Stripping the paint of wheels

[Beastolizer]

I've been trying to strip the paint off this spare set of weaves that were painted gunmetal and I'm having trouble. I have some airplane paint stripper and I've done 2 rounds of trying to apply it and strip the paint. I can strip a good amount of it but can't seem to get it all. There are large areas where I can't seem to get the stripper to stay on. If you have used this method, please let me know how you applied the paint stripper and then got the paint off. Thanks!

[woodisgood]

your thread title sounds like you want to strip the wheels and leave the paint, I have read a thread about this and I think that I remember something about the author wrapping the wheels in trash bags with stipper or dipping them in a trash can of stripper, i dunno.

Here is a goofy video on how to refinish wheels though:

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-refinish-wheels-using-dupli-color-wheel-paint-166347/

[Beastolizer]

haha yeah sorry about the title, it is oddly titled. Ill check the video out

[travis816]

apply and let sit for a while. use a scotch bright,or bbq wire brush. Or jsut get them sand blasted.

[Beastolizer]

I tried your first method, applying and letting it sit for 1/2 hour as I was directed too. I'd rather do it myself as it's just 2 weaves so they aren't really worth putting any money into.

[Jonny Cash]

Just curious, why did you attempt to strip them in the first place?

Now that youre neck deep in stripping them, they need to be soda blasted. Once you apply stripper, and it dries, thats it. Re-applying more stripper wont do you any good.

[Beastolizer]

I stripped them because someone did a horrible job doing a DIY paint job on them. I had intentions on stripping them and doing a proper DIY paint job on them.

What's soda blasting? I'm familiar with sand blasting but not soda blasting.

[Massive Lee]

It may require many, many layers of strippers. Apply and don't let dry. You can scrape with a razor blade, and appy some more, and scrape... You will need glass bead blasting to clean-up at the end... Soda might be to gentle.

[Beastolizer]

Ok. And what does it cost to have wheels blasted?