brush and soap&water. Then I submerged them again. Going to let them sit for a few hours. They should look like they were never painted by tonight. Then they go through the whitening process. I luv it when I can save old RC parts from going in the garbage. :mrgreen: I'll post up some pics later.
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Re: Safe paint remover for vintage wheels?

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Cool.

I'm glad that it is working out for you.

Good smelling cleaning products are always a plus...

Pics would be great when you're done.

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Re: Safe paint remover for vintage wheels?

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HI!... Well couldn't sleep (4:30a.m) so putz on cleaning some stuff. Here's some before and after pics of the wheels. They are currently being whitened right now.

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